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Ingham County Lake Quality

Michigan, 8 lakes, average grade A (Excellent)

Ingham County holds 8 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. 1 of those lake carry an A–F grade. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. On average, Ingham County lakes grade an A. That puts it near the top of the Michigan county ranking.

The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the grades sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest lake on the books is Lake Lansing (A); the most-stressed is Lake Lansing (A).

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All Lakes in Ingham County

8 lakes · 1 graded, 7 not rated1 graded lake · 7 not rated, hidden

#LakeGradeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicMax DepthAccess
1ALake LansingInghamA10.3 ft19 µg/L3.8 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
NRLake LansingInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples35 ft✓ Public
NRMoores Park Hydro ElecInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
NRLowe LakeInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples32 ftNot recorded
NRHuntoon LakeInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
NRDobie LakeInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
NRJones LakeInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
NRFink LakeInghamNRNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded

NR = not rated: there is not enough recent sampling to support a letter. That is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 (insufficient information), not a failing grade. How grading works.

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Other Counties in Michigan

Dickinson County

43 lakes · Avg grade A

Clare County

47 lakes · Avg grade A

Ogemaw County

50 lakes · Avg grade A

Cheboygan County

31 lakes · Avg grade A

Roscommon County

26 lakes · Avg grade A

Gladwin County

29 lakes · Avg grade A

See how Ingham County stacks up in the national county water-quality rankings, or browse the full directory of graded lakes across all United States (49 states), Canada (Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador), and 38 other country hubs..

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.