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Agamok Lake

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Minnesota PCA publishes the water-quality measurements for Agamok Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
10 ft
Typical for Minnesota
Secchi · sampled 2021
Max depth
~19 ft est.
GLOBathy model
Trend
Worsening
4 years of samples
  • 19 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Agamok Lake in Lake County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10 ft visibility.

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Agamok Lake is a lake in Lake County, Minnesota with an estimated average depth of about 19 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. No public access — the lake is private or restricted.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, last sampled 2021-07-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Agamok Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water10 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Agamok Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota DNR and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Agamok Lake

These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Agamok Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Good clarity, visible to about 10 ft. TSI 44.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)10ftMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorusNo reading

The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.

Chlorophyll-a (algae)No reading

The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.

Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.44Mesotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

~19 ft est.

Public access

No

Listed by Minnesota PCA

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Minnesota has not published bathymetry for Agamok Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area

97 sq mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Surface area

64 acres

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Shoreline

2 mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Elevation

1,575 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.

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Fishing Agamok Lake

Based on 4 years of monitoring (2020–2025).

  • Water clarity

    Worsening

    4 years

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Frequently asked questions about Agamok Lake

Where is Agamok Lake?

Agamok Lake is a lake in Lake County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Agamok Lake?

Agamok Lake in Lake County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10 ft visibility.

Measurements on this page ↑

Is Agamok Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

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How deep is Agamok Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Agamok Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 19 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Can I fish at Agamok Lake?

Public access to Agamok Lake is listed as no on the lake record, so confirm before you make the trip. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Minnesota's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface WaterMNPCA2 samples · 2021

Analytical methods

  • Field measurement/observation, generic method
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Lake details from Minnesota DNR LakeFinder