Badger Lake
Alcona County, Michigan92 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
- Limited data
Badger Lake in Alcona County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 91.7 acres.
Badger Lake is a 92-acre lake in Alcona County, Michigan. The lake supports 6 documented fish species including Golden shiner, Iowa darter, and Largemouth bass.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2018-01-01. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Badger Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Fishing6 species recorded
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Badger Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Badger Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Badger Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
92 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Badger Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Badger Lake
Where is Badger Lake?
- Badger Lake is a lake in Alcona County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Badger Lake?
- Badger Lake in Alcona County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 91.7 acres.
Is Badger Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
What fish are in Badger Lake?
- Fish species found in Badger Lake include Golden shiner, Iowa darter, Largemouth bass, Pumpkinseed, White sucker, Yellow perch. Badger Lake is located in Alcona County, Michigan.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.
Collected and reported by
- Michigan EGLE - MiCorps
21MICH_MICORPS1 sample · 2018
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.