Where is Belleville Lake?

Belleville Lake is a lake in Wayne County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Belleville Lake?

Belleville Lake has a maximum depth of 30 feet and an average depth of 19 feet. The lake covers 1253.9 acres.

Are there campgrounds on Belleville Lake?

Belleville Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Wayne County Fairgrounds and RV Park. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.

Belleville Lake

Wayne County, Michigan1,254 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.

Max depth

30 ft

Bathymetric survey

Area

1,254 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

2.6 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Algal growth
30 ft max depth

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Belleville Lake in Wayne County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 30 ft. Surface area: 1253.9 acres.

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Water clarity at Belleville Lake

Murky water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Belleville Lake averaged 1.25 m (4 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you cannot see far below the surface in midsummer. This lake sits close to the line between clarity classes, so treat the label as approximate and the depth reading as the real number.

Nobody has taken a water sample here that we can find. Michigan's environmental agency measures clarity on lakes like this one from satellite images instead, which is why this page reports how clear the water is and no phosphorus or algae readings.

Clear is not the same as clean. A lake can be easy to see through and still carry high nutrient levels, and a naturally tea-stained lake can be perfectly healthy. The nutrient and algae readings on other lakes come from phosphorus and chlorophyll-a measured in a laboratory, and clarity alone cannot stand in for them.

The same satellite images put summer algae here at roughly 23.66 micrograms per litre. Estimating algae from orbit is far less exact than measuring clarity, so that figure is worth knowing and is not part of any rating.

Belleville Lake is a 1,254-acre lake in Wayne County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 30 feet (19-foot average).

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Belleville Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Camping1 public campground nearby
Deep water30 ft surveyed max depth
Big water1,254 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Belleville Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pesticides, pFAS, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Belleville 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.

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Water quality measurements for Belleville Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Belleville 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. TSI undefined.

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Lake Details

Max depth

30 ft

Average depth

19 ft

Surface area

1,254 acres

Shoreline

2.6 mi

Recreation & Access

Campgrounds

Public campgrounds near Belleville Lake

Wayne County Fairgrounds and RV Park1.5 km

Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes

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Fishing Belleville Lake

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EPA Impairment Status

Belleville Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Algal growthMercuryNutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)PesticidesPFASPCBs

Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.

A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040900050404-02 · Official waterbody report

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Frequently asked questions about Belleville Lake

Where is Belleville Lake?: Belleville Lake is a lake in Wayne County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Belleville Lake?: Belleville Lake in Wayne County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 30 ft. Surface area: 1253.9 acres.
Is Belleville Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Belleville Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), pesticides, pFAS, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Belleville Lake?: Belleville Lake has a maximum depth of 30 feet and an average depth of 19 feet. The lake covers 1253.9 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Belleville Lake?: Belleville Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Wayne County Fairgrounds and RV Park. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.