Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake
Cook County, IllinoisView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Illinois EPA for this lake.
- Limited data
Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.
Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Illinois EPA, last sampled 2023-04-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake
These are the measurements Illinois EPA publishes for Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
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Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
2 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits.
- Plastics Color Corporation Of IllinoisCalumet City · 0.9 mi away · NPDES IL0035157
- Cid Recycling And Disposal FacilityCook County · 1.8 mi away · NPDES IL0061107
Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.
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Frequently asked questions about Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake
Where is Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake?
- Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois. Its water-quality measurements are published by Illinois EPA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake?
- Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.
Is Burnham Prairie Marsh West Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- USGS Illinois Water Science Center
USGS-IL1 sample · 2023
Analytical methods
- Secchi disk 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
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)