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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Burr Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus
19.4 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~14.3 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 47 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Burr Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 19.4 µg/L.

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Burr Lake is a lake in Parry Sound District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 47 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2024-06-12. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Burr Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Burr Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Burr 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. Phosphorus 19.4 µg/L. TSI 47.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus19.4 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)47Mesotrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~14.3 m est.
Average Depth~4.3 m est.

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

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
Surface area
44 acres
Shoreline
1.7 mi
Elevation
830 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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Where is Burr Lake?

Burr Lake is a lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Burr Lake?

Burr Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 19.4 µg/L.

Is Burr Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Burr Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Burr Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 47 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Burr Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.

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Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)