Caribou Lake
Piscataquis County, Maine4,631 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Maine DEP for this lake.
Caribou Lake in Piscataquis County, Maine has water-quality measurements published by Maine DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 4631 acres.
Caribou Lake is a 4,631-acre lake in Piscataquis County, Maine.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Caribou Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water4,631 acres
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Caribou Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Caribou Lake
These are the measurements Maine DEP publishes for Caribou 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
Surface area
4,631 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Caribou Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Caribou Lake
Where is Caribou Lake?
- Caribou Lake is a lake in Piscataquis County, Maine. Its water-quality measurements are published by Maine DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Caribou Lake?
- Caribou Lake in Piscataquis County, Maine has water-quality measurements published by Maine DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 4631 acres.
Is Caribou 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
Measurements for Caribou Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.