Cazenovia Lake
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NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Cazenovia Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- 100 ft max depth
- Limited data
Cazenovia Lake in Madison County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 16.7 ft visibility.
Cazenovia Lake is a lake in Madison County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 100 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-13. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Cazenovia Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water16.7 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cazenovia Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cazenovia Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cazenovia Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Cazenovia Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 16.7 ft down. TSI 37.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 16.7ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 37 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~100 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Cazenovia Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
8 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
1,129 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
9.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,194 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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EPA Impairment Status
Cazenovia Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Recreation.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NY0703-0021 · Official waterbody report
Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
6 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Cazenovia Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits. 3 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.
- Cazenovia WwtpCazenovia · 1.5 mi away · NPDES NY0028525Recent violation
- Mount Pleasant Water Supply Treatment FacilityCazenovia, Town Of · 3.1 mi away · NPDES NY0284289Recent violation
- Cazenovia (T) Highway GarageCazenovia · 3.9 mi away · NPDES NY0261998Recent violation
- Chittenango Falls MhpChittenango Falls · 2.6 mi away · NPDES NY0214019
- Knowles CazenoviaCazenovia · 3.6 mi away · NPDES NY0262005
- Smith PropertyChittenango · 3.9 mi away · NPDES NY0213675
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 Cazenovia Lake
Where is Cazenovia Lake?
- Cazenovia Lake is a lake in Madison County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cazenovia Lake?
- Cazenovia Lake in Madison County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 16.7 ft visibility.
Is Cazenovia Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cazenovia Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Cazenovia Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Cazenovia Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 100 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
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
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)