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Cirrus Lake

Rainy River District, OntarioView mapDirections

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

Clarity
4.3 m
Secchi · sampled 2017
Phosphorus
5.3 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~36 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 118 ft max depth

Cirrus Lake in Rainy River District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5.3 µg/L.

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Cirrus Lake is a lake in Rainy River District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 118 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2017-05-08. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Cirrus Lake is good for

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  • Clear water14.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Cirrus 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 Cirrus Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Cirrus Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Good clarity, visible to about 14.1 ft. Phosphorus 5.3 µg/L. TSI 34.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)4.3 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus5.3 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)34Oligotrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~36 m est.
Average Depth~19.5 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 Cirrus Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
85 sq mi
Surface area
5,496 acres
Shoreline
73.8 mi
Elevation
1,227 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 Cirrus Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Cirrus Lake?

Cirrus Lake in Rainy River District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5.3 µg/L.

Is Cirrus Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Cirrus Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Cirrus Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 118 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 Cirrus 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)