Cooke Dam Pond
Iosco County, Michigan1,636 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
- 40 ft max depth
Cooke Dam Pond in Iosco County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 1635.5 acres.
Water clarity at Cooke Dam Pond
Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Cooke Dam Pond averaged 3.89 m (13 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you can typically see several feet down in midsummer.
Nobody has taken a water sample here that we can find. Michigan's environmental agency measures clarity on lakes like this one from satellite images instead, which is why this page reports how clear the water is and no phosphorus or algae readings.
Clear is not the same as clean. A lake can be easy to see through and still carry high nutrient levels, and a naturally tea-stained lake can be perfectly healthy. The nutrient and algae readings on other lakes come from phosphorus and chlorophyll-a measured in a laboratory, and clarity alone cannot stand in for them.
The same satellite images put summer algae here at roughly 3.33 micrograms per litre. Estimating algae from orbit is far less exact than measuring clarity, so that figure is worth knowing and is not part of any rating.
Cooke Dam Pond is a 1,636-acre lake in Iosco County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 40 feet (23-foot average).
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Cooke Dam Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping2 public campgrounds nearby
- Deep water40 ft surveyed max depth
- Big water1,636 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cooke Dam Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cooke Dam Pond
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Cooke Dam Pond, 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
Max depth
40 ft
Average depth
23 ft
Surface area
1,636 acres
Shoreline
2.7 mi
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Cooke Dam Pond
- Au Sable River Backcountry Campsites2.3 km
- Monument Campground2.3 km
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Frequently asked questions about Cooke Dam Pond
Where is Cooke Dam Pond?
- Cooke Dam Pond is a lake in Iosco County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cooke Dam Pond?
- Cooke Dam Pond in Iosco County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 1635.5 acres.
Is Cooke Dam Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Cooke Dam Pond?
- Cooke Dam Pond has a maximum depth of 40 feet and an average depth of 23 feet. The lake covers 1635.5 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Cooke Dam Pond?
- Cooke Dam Pond has 2 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Au Sable River Backcountry Campsites, Monument Campground. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Cooke Dam Pond come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles