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Crescent Lake

Oakland County, Michigan90 acresView mapDirections

EGLE publishes the water-quality measurements for Crescent Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
10.5 ft
Typical for Michigan
Secchi · sampled 2018
Max depth
40 ft
Bathymetric survey
Area
90 acres
Surface area
  • 40 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Crescent Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.5 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 89.6 acres.

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Crescent Lake is a 90-acre lake in Oakland County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 40 feet.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2018-08-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Crescent Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water10.5 ft of visibility
  • Deep water40 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Crescent Lake 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.

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Water quality measurements for Crescent Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Crescent 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 10.5 ft. TSI 43.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)10.5ftMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorusNo 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.43Mesotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

40 ft

Surface area

90 acres

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Where is Crescent Lake?

Crescent Lake is a lake in Oakland County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Crescent Lake?

Crescent Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.5 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 89.6 acres.

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Is Crescent Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Crescent Lake?

Crescent Lake has a maximum depth of 40 feet. The lake covers 89.6 acres.

Where this data comes from

12 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS12 samples · 2018
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.