Crockery Lake
Ottawa County, Michigan104 acresView mapDirections
EGLE publishes the water-quality measurements for Crockery Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 54 ft max depth
- Limited data
Crockery Lake in Ottawa County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 54 ft. Surface area: 104.2 acres.
Free interactive depth-contour map of Crockery Lake, reaching a maximum surveyed depth of 54 ft. Toggle Depth contours to overlay the bathymetric survey lines. Contour data from Michigan DNR.
Crockery Lake is a 104-acre lake in Ottawa County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 54 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2023-06-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Crockery Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water54 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Crockery Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Crockery 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.
Water quality measurements for Crockery Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Crockery Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 4 ft. TSI 57.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4ft | 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. | 57 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
54 ft
Surface area
104 acres
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Fishing Crockery Lake
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 7 years of monitoring (2016–2023).
Water clarity
Improving7 years
Phosphorus
Stable+0.21 µg/L/yr6 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-0.5 µg/L/yr6 years
EPA Impairment Status
Crockery Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040500060601-01 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Crockery Lake
Where is Crockery Lake?
- Crockery Lake is a lake in Ottawa County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Crockery Lake?
- Crockery Lake in Ottawa County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 54 ft. Surface area: 104.2 acres.
Is Crockery Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Crockery Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Crockery Lake?
- Crockery Lake has a maximum depth of 54 feet. The lake covers 104.2 acres.
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Where this data comes from
96 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2016–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS96 samples · 2016–2023
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