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

How deep is Dana Lake?

Dana Lake has a maximum depth of 25 feet and an average depth of 8 feet. The lake covers 84.7 acres.

Are there boat ramps on Dana Lake?

Dana Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Dana Lake. Public access is listed as yes.

Can I fish at Dana Lake?

Dana Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

Dana Lake

Delta County, Michigan85 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.

Max depth

25 ft

Bathymetric survey

Area

85 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

1 mi

Measured length

25 ft max depth
Public access

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Dana Lake in Delta County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 25 ft. Surface area: 84.7 acres.

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Water clarity at Dana Lake

Moderate clarity. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Dana Lake averaged 2.58 m (8 ft) of visibility down into the water, so visibility is middling in midsummer, which is ordinary for a productive inland lake. This lake sits close to the line between clarity classes, so treat the label as approximate and the depth reading as the real number.

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 4.63 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.

Dana Lake is a 85-acre lake in Delta County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 25 feet (8-foot average). Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Dana Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Boat launch1 documented ramp

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Dana 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 Dana Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Dana Lake, 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

25 ft

Average depth

8 ft

Surface area

85 acres

Shoreline

1 mi

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Dana LakePublic

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

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Fishing Dana Lake

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Frequently asked questions about Dana Lake

Where is Dana Lake?: Dana Lake is a lake in Delta County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Dana Lake?: Dana Lake in Delta County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 25 ft. Surface area: 84.7 acres.
Is Dana Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Dana Lake?: Dana Lake has a maximum depth of 25 feet and an average depth of 8 feet. The lake covers 84.7 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Dana Lake?: Dana Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Dana Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Dana Lake?: Dana Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.