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

Are there boat ramps on Eagle Lake?

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

Can I fish at Eagle Lake?

Eagle 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.

Eagle Lake

Kalamazoo County, Michigan194 acresView map Directions

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

Area

194 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

1.4 mi

Measured length

Public access

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Eagle Lake in Kalamazoo County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 194.2 acres.

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Water clarity at Eagle Lake

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Eagle Lake averaged 3.3 m (11 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you can typically see several feet down in midsummer. 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 4.62 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.

Eagle Lake is a 194-acre lake in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 Eagle Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Eagle 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

Average depth

Not documented

Surface area

194 acres

Shoreline

1.4 mi

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

The published depth figures for Eagle Lake contradict each other, so no depth is shown.

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Eagle 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 Eagle Lake

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Nearby Lakes in Kalamazoo County

Eagle Lake0.2 miView →Crooked Lake1 miView →Pretty Lake1.6 miView →Bass Lake2 miView →Mud Lake3.3 miView →South Lake4 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Eagle Lake

Where is Eagle Lake?: Eagle Lake is a lake in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Eagle Lake?: Eagle Lake in Kalamazoo County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 194.2 acres.
Is Eagle Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Eagle Lake?: The published depth figures for Eagle Lake contradict each other, so no depth is shown. The lake covers 194.2 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Eagle Lake?: Eagle Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Eagle Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Eagle Lake?: Eagle 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.