Fairbanks Lake
Beltrami County, MinnesotaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Minnesota PCA for this lake.
- Limited data
Fairbanks Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported.
Fairbanks Lake is a lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, last sampled 2020-03-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Fairbanks Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota DNR and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Fairbanks Lake
These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Fairbanks 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.
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Fishing Fairbanks Lake
Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).
Water clarity
Worsening6 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+0.24 µg/L/yr6 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+0.17 µg/L/yr6 years
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Frequently asked questions about Fairbanks Lake
Where is Fairbanks Lake?
- Fairbanks Lake is a lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Fairbanks Lake?
- Fairbanks Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported.
Is Fairbanks Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Red Lake DNR
REDLAKE_WQX2 samples · 2020
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Two Reagent Colorimetry
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
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.