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Flint Park Lake

Genesee County, Michigan16 acresView mapDirections

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

Clarity
3.8 ft
Murkier than most
Secchi · sampled 2022
Area
16 acres
Surface area
  • Impaired · PFAS
  • Limited data

Flint Park Lake in Genesee County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 15.7 acres.

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Flint Park Lake is a 16-acre lake in Genesee County, Michigan. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2022-09-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Flint Park Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pFAS. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Flint Park 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 Flint Park Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Flint Park 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 3.8 ft. TSI 58.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)3.8ftMeasured, 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.58Eutrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Surface area

16 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Flint Park Lake, so its depth is not documented here.

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Fishing Flint Park Lake

2 seasons of samples on record (2021–2022). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.

  • Water clarity

    Improving

    2 years

  • Phosphorus

    Improving

    -65 µg/L/yr2 years

EPA Impairment Status

Flint Park Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

PFAS

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040802040503-02 · Official waterbody report

Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby

5 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Flint Park Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits, including 1 classified by the EPA as major discharger. 5 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.

  • Flint Wwtp
    Flint · 2.9 mi away · NPDES MI0022926
    MajorRecent violation
  • Westwood Heights Ps MS4-Genesee
    Flint · 1.6 mi away · NPDES MI0060348
    Recent violation
  • Mount Morris Twp MS4-Genesee
    Mount Morris · 2.3 mi away · NPDES MI0060102
    Recent violation
  • Carman-Ainsworth Ps MS4-Genesee
    Flint · 3.9 mi away · NPDES MI0060358
    Recent violation
  • Flint Twp MS4-Genesee
    Flint · 5 mi away · NPDES MI0060096
    Recent violation

Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.

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Frequently asked questions about Flint Park Lake

Where is Flint Park Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Flint Park Lake?

Flint Park Lake in Genesee County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 15.7 acres.

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Is Flint Park Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Flint Park Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pFAS. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Where this data comes from

17 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS17 samples · 2021–2022
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

Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)