Font Lake
Charlevoix County, Michigan357 acresView mapDirections
EGLE publishes the water-quality measurements for Font Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 7 ft max depth
- Limited data
Font Lake in Charlevoix County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 7 ft. Surface area: 357 acres.
Free interactive depth-contour map of Font Lake, reaching a maximum surveyed depth of 7 ft. Toggle Depth contours to overlay the bathymetric survey lines. Contour data from Michigan DNR.
Font Lake is a 357-acre lake in Charlevoix County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 7 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. The lake supports 8 documented fish species including Blacknose shiner, Brook silverside, and Brook stickleback.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2022-09-07. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Font Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Fishing8 species recorded
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Font 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 Font Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Font 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 5 ft. TSI 54.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 5ft | 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. | 54 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
7 ft
Surface area
357 acres
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Fishing Font Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2017–2023). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Phosphorus
Improving-4 µg/L/yr2 years
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Frequently asked questions about Font Lake
Where is Font Lake?
- Font Lake is a lake in Charlevoix County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Font Lake?
- Font Lake in Charlevoix County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5 ft visibility. Maximum depth: 7 ft. Surface area: 357 acres.
Is Font Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Font Lake?
- Font Lake has a maximum depth of 7 feet. The lake covers 357 acres.
What fish are in Font Lake?
- Fish species found in Font Lake include Blacknose shiner, Brook silverside, Brook stickleback, Central mudminnow, Iowa darter, Western banded killifish, White sucker, Yellow perch. Font Lake is located in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
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Where this data comes from
12 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS12 samples · 2017–2022
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.