Freska Lake
Kent County, Michigan60 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 30 ft max depth
Freska Lake in Kent County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 30 ft. Surface area: 59.5 acres.
Water clarity at Freska Lake
Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Freska Lake averaged 3.85 m (13 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you can typically see several feet down in midsummer.
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 3.19 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.
Freska Lake is a 60-acre lake in Kent County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 30 feet (10-foot average).
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Freska Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water30 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Freska Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, pFAS. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Freska 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 Freska Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Freska 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
30 ft
Average depth
10 ft
Surface area
60 acres
Shoreline
1.3 mi
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EPA Impairment Status
Freska Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040601020903-06 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Freska Lake
Where is Freska Lake?
- Freska Lake is a lake in Kent County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Freska Lake?
- Freska Lake in Kent County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 30 ft. Surface area: 59.5 acres.
Is Freska Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Freska Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, pFAS. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Freska Lake?
- Freska Lake has a maximum depth of 30 feet and an average depth of 10 feet. The lake covers 59.5 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Freska Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database