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Huff Lake

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

Clarity
11 ft
Typical for Michigan
Secchi · sampled 2018
Area
41 acres
Surface area
  • Limited data

Huff Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11 ft visibility. Surface area: 40.7 acres.

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Huff Lake is a 41-acre lake in Oakland County, Michigan.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2018-09-07. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Huff Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water11 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Huff 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 Huff Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Huff Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Good clarity, visible to about 11 ft. TSI 43.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)11ftMeasured, 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.43Mesotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Surface area

41 acres

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

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Frequently asked questions about Huff Lake

Where is Huff Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Huff Lake?

Huff Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11 ft visibility. Surface area: 40.7 acres.

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Is Huff 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

10 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS10 samples · 2018
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.