Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake
Cook County, IllinoisView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Illinois EPA for this lake.
- Impaired · Algal growth
- Limited data
Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.
Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Illinois EPA, last sampled 2023-05-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, cause unknown, mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake
These are the measurements Illinois EPA publishes for Humboldt Park Lagoon 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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EPA Impairment Status
Humboldt Park Lagoon 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: Aquatic life, Fish consumption, Other.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit IL_RHB · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake
Where is Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake?
- Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake is a lake in Cook County, Illinois. Its water-quality measurements are published by Illinois EPA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake?
- Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake in Cook County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported.
Is Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Humboldt Park Lagoon Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, cause unknown, mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- USGS Illinois Water Science Center
USGS-IL1 sample · 2023
Analytical methods
- Secchi disk method
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