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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Iron Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus
4 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~14 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 46 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Iron Lake in Sudbury District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L.

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Iron Lake is a lake in Sudbury District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 46 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2004-05-19. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Iron Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Iron Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Iron 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. Phosphorus 4 µg/L. TSI 24.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus4 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)24Oligotrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~14 m est.
Average Depth~6.4 m est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Ontario has not published bathymetry for Iron Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
2 sq mi
Surface area
200 acres
Shoreline
3.9 mi
Elevation
1,119 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.

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Where is Iron Lake?

Iron Lake is a lake in Sudbury District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Iron Lake?

Iron Lake in Sudbury District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L.

Is Iron Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Iron Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Iron Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 46 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Iron Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)