Jackson-Silver Lake
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Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Jackson-Silver Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Oligotrophic
- 40 ft max depth
Jackson-Silver Lake in Jackson County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 25 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L.
Jackson-Silver Lake is a cold, clear oligotrophic lake in Jackson County, Florida with an estimated average depth of about 40 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 5 other monitored lakes in Jackson County, Jackson-Silver Lake ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-02-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Jackson-Silver Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water25 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLow algae
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Jackson-Silver Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Jackson-Silver Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Jackson-Silver Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 25 ft down. Phosphorus 6 µg/L. TSI 30.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 25ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 6µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| 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. | 30 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~40 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Florida has not published bathymetry for Jackson-Silver Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
2 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
193 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
207 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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Fishing Jackson-Silver Lake
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 5 years of monitoring (2020–2024).
Water clarity
Stable5 years
Phosphorus
Improving-0.25 µg/L/yr5 years
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Frequently asked questions about Jackson-Silver Lake
Where is Jackson-Silver Lake?
- Jackson-Silver Lake is a lake in Jackson County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Jackson-Silver Lake?
- Jackson-Silver Lake in Jackson County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 25 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L.
Is Jackson-Silver Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Jackson-Silver Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Jackson-Silver Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 40 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
144 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- FLORIDA LAKEWATCH
21FLKWAT_WQX144 samples · 2020–2025
Monitoring station identifiers (3)
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)