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

How deep is Jose Lake?

Jose Lake has a maximum depth of 25 feet and an average depth of 19 feet. The lake covers 121.6 acres.

Are there campgrounds on Jose Lake?

Jose Lake has 2 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including South Branch Horse Campground, South Branch Trail Camp Group Site. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.

Jose Lake

Iosco County, Michigan122 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.

Max depth

25 ft

Bathymetric survey

Area

122 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

1.4 mi

Measured length

25 ft max depth

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Jose Lake in Iosco County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 25 ft. Surface area: 121.6 acres.

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Water clarity at Jose Lake

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Jose Lake averaged 4.32 m (14 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 2.78 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.

Jose Lake is a 122-acre lake in Iosco County, Michigan with a maximum depth of 25 feet (19-foot average).

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Jose Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Camping2 public campgrounds nearby

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Jose 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 Jose Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Jose 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

25 ft

Average depth

19 ft

Surface area

122 acres

Shoreline

1.4 mi

Recreation & Access

Campgrounds

Public campgrounds near Jose Lake

South Branch Horse Campground2.8 km
South Branch Trail Camp Group Site2.8 kmReserve

Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes

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Fishing Jose Lake

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Nearby Lakes in Iosco County

Chain Lakes12.5 ft clear · Oligotrophic1 miView →Chain Lakes (west)1.2 miView →Marlbed Lake2.2 miView →Long Lake14 ft clear · Oligotrophic4.4 miView →Loon Lake23 ft clear—View →Little Long Lake—View →

Frequently asked questions about Jose Lake

Where is Jose Lake?: Jose Lake is a lake in Iosco County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Jose Lake?: Jose Lake in Iosco County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 25 ft. Surface area: 121.6 acres.
Is Jose Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Jose Lake?: Jose Lake has a maximum depth of 25 feet and an average depth of 19 feet. The lake covers 121.6 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Jose Lake?: Jose Lake has 2 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including South Branch Horse Campground, South Branch Trail Camp Group Site. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.