Kearney Lake
Nipissing District, OntarioView mapDirections
Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Kearney Lake. Here is what has been measured.
Kearney Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 12.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 11.7 µg/L.
Kearney Lake is a lake in Nipissing District County, Ontario.
Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2024-08-01. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Kearney Lake is good for
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- Clear water41 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Kearney 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.
Water quality measurements for Kearney Lake
These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Kearney 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 41 ft down. Phosphorus 11.7 µg/L. TSI 32.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 12.5m | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 11.7µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 32 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
12 sq mi
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Surface area
82 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,289 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS).
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Where is Kearney Lake?
- Kearney Lake is a lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kearney Lake?
- Kearney Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 12.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 11.7 µg/L.
Is Kearney Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Kearney Lake?
- The available depth estimate for Kearney Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Kearney 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.
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Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)