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Lac Miller

Le Val-Saint-François, QuébecView mapDirections

classe oligotrophe

This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2024, not a LakeQuality grade. See every year

Clarity
2.9 m
Secchi · sampled 2024
Phosphorus
7.9 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
1.8 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Max depth
~4.9 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 16 ft max depth

Lac Miller in Le Val-Saint-François, Québec is classified classe oligotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2024. Water clarity: 2.9 m visibility. Phosphorus: 7.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.8 µg/L.

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Lac Miller is a lake in Le Val-Saint-François County, Québec with an estimated average depth of about 16 feet.

Source: Québec RSVL (MELCCFP) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2024-08-01. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

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Not rated

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

Whether Lac Miller is safe to swim in today is a call for le Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Lac Miller

These are the measurements MELCCFP publishes for Lac Miller, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.5 ft. Phosphorus 7.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.8 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)2.9 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus7.9 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)1.8 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~4.9 m est.

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

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
0 sq mi
Surface area
30 acres
Shoreline
1.2 mi
Elevation
1,109 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 Lac Miller?

Lac Miller is a lake in Le Val-Saint-François, Québec. MELCCFP classifies it classe oligotrophe for 2024. This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2024, not a LakeQuality grade.

What is the water quality of Lac Miller?

Lac Miller in Le Val-Saint-François, Québec is classified classe oligotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2024. Water clarity: 2.9 m visibility. Phosphorus: 7.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.8 µg/L.

Is Lac Miller safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Lac Miller?

No published bathymetric survey covers Lac Miller, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 16 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

The authority’s own classification

Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) publishes its own classification for Lac Miller. It is shown here as theirs, in their words, and is not folded into the LakeQuality letter.

Most recent, 2024
classe oligotrophe

This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2024, not a LakeQuality grade.

A trophic class ranks how nutrient-rich a lake is, from oligotrophic at the low end to eutrophic at the high end. It describes nutrients and plant growth, not bacteria, and it is not a swimming clearance.

Earlier years (3 classified 2022–2024)
YearPublished class
2023zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2022zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe

Published by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec). A classification is not a same-day swimming clearance. See data sources.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Lac Miller come from the Réseau de surveillance volontaire des lacs (RSVL), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. MELCCFP RSVL (CC BY 4.0). See data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)