Lake Demons
Steuben County, New YorkView mapDirections
NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Demons. Here is what has been measured.
- 31 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Demons in Steuben County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.8 ft visibility.
Lake Demons is a lake in Steuben County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 31 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Lake Demons is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water11.8 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Water quality measurements for Lake Demons
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Lake Demons, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 11.8 ft. TSI 42.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 11.8ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading 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. | 42 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~31 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Lake Demons.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
0 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
27 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
0.9 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,578 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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Frequently asked questions about Lake Demons
Where is Lake Demons?
- Lake Demons is a lake in Steuben County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Demons?
- Lake Demons in Steuben County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.8 ft visibility.
Is Lake Demons safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Demons?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Demons, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 31 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
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
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)