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

Are there boat ramps on Lily Pond?

Lily Pond has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Lily Pond. Public access is listed as yes.

Can I fish at Lily Pond?

Lily Pond has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

Lily Pond

Houghton County, Michigan63 acresView map Directions

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

Area

63 acres

Surface area

Impaired · Dioxins
Public access

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Lily Pond in Houghton County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 63.3 acres.

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Water clarity at Lily Pond

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Lily Pond averaged 4.31 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 2.54 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.

Lily Pond is a 63-acre lake in Houghton County, Michigan. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.

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

What Lily Pond is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Boat launch1 documented ramp

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lily Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for dioxins, mercury, pesticides, pFAS, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Lily Pond 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 Lily Pond

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Lily Pond, 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

Surface area

63 acres

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

No bathymetric survey has been published for Lily Pond, so its depth is not documented here.

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Lily PondPublic

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

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Fishing Lily Pond

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EPA Impairment Status

Lily Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

DioxinsMercuryPesticidesPFASPCBs

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040203000001-01 · Official waterbody report

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Frequently asked questions about Lily Pond

Where is Lily Pond?: Lily Pond is a lake in Houghton County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lily Pond?: Lily Pond in Houghton County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 63.3 acres.
Is Lily Pond safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lily Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for dioxins, mercury, pesticides, pFAS, pCBs. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Lily Pond?: Lily Pond has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Lily Pond. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Lily Pond?: Lily Pond has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.