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List Lake

NR
Not yet rated
5.5 ft clear · Eutrophic · 11 acres
Limited DataEutrophic

List Lake in Lake County, Michigan is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Water clarity: 5.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 11.4 acres.

Clarity
5.5 ft
Area
11 acres
Trend
Declining

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Why List Lake has no grade

We grade a lake only when the monitoring record supports a letter: at least three phosphorus or chlorophyll-a samples in the last ten years, scored against EPA National Lakes Assessment thresholds for this lake’s ecoregion. For List Lake, the only measurement available is water clarity, which is not a water-quality indicator on its own — EPA's National Lakes Assessment does not grade clarity. Sampling here has recorded water clarity, but not phosphorus and algae (chlorophyll-a).

Not Rated is not an F. It is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 — insufficient information. The water here may be excellent or poor; nobody has measured enough of it to say. Everything below that has been measured is still reported on this page.

Sampling is run by EGLE and volunteer programs, and published through the EPA Water Quality Portal. Read the full grading methodology.

List Lake is a 11-acre lake in Lake County, Michigan. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2018-09-05. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

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Swimming Safety

Not rated

Limited data

Not rated for swimming — there is not enough monitoring data to judge this lake

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Water quality measurements for List Lake

These readings exist but are not enough for an A–F grade — see why.

Murky, only visible to about 5.5 ft. Trophic State Index: 53.

MetricValueGrade
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)5.5 ftNot graded
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)53Eutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Surface Area11 acres

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

Fishing List Lake

Based on 2 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Declining-0.71 m/yr2

Graded lakes near List Lake

List Lake has no grade, but these lakes within a short drive do.

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Frequently asked questions about List Lake

Where is List Lake?

List Lake is a lake in Lake County, Michigan. LakeQuality has not rated this lake (UNRATED) — there is not enough recent sampling to assign a letter.

What is the water quality grade for List Lake?

List Lake in Lake County, Michigan is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Water clarity: 5.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 11.4 acres.

Is List Lake safe to swim in?

Not rated for swimming — there is not enough monitoring data to judge this lake. List Lake is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Always check local health department advisories before swimming.

Where this data comes from

13 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017–2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS13 samples · 2017–2018
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

Grade thresholds from the EPA National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See how grades are calculated and data sources.