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Madison-Cherry Lake

Madison County, FloridaView mapDirections

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

Trend
Stable
6 years of samples
  • Impaired · Algal growth
  • Limited data
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Madison-Cherry Lake in Madison County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.

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Madison-Cherry Lake is a lake in Madison County, Florida. Water clarity is declining over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2021-11-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Recreation use not supported

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Madison-Cherry Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Madison-Cherry Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Madison-Cherry Lake

These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Madison-Cherry Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data.

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Fishing Madison-Cherry Lake

Water Quality Trend: Stable

Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).

  • Water clarity

    Worsening

    6 years

  • Phosphorus

    Improving

    -1.63 µg/L/yr6 years

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EPA Impairment Status

Madison-Cherry Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Algal growthMercury

Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption, Recreation.

A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit FL3322A · Official waterbody report

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Frequently asked questions about Madison-Cherry Lake

Where is Madison-Cherry Lake?

Madison-Cherry Lake is a lake in Madison County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Madison-Cherry Lake?

Madison-Cherry Lake in Madison County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.

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Is Madison-Cherry Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Madison-Cherry Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Where this data comes from

12 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • FLORIDA LAKEWATCH21FLKWAT_WQX12 samples · 2021
Monitoring station identifiers (3)

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

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database