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Makobe Lake

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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Makobe Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
3.7 m
Secchi · sampled 2018
Max depth
~24.7 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 81 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Makobe Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility.

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Makobe Lake is a lake in Timiskaming District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 81 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2018-05-24. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Makobe Lake is good for

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  • Clear water12.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Makobe Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Makobe Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Makobe Lake, 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 12.1 ft. TSI 41.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)3.7 mMeasured, not scored
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)41Mesotrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~24.7 m est.
Average Depth~11.6 m est.

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

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
44 sq mi
Surface area
5,016 acres
Shoreline
45.7 mi
Elevation
1,188 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 Makobe Lake?

Makobe Lake is a lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Makobe Lake?

Makobe Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility.

Is Makobe Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Makobe Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Makobe Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 81 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Makobe Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)