Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake
Alachua County, FloridaView mapDirections
This is the name Florida DEP records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Algal growth
- 35 ft max depth
- Limited data
Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake in Alachua County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 31.5 µg/L.
Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake is a lake in Alachua County, Florida with an estimated average depth of about 35 feet. Water clarity is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-06-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for algal growth, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp 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.
Water quality measurements for Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 2.5 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 31.5 µg/L. TSI 59.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 31.5µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 59 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~35 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Florida has not published bathymetry for Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
5 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
69 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.6 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
46 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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Fishing Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake
Water Quality Trend: Stable
Based on 4 years of monitoring (2022–2025).
Water clarity
Worsening2 years
Phosphorus
Improving-8.25 µg/L/yr4 years
EPA Impairment Status
Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Recreation.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit FL2749A · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake
Where is Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake?
- Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake is in Alachua County, Florida. This is the name Florida DEP records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake?
- Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake in Alachua County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 31.5 µg/L.
Is Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for algal growth, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Mcintosh Bay @ Fish Camp Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 35 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
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Northeast District
21FLA_WQX4 samples · 2022–2025
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
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)