Miami-Dade-Lakeridge
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Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Miami-Dade-Lakeridge. Here is what has been measured.
- Oligotrophic
- 42 ft max depth
Miami-Dade-Lakeridge in Miami-Dade County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L.
Miami-Dade-Lakeridge is a cold, clear oligotrophic lake in Miami-Dade County, Florida with an estimated average depth of about 42 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 6 other monitored lakes in Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade-Lakeridge ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2024-05-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Miami-Dade-Lakeridge is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water10.3 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLow algae
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Miami-Dade-Lakeridge 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 Miami-Dade-Lakeridge
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Miami-Dade-Lakeridge, 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 10.3 ft. Phosphorus 8 µg/L. TSI 39.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 10.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 8µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| 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. | 39 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~42 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 Miami-Dade-Lakeridge.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
5 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
67 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
33 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 Miami-Dade-Lakeridge
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 4 years of monitoring (2020–2023).
Water clarity
Improving4 years
Phosphorus
Improving-0.9 µg/L/yr4 years
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Frequently asked questions about Miami-Dade-Lakeridge
Where is Miami-Dade-Lakeridge?
- Miami-Dade-Lakeridge is a lake in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Miami-Dade-Lakeridge?
- Miami-Dade-Lakeridge in Miami-Dade County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L.
Is Miami-Dade-Lakeridge safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Miami-Dade-Lakeridge?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Miami-Dade-Lakeridge, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 42 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
261 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- FLORIDA LAKEWATCH
21FLKWAT_WQX261 samples · 2020–2024
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)