Newaygo
Newaygo County, Michigan115 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
Newaygo in Newaygo County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 115 acres.
Water clarity at Newaygo
Murky water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Newaygo averaged 0.95 m (3 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you cannot see far below the surface in midsummer.
Nobody has taken a water sample here that we can find. Michigan's environmental agency measures clarity on lakes like this one from satellite images instead, which is why this page reports how clear the water is and no phosphorus or algae readings.
Clear is not the same as clean. A lake can be easy to see through and still carry high nutrient levels, and a naturally tea-stained lake can be perfectly healthy. The nutrient and algae readings on other lakes come from phosphorus and chlorophyll-a measured in a laboratory, and clarity alone cannot stand in for them.
The same satellite images put summer algae here at roughly 14.74 micrograms per litre. Estimating algae from orbit is far less exact than measuring clarity, so that figure is worth knowing and is not part of any rating.
Newaygo is a 115-acre lake in Newaygo County, Michigan.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Newaygo is safe to swim in today is a call for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Newaygo
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Newaygo, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Surface area
115 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Newaygo, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Newaygo
Where is Newaygo?
- Newaygo is a lake in Newaygo County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Newaygo?
- Newaygo in Newaygo County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 115 acres.
Is Newaygo safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Newaygo come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.