Oakland Lake
Queens County, New YorkView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NY DEC for this lake.
- Limited data
Oakland Lake in Queens County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported.
Oakland Lake is a lake in Queens County, New York.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2021-06-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Oakland Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Oakland Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Oakland 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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Frequently asked questions about Oakland Lake
Where is Oakland Lake?
- Oakland Lake is a lake in Queens County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Oakland Lake?
- Oakland Lake in Queens County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported.
Is Oakland Lake 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
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- USGS New York Water Science Center
USGS-NY8 samples · 2020–2021
Analytical methods
- YSI EXO turbidity sensor, FNU
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.