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Prairie Bee Lake

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

Clarity
2.4 m
Typical for Ontario
Secchi · sampled 2022
Phosphorus
5 µg/L
Less phosphorus than most
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~39.3 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 129 ft max depth

Prairie Bee Lake in Sudbury District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5 µg/L.

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Prairie Bee Lake is a lake in Sudbury District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 129 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2022-05-31. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Prairie Bee 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 Prairie Bee Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Prairie Bee Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Moderate clarity, visible to about 7.9 ft. Phosphorus 5 µg/L. TSI 37.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)2.4mMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus5µg/LMeasured, 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.37Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

~39.3 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 Prairie Bee Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area

82 sq mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Surface area

4,317 acres

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Shoreline

68.7 mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Elevation

1,398 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 Prairie Bee Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Prairie Bee Lake?

Prairie Bee Lake in Sudbury District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5 µg/L.

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Is Prairie Bee Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Prairie Bee Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Prairie Bee Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 129 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 Prairie Bee 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)