Where is Saarikas Lake?

Saarikas Lake is a lake in Saarijärvi, Finland. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.

Is Saarikas Lake safe to swim in?

Saarikas Lake has official nutrient and clarity measurements, not a bacteria swim class and not a safety clearance. Algal blooms, currents, and depth are not covered. Always check local notices before swimming.

How deep is Saarikas Lake?

Saarikas Lake has a maximum depth of 4.3 feet.

Saarikas Lake

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Syke publishes the water-quality measurements for Saarikas Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

1 m

Typical for Finland

Secchi · sampled 2025

Phosphorus

15.5 µg/L

Typical for Finland

Measured by Syke

Max depth

1.3 m

Bathymetric survey

4 ft max depth
Limited data

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Saarikas Lake in Saarijärvi, Finland has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 4.3 ft.

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How Saarikas Lake is classified

Saarikas Lake in Finland is published with the authority's own measurements and class. The measurements here are published by the agency that samples the lake, as reported. Sampling here has recorded water clarity and phosphorus, but not algae (chlorophyll-a).

LakeQuality publishes no grade of its own beside it. Everything below thathas been measured is reported on this page.

Monitoring: the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and the ELY Centres.

Saarikas Lake is a lake in Saarijärvi County, Finland with a maximum depth of 4 feet.

Source: the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and the ELY Centres — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2025-10-09. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Saarikas Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and the ELY Centres and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Saarikas Lake

These are the measurements Syke publishes for Saarikas Lake. More on the source.

Very murky, less than 3.1 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 15.5 µg/L. TSI 52.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	0.95m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	15.5µg/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.	52	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

1.3 m

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Frequently asked questions about Saarikas Lake

Where is Saarikas Lake?: Saarikas Lake is a lake in Saarijärvi, Finland. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.
What is the water quality of Saarikas Lake?: Saarikas Lake in Saarijärvi, Finland has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 4.3 ft.
Is Saarikas Lake safe to swim in?: Saarikas Lake has official nutrient and clarity measurements, not a bacteria swim class and not a safety clearance. Algal blooms, currents, and depth are not covered. Always check local notices before swimming.
How deep is Saarikas Lake?: Saarikas Lake has a maximum depth of 4.3 feet.

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Where this data comes from

6 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from Syke VESLA (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.

Collected and reported by

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and ELY Centressyke-vesla6 samples · 2025

Analytical methods

SYKE VESLA

Monitoring station identifiers (1)

43240

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