Skilak Lake
Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska24,783 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Alaska DEC for this lake.
- 100 ft mean depth (modelled)
Skilak Lake in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska has water-quality measurements published by Alaska DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 24783 acres.
Skilak Lake is a 24,783-acre lake in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska with an estimated average depth of about 100 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Skilak Lake is good for
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- Big water24,783 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Skilak Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Skilak Lake
These are the measurements Alaska DEC publishes for Skilak 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. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Mean depth
~100 ft est.
Surface area
24,783 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled estimate from HydroLAKES, not a measured survey. Alaska has not published bathymetry for Skilak Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
1,200 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Mean depth
~100 ft est.
Modelled from terrain, not sounded
Shoreline
52.5 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
213 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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Frequently asked questions about Skilak Lake
Where is Skilak Lake?
- Skilak Lake is a lake in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska. Its water-quality measurements are published by Alaska DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Skilak Lake?
- Skilak Lake in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska has water-quality measurements published by Alaska DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 24783 acres.
Is Skilak Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Skilak Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Skilak Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 100 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 24783 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Skilak Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)