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Twin Lakes

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EGLE publishes the water-quality measurements for Twin Lakes. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
6.5 ft
Murkier than most
Secchi · sampled 2022
Area
12 acres
Surface area
Trend
Worsening
5 years of samples
  • Limited data

Twin Lakes in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 11.9 acres.

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Twin Lakes is a 12-acre lake in Oakland County, Michigan. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. The lake supports 7 documented fish species including Bluegill, Fathead minnow, and Golden shiner.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2022-09-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Twin Lakes is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Fishing7 species recorded

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Twin Lakes 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.

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Water quality measurements for Twin Lakes

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Twin Lakes, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Murky, only visible to about 6.5 ft. TSI 50.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)6.5ftMeasured, not scored

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

Total phosphorusNo reading

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.50Eutrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Surface area

12 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Twin Lakes, so its depth is not documented here.

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Fish Species

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Fishing Twin Lakes

Based on 5 years of monitoring (2018–2023).

  • Water clarity

    Worsening

    5 years

  • Phosphorus

    Worsening

    +1.98 µg/L/yr5 years

  • Chlorophyll-a

    Improving

    -1.3 µg/L/yr3 years

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Frequently asked questions about Twin Lakes

Where is Twin Lakes?

Twin Lakes is a lake in Oakland County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Twin Lakes?

Twin Lakes in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 11.9 acres.

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Is Twin Lakes safe to swim in?

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

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What fish are in Twin Lakes?

Fish species found in Twin Lakes include Bluegill, Fathead minnow, Golden shiner, Lake herring, Largemouth bass, Pumpkinseed, Yellow perch. Twin Lakes is located in Oakland County, Michigan.

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Where this data comes from

38 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS38 samples · 2018–2022
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.