Where is Vähä Moskujärvi?

Vähä Moskujärvi is a lake in Sodankylä, Finland. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.

Is Vähä Moskujärvi safe to swim in?

Vähä Moskujärvi 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 Vähä Moskujärvi?

The available depth estimate for Vähä Moskujärvi is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.

Vähä Moskujärvi

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Syke publishes the water-quality measurements for Vähä Moskujärvi. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

1 m

Typical for Finland

Secchi · sampled 2026

Phosphorus

25 µg/L

Typical for Finland

Measured by Syke

Chlorophyll-a

2.3 µg/L

Less algae than most

Measured by Syke

Limited data

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Vähä Moskujärvi in Sodankylä, Finland has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 25 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.3 µg/L.

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How Vähä Moskujärvi is classified

Vähä Moskujärvi 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, phosphorus and 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.

Vähä Moskujärvi is a lake in Sodankylä County, Finland.

Source: the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and the ELY Centres — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2026-07-21. 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 Vähä Moskujärvi 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 Vähä Moskujärvi

These are the measurements Syke publishes for Vähä Moskujärvi. More on the source.

Very murky, less than 3.3 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 25 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 2.3 µg/L. TSI 50.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	25µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)	2.3µg/L	Measured, not scored 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.	50	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Frequently asked questions about Vähä Moskujärvi

Where is Vähä Moskujärvi?: Vähä Moskujärvi is a lake in Sodankylä, Finland. This page reports official water-quality measurements, shown as reported.
What is the water quality of Vähä Moskujärvi?: Vähä Moskujärvi in Sodankylä, Finland has official water-quality measurements, shown as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 25 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.3 µg/L.
Is Vähä Moskujärvi safe to swim in?: Vähä Moskujärvi 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 Vähä Moskujärvi?: The available depth estimate for Vähä Moskujärvi is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.

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Where this data comes from

3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2026. 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-vesla3 samples · 2026

Analytical methods

SYKE VESLA

Monitoring station identifiers (1)

55808

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