Voorheis Lake
Oakland County, Michigan221 acresView mapDirections
EGLE publishes the water-quality measurements for Voorheis Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Voorheis Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 20.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 221.4 acres.
Voorheis Lake is a 221-acre lake in Oakland County, Michigan. Water clarity is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE, last sampled 2018-09-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Voorheis Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water20.5 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Voorheis Lake 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.
Water quality measurements for Voorheis Lake
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Voorheis Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 20.5 ft down. TSI 34.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 20.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No 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. | 34 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Surface area
221 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Voorheis Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Voorheis Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2017–2018). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+3 µg/L/yr2 years
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Frequently asked questions about Voorheis Lake
Where is Voorheis Lake?
- Voorheis Lake 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 Voorheis Lake?
- Voorheis Lake in Oakland County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 20.5 ft visibility. Surface area: 221.4 acres.
Is Voorheis Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
11 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-26.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS11 samples · 2018
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.