Wager Dam
Ionia County, Michigan90 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.
Wager Dam in Ionia County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 89.5 acres.
Water clarity at Wager Dam
Murky water. Across summers from 2019 to 2023, Wager Dam averaged 1.12 m (4 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you cannot see far below the surface in midsummer.
Nobody has taken a water sample here that we can find. Michigan's environmental agency measures clarity on lakes like this one from satellite images instead, which is why this page reports how clear the water is and no phosphorus or algae readings.
Clear is not the same as clean. A lake can be easy to see through and still carry high nutrient levels, and a naturally tea-stained lake can be perfectly healthy. The nutrient and algae readings on other lakes come from phosphorus and chlorophyll-a measured in a laboratory, and clarity alone cannot stand in for them.
The same satellite images put summer algae here at roughly 15.18 micrograms per litre. Estimating algae from orbit is far less exact than measuring clarity, so that figure is worth knowing and is not part of any rating.
Wager Dam is a 90-acre lake in Ionia County, Michigan.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Wager Dam 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 Wager Dam
These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Wager Dam, 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
Surface area
90 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Wager Dam, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Wager Dam
Where is Wager Dam?
- Wager Dam is a lake in Ionia County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Wager Dam?
- Wager Dam in Ionia County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 89.5 acres.
Is Wager Dam 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
Measurements for Wager Dam come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.