Walker Lake
Northwest Arctic County, Alaska9,336 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Alaska DEC for this lake.
- 186 ft mean depth (modelled)
Walker Lake in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska has water-quality measurements published by Alaska DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9336 acres.
Walker Lake is a 9,336-acre lake in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska with an estimated average depth of about 186 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Walker Lake is good for
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- Big water9,336 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Walker 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 Walker Lake
These are the measurements Alaska DEC publishes for Walker 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
~186 ft est.
Surface area
9,336 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled estimate from HydroLAKES, not a measured survey. Alaska has not published bathymetry for Walker Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
196 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Mean depth
~186 ft est.
Modelled from terrain, not sounded
Shoreline
36.2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
594 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 Walker Lake
Where is Walker Lake?
- Walker Lake is a lake in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska. Its water-quality measurements are published by Alaska DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Walker Lake?
- Walker Lake in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska has water-quality measurements published by Alaska DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9336 acres.
Is Walker Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Walker Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Walker Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 186 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 9336 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Walker 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)