Sleeping Bear Dunes- Shalda Creek

Maple City, Michigan

Shalda Creek is situated in the heart of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This creek flows into Lake Michigan. The fog that often covers the lake in the mornings makes for scenic views. This creek provides habitat for the endangered piping plover.

Water Quality
  • No data available

  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on September 16th, 2019. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 17th, 2019 at 12:30 PM.
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Current Weather
24°C
Clear and sunny
Monitoring Frequency

Sleeping Bear Dunes- Shalda Creek is sampled weekly from May 1st to October 30th.

Source Information

Recreational public beaches in Michigan are tested one to four times per month, typically from May to September. Officially, the water is tested for recreational standards from May 1 to October 31.

The Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality uses guidance provided by the EPA to develop ambient standards for E. coli. E. coli standards for water used for total body contact recreation are provided in the Michigan Public Health Code and Rule 323.1062(1) of the Part 4.

A beach is marked Green the geometric mean of 3 samples collected at the same time is under 300 E. coli / 100 ml or when the geometric mean of 5 samples collected over 30 days is under 130 E. coli / 100 ml.

A beach is marked Red when the geometric mean of 3 samples collected at the same time exceeds 300 E. coli / 100 ml or when the geometric mean of 5 samples collected over 30 days exceeds 130 E. coli / 100 ml.

A beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

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Sleeping Bear Dunes- Shalda Creek

Maple City, Michigan

Water Quality
  • No data available
  • Current Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on September 16th, 2019. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 17th, 2019 at 12:30 PM.
For water quality icon legend, click:  
Current Weather
24°C
Clear and sunny

Shalda Creek is situated in the heart of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This creek flows into Lake Michigan. The fog that often covers the lake in the mornings makes for scenic views. This creek provides habitat for the endangered piping plover.

Monitoring Frequency

Sleeping Bear Dunes- Shalda Creek is sampled weekly from May 1st to October 30th.

Source Information

Recreational public beaches in Michigan are tested one to four times per month, typically from May to September. Officially, the water is tested for recreational standards from May 1 to October 31.

The Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality uses guidance provided by the EPA to develop ambient standards for E. coli. E. coli standards for water used for total body contact recreation are provided in the Michigan Public Health Code and Rule 323.1062(1) of the Part 4.

A beach is marked Green the geometric mean of 3 samples collected at the same time is under 300 E. coli / 100 ml or when the geometric mean of 5 samples collected over 30 days is under 130 E. coli / 100 ml.

A beach is marked Red when the geometric mean of 3 samples collected at the same time exceeds 300 E. coli / 100 ml or when the geometric mean of 5 samples collected over 30 days exceeds 130 E. coli / 100 ml.

A beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

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Water Quality Graph

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Maple City, Michigan
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