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Cook County
17 of the 145 named waters in Cook County carry a fish consumption advisory. Those are listed first below — the rest have no advisory on file.
Contaminants found here: Mercury, PCBs, PFAS, PFOS
Waters with advisories
- Arrowhead Lake lake
- Busse Lake lake
- Calumet Harbor lake
- Calumet River System river
- Chicago River river
- Des Plaines River river
- Jackson Harbor lake
- Jackson Park Lagoon lake
- Lake Calumet lake
- Lake Michigan lake
- Marquette Park Lagoon lake
- McKinley Park Lagoon lake
- Midlothian Reservoir reservoir
- Powderhorn Lake lake
- Saganashkee Slough river
- Salt Creek river
- Wolf Lake and Indian Creek lake
Other named waters in Cook County
128 waters with no advisory on file. Listed so you can confirm we've looked — not as evidence the fish are safe.
- Axehead Lake
- Baker Lake
- Barrington Road Pond
- Beck Lake
- Belleau Lake
- Belly Deep Slough
- Belmont Harbor
- Bergman Slough
- Beverly Lake
- Big Bend Lake
- Big Marsh
- Bluff Spring Fen
- Bode Lakes
- Boomerang Slough
- Bull Frog Lake
- Burnham Park Harbor
- Busse Woods Reservoir
- Chicago Harbor
- Citation Lake
- Columbia Basin
- Cortez Basin
- Crabtree Lake
- Cramer Slough
- Cranberry Slough
- Crawdad Slough
- Dana Lake
- Dead Stick Pond
- Deer Grove Lake
- Deer Lake
- Diversey Harbor
- Doughnut Lake
- East Lagoon
- Flatfoot Lake
- Forest Lake
- Galvins Lake
- Goose Lake
- Green Lake
- Gun Club Ponds
- Hambone Lake
- Hawley Lake
- Hawthorn Lake
- Heather Lake
- Hegewisch Marsh
- Hidden Pond Slough
- Hogwash Slough
- Holy Family Villa Lake
- Horse Collar Slough
- Horsetail Lake
- Hyde Lake Wetlands
- Indian Ridge Marsh
- Island Lake
- Joes Pond
- Katydid Slough
- Keene Lake
- Kingsport Lake
- Lacey Lake
- Lake Cosman
- Lake Cottage Grove
- Lake George
- Lake Ida
- Lake Irene
- Lake Marion
- Lake Mary Anne
- Lake Melissa
- Lake O'Hare
- Lake of the Coves
- Lake Opeka
- Lake Potawatomi
- Lake Shermerville
- Lake Terramere
- Lake Victory
- Longjohn Slough
- Mallard Pond
- Maple Lake
- McGinnis Slough
- Melvina Ditch Reservoir
- Midlothian Creek Detention Reservoir
- Mirror Lake
- Montrose Harbor
- Mud Lake
- Murphy Lake
- North Branch Chicago River
- North Pond
- North Pool
- Outer Harbor
- Papoose Lake
- Park Lake
- Penny Road Pond
- Peregrine Lake
- Peterson Lake
- Pollywog Slough
- Rainbarrel Slough
- Red Wing Slough
- Richton Crossing Detention Reservoir
- Sauk Trail Lake
- Schiller Pond
- Shagbark Lake
- Shïshko Mbishke
- Shoe Factory Woods Pond
- Skokie Lagoons
- Skokie River
- South Branch Chicago River
- South Fork South Branch Chicago River
- South Lagoon
- South Lake of the Coves
- South Pond
- South Pool
- Spring Lake
- Stephanie Lake
- Suttonbush Slough
- Swets Lake
- Tampier Lake
- Tampier Slough
- Techny Reservoir
- Thorn Lake
- Tomahawk Slough
- Tuma Lake
- Turtlehead Lake
- Twin Lakes
- Virginia Lake
- Volkening Lake
- Wampum Lake
- West Fork North Branch Chicago River
- West Lagoon
- White Pine Ditch Reservoir
- Wilmette Harbor
- Wolf Lake
- Yacht Harbor