Badger Creek Max Depth Lake vs Beaver Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Badger Creek Max Depth Lake and Beaver Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.
Both Badger Creek Max Depth Lake and Beaver Lake sit in Iowa. A same-state comparison strips out the state-level water-quality regime as a variable: any grade differences here are about the lakes themselves, not the agencies grading them. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Badger Creek Max Depth Lake (F) versus Beaver Lake (F). The deciding factors for a recreational visitor are likely physical (depth, access, fish species) rather than water-quality differences.
With grades this close, the choice between the two lakes turns on non-water-quality factors: depth, fish species, public access, distance from home. The per-lake pages below cover all of those.
Badger Creek Max Depth Lake
Very murky, less than 1.6 ft of visibility.
Beaver Lake
Very murky, less than 1.9 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Badger Creek Max Depth Lake | Beaver Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 1.6 ft | 1.9 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 77.7 µg/L | 62.2 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 276 acres | 34 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | hypereutrophic | eutrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Both lakes earn the same Grade F. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Badger Creek Max Depth Lake: 1.6 ft, Beaver Lake: 1.9 ft) and what you want from the lake. Badger Creek Max Depth Lake matches its peer on species count.