Badger Creek Max Depth Lake vs Cedar Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Badger Creek Max Depth Lake and Cedar Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Madison County, Wisconsin.
Badger Creek Max Depth Lake and Cedar Lake are both in Iowa — a same-state head-to-head where the comparison comes down to lake-specific differences in depth, watershed, and monitoring history rather than the broader state-level water-quality regime. The grades are close: Badger Creek Max Depth Lake (F) and Cedar Lake (F) are within one letter of each other on the LakeGrade rubric. The per-parameter sub-grades below will show where the small differences actually live.
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.
Cedar Lake
Very murky, less than 1.6 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Badger Creek Max Depth Lake | Cedar Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 1.6 ft | 1.6 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 77.7 µg/L | 62.7 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 276 acres | 84 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | hypereutrophic | hypereutrophic |
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, Cedar Lake: 1.6 ft) and what you want from the lake. Badger Creek Max Depth Lake matches its peer on species count.