Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake vs Crawling Stone Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake and Crawling Stone Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of A (Excellent). Both are in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
Both Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake and Crawling Stone Lake sit in Wisconsin. 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 — Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake (A) versus Crawling Stone Lake (A). 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.
Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake
Crystal clear, you can see 17 ft down.
Crawling Stone Lake
Crystal clear, you can see 16 ft down.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake | Crawling Stone Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | A (Excellent) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | 17 ft | 16 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | 10.2 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 87 ft | 87 ft |
| Surface Area | 1.5K acres | 1.5K acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | oligotrophic | oligotrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Both lakes earn the same Grade A. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake: 17 ft, Crawling Stone Lake: 16 ft) and what you want from the lake. Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake matches its peer on species count.