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Big Roche A Cri Lake vs Camelot Lake

Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.

Big Roche A Cri Lake and Camelot Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of B (Good). Both are in Adams County, Wisconsin.

Big Roche A Cri Lake and Camelot Lake are both in Wisconsin — 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: Big Roche A Cri Lake (B) and Camelot Lake (B) 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.

B

Big Roche A Cri Lake

Adams County, Wisconsin

Good clarity, visible to about 10 ft.

B

Camelot Lake

Adams County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 7 ft.

Side-by-Side Metrics

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

MetricBig Roche A Cri LakeCamelot Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity10 ft7 ft
Phosphorus22.3 µg/L19.7 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area204 acres445 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statemesotrophicmesotrophic

Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).

Verdict

Both lakes earn the same Grade B. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Big Roche A Cri Lake: 10 ft, Camelot Lake: 7 ft) and what you want from the lake. Big Roche A Cri Lake matches its peer on species count.