Billy Boy Flowage Lake vs Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Billy Boy Flowage Lake has a higher water quality grade (A, Excellent) than Tiger Cat Flowage Lake (A, Excellent). Both are in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Billy Boy Flowage Lake and Tiger Cat Flowage 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: Billy Boy Flowage Lake (A) and Tiger Cat Flowage Lake (A) 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.
Billy Boy Flowage Lake
No clarity data.
Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Good clarity, visible to about 10.8 ft.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Billy Boy Flowage Lake | Tiger Cat Flowage Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | A (Excellent) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | No data | 10.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 15 µg/L | 13.5 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 8.5K acres | 819 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | mesotrophic | mesotrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Billy Boy Flowage Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade A versus Tiger Cat Flowage Lake's Grade A. For fishing diversity, Billy Boy Flowage Lake also leads with 0 species.