Blind Pony Lake vs Edwin A Pape Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Blind Pony Lake and Edwin A Pape Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.
Both Blind Pony Lake and Edwin A Pape Lake sit in Missouri. 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. The grades are close: Blind Pony Lake (F) and Edwin A Pape 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.
Blind Pony Lake
Very murky, less than 2.3 ft of visibility.
Edwin A Pape Lake
Very murky, less than 1.8 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Blind Pony Lake | Edwin A Pape Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 2.3 ft | 1.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 63.7 µg/L | 82 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 38.4 µg/L | 116.6 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 95 acres | 284 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | eutrophic | 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 (Blind Pony Lake: 2.3 ft, Edwin A Pape Lake: 1.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Blind Pony Lake matches its peer on species count.