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Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam vs Limpp Lake

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

Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam has a higher water quality grade (D, Poor) than Limpp Lake (F, Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.

Both Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam and Limpp 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: Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam (D) and Limpp 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.

D

Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam

DeKalb County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 2.2 ft of visibility.

F

Limpp Lake

Gentry County, Wisconsin

No clarity data.

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.

MetricBuffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From DamLimpp Lake
Overall GradeD (Poor)F (Very Poor)
Water Clarity2.2 ftNo data
Phosphorus50 µg/L196.7 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)50.3 µg/L166.5 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area45 acres28 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateeutrophichypereutrophic

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

Verdict

Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam wins on overall water quality with a Grade D versus Limpp Lake's Grade F. For fishing diversity, Buffalo Bill Lake 0.4 Mi From Dam also leads with 0 species.