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Cedar Hill Lake 1 vs Lake Serene

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

Cedar Hill Lake 1 and Lake Serene both received the same overall water quality grade of D (Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.

Both Cedar Hill Lake 1 and Lake Serene 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: Cedar Hill Lake 1 (D) and Lake Serene (D) 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

Cedar Hill Lake 1

Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 2.6 ft of visibility.

D

Lake Serene

Franklin County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 2.6 ft of visibility.

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.

MetricCedar Hill Lake 1Lake Serene
Overall GradeD (Poor)D (Poor)
Water Clarity2.6 ft2.6 ft
Phosphorus54.3 µg/L39.5 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)16.4 µg/L13.6 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area11 acres65 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateeutrophiceutrophic

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

Verdict

Both lakes earn the same Grade D. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Cedar Hill Lake 1: 2.6 ft, Lake Serene: 2.6 ft) and what you want from the lake. Cedar Hill Lake 1 matches its peer on species count.