Cedar Lake vs Silver Lake Max Depth
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Cedar Lake and Silver Lake Max Depth both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.
Both Cedar Lake and Silver Lake Max Depth sit in Iowa. 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 Lake (F) and Silver Lake Max Depth (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.
Cedar Lake
Very murky, less than 0.9 ft of visibility.
Silver Lake Max Depth
Very murky, less than 2.4 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Cedar Lake | Silver Lake Max Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 0.9 ft | 2.4 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 129 µg/L | 37.6 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 115 acres | 39 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | hypereutrophic | eutrophic |
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 (Cedar Lake: 0.9 ft, Silver Lake Max Depth: 2.4 ft) and what you want from the lake. Cedar Lake matches its peer on species count.