Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake vs Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake and Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of C (Fair). Both are in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake and Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam 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: Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake (C) and Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake (C) 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.
Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake
Murky, only visible to about 4.9 ft.
Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake
Murky, only visible to about 4.4 ft.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake | Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | C (Fair) | C (Fair) |
| Water Clarity | 4.9 ft | 4.4 ft |
| Phosphorus | 37 µg/L | 49 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 9.8 µg/L | 6.4 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | 92 ft | 92 ft |
| Surface Area | 14.6K acres | 14.6K acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | eutrophic | eutrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Both lakes earn the same Grade C. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake: 4.9 ft, Chippewa Flowage -Winter Dam Lake: 4.4 ft) and what you want from the lake. Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake matches its peer on species count.