Clear Lake vs Squash Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Squash Lake reads lower on nutrients and algae than Clear Lake. Both are in Oneida County, Wisconsin.
Both Clear Lake and Squash Lake sit in Wisconsin. A same-state comparison strips out the state-level water-quality regime as a variable: any differences in the readings here are about the lakes themselves, not the agencies sampling them. The readings are close: Clear Lake and Squash Lake sit within a narrow band of each other on phosphorus, chlorophyll-a and clarity. The per-parameter table below shows where the small differences actually live.
With readings 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.
Clear Lake
No clarity data.
Squash Lake
Crystal clear, you can see 17.5 ft down.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Clear Lake | Squash Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity | No data | 17.5 ft |
| Phosphorus | 10.8 µg/L | 10 µg/L Better |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 95 ft Better | 74 ft |
| Surface Area | 873 acres | 398 acres |
| Public Access | Yes | Yes |
| Fish Species | 6 | 6 |
| Trophic State | oligotrophic | oligotrophic |
A green ✓ marks the better value for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better). Surface area and trophic state carry no tick — a bigger lake is not a better lake.
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Verdict
Clear Lake and Squash Lake read the same on nutrients and algae overall. The tiebreakers come down to what you want from the lake. Clear Lake matches its peer on species count.
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.