Crowley Flowage Lake vs Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Crowley Flowage Lake and Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Price County, Wisconsin.
Crowley Flowage Lake and Lower Park Falls Flowage 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: Crowley Flowage Lake (F) and Lower Park Falls Flowage 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.
Crowley Flowage Lake
Very murky, less than 3.1 ft of visibility.
Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake
Very murky, less than 3.2 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Crowley Flowage Lake | Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 3.1 ft | 3.2 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 422 acres | 71 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 F. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Crowley Flowage Lake: 3.1 ft, Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake: 3.2 ft) and what you want from the lake. Crowley Flowage Lake matches its peer on species count.