Crowley Flowage Lake vs Pixley Flowage Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Crowley Flowage Lake and Pixley Flowage Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Price County, Wisconsin.
Crowley Flowage Lake and Pixley 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. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Crowley Flowage Lake (F) versus Pixley Flowage Lake (F). The deciding factors for a recreational visitor are likely physical (depth, access, fish species) rather than water-quality differences.
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.
Pixley Flowage Lake
Very murky, less than 2.8 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Crowley Flowage Lake | Pixley Flowage Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 3.1 ft | 2.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 422 acres | 193 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, Pixley Flowage Lake: 2.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Crowley Flowage Lake matches its peer on species count.