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Delavan Lake vs Delavan Lake

Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.

Delavan Lake and Delavan Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of B (Good). Both are in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Delavan Lake and Delavan 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: Delavan Lake (B) and Delavan Lake (B) 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.

B

Delavan Lake

Walworth County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.3 ft.

B

Delavan Lake

Walworth County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.1 ft.

Side-by-Side Metrics

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

MetricDelavan LakeDelavan Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity9.3 ft9.1 ft
Phosphorus26.5 µg/L27 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area2.1K acres2.1K acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statemesotrophicmesotrophic

Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).

Verdict

Both lakes earn the same Grade B. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Delavan Lake: 9.3 ft, Delavan Lake: 9.1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Delavan Lake matches its peer on species count.