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Drewery Lake vs Little Wolf Lake

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

Drewery Lake and Little Wolf Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of B (Good). Both are in Minnesota.

Drewery Lake and Little Wolf Lake are both in Minnesota — 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 — Drewery Lake (B) versus Little Wolf Lake (B). 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.

B

Drewery Lake

Beltrami County, Minnesota

Murky, only visible to about 3.5 ft.

B

Little Wolf Lake

Cass County, Minnesota

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.3 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.

MetricDrewery LakeLittle Wolf Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity3.5 ft9.3 ft
PhosphorusNo data25 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)2.7 µg/LNo data
Maximum Depth120 ft24 ft
Surface Area16.0K acres524.59 acres
Public AccessYesYes
Fish Species11
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 (Drewery Lake: 3.5 ft, Little Wolf Lake: 9.3 ft) and what you want from the lake. Drewery Lake matches its peer on species count.