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Drewery Lake vs Wolf Lake

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

Wolf Lake has a higher water quality grade (B, Good) than Drewery Lake (B, Good). Both are in Beltrami County, Minnesota.

Both Drewery Lake and Wolf Lake sit in Minnesota. A same-state comparison strips out the state-level water-quality regime as a variable: any grade differences here are about the lakes themselves, not the agencies grading them. The grades are close: Drewery Lake (B) and Wolf 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

Drewery Lake

Beltrami County, Minnesota

Murky, only visible to about 3.5 ft.

B

Wolf Lake

Beltrami County, Minnesota

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9 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 LakeWolf Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity3.5 ft9 ft
PhosphorusNo data19 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)2.7 µg/LNo data
Maximum Depth120 ft57 ft
Surface Area16.0K acres1.1K acres
Public AccessYesYes
Fish Species11
Trophic Statemesotrophicmesotrophic

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

Verdict

Wolf Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade B versus Drewery Lake's Grade B. Water clarity: 9 ft vs 3.5 ft. For fishing diversity, Wolf Lake also leads with 1 species.