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Fawn Lake vs Peppermill Lake

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

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

Both Fawn Lake and Peppermill Lake sit in Wisconsin. 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: Fawn Lake (B) and Peppermill 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

Fawn Lake

Adams County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.5 ft.

B

Peppermill Lake

Adams County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 7.5 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.

MetricFawn LakePeppermill Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity9.5 ft7.5 ft
Phosphorus20.4 µg/L27 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area19 acres80 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 (Fawn Lake: 9.5 ft, Peppermill Lake: 7.5 ft) and what you want from the lake. Fawn Lake matches its peer on species count.