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Fox Lake vs Little Green Lake

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

Fox Lake and Little Green Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.

Fox Lake and Little Green 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: Fox Lake (F) and Little Green Lake (F) 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.

F

Fox Lake

Dodge County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.7 ft of visibility.

F

Little Green Lake

Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 2.9 ft of visibility.

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.

MetricFox LakeLittle Green Lake
Overall GradeF (Very Poor)F (Very Poor)
Water Clarity1.7 ft2.9 ft
Phosphorus106 µg/L97.6 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth19 ft28 ft
Surface Area2.7K acres462 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statehypereutrophiceutrophic

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 (Fox Lake: 1.7 ft, Little Green Lake: 2.9 ft) and what you want from the lake. Fox Lake matches its peer on species count.