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Green Lake vs Green Lake

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

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

Green Lake and 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. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Green Lake (B) versus Green 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

Green Lake

Green Lake County, Wisconsin

Good clarity, visible to about 13.1 ft.

B

Green Lake

Green Lake County, Wisconsin

No clarity data.

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.

MetricGreen LakeGreen Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity13.1 ftNo data
Phosphorus23 µg/L20.6 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth236 ft-
Surface Area7.9K acres7.3K 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 what you want from the lake. Green Lake matches its peer on species count.