Hall Lake vs Little Tuttle Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Hall Lake and Little Tuttle Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Martin County, Minnesota.
Hall Lake and Little Tuttle 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 — Hall Lake (F) versus Little Tuttle Lake (F). 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.
Hall Lake
Very murky, less than 2.6 ft of visibility.
Little Tuttle Lake
Very murky, less than 1 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Hall Lake | Little Tuttle Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 2.6 ft | 1 ft |
| Phosphorus | 96 µg/L | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 80.1 µg/L | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 27 ft | 7 ft |
| Surface Area | 548.05 acres | 638.55 acres |
| Public Access | Yes | Yes |
| Fish Species | 1 | 1 |
| Trophic State | eutrophic | hypereutrophic |
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 (Hall Lake: 2.6 ft, Little Tuttle Lake: 1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Hall Lake matches its peer on species count.