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Happy Holler Lake vs Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake

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

Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake has a higher water quality grade (C, Fair) than Happy Holler Lake (C, Fair). Both are in Wisconsin.

Happy Holler Lake and Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake are both in Missouri — 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: Happy Holler Lake (C) and Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake (C) 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.

C

Happy Holler Lake

Andrew County, Wisconsin

No clarity data.

C

Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake

Nodaway 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.

MetricHappy Holler LakeSouthern Mozingo Rservoir Lake
Overall GradeC (Fair)C (Fair)
Water ClarityNo dataNo data
Phosphorus63 µg/L40 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)12.7 µg/LNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area62 acres1.0K acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateeutrophiceutrophic

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

Verdict

Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade C versus Happy Holler Lake's Grade C. For fishing diversity, Southern Mozingo Rservoir Lake also leads with 0 species.