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Hemingway Lake vs Hemmingway Lake

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

Hemingway Lake and Hemmingway Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of C (Fair). Both are in Lapeer County, Wisconsin.

Hemingway Lake and Hemmingway Lake are both in Michigan — 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 — Hemingway Lake (C) versus Hemmingway Lake (C). 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.

C

Hemingway Lake

Lapeer County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 7 ft.

C

Hemmingway Lake

Lapeer 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.

MetricHemingway LakeHemmingway Lake
Overall GradeC (Fair)C (Fair)
Water Clarity7 ft7.5 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area65 acres65 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 C. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Hemingway Lake: 7 ft, Hemmingway Lake: 7.5 ft) and what you want from the lake. Hemingway Lake matches its peer on species count.