Holden City Lake Nr. Dam vs Montrose Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Holden City Lake Nr. Dam and Montrose Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.
Holden City Lake Nr. Dam and Montrose 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: Holden City Lake Nr. Dam (F) and Montrose 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.
Holden City Lake Nr. Dam
Very murky, less than 2 ft of visibility.
Montrose Lake
Very murky, less than 0.6 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Holden City Lake Nr. Dam | Montrose Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 2 ft | 0.6 ft |
| Phosphorus | 96 µg/L | 266 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 39.2 µg/L | 61.9 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 380 acres | 1.7K acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| 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 (Holden City Lake Nr. Dam: 2 ft, Montrose Lake: 0.6 ft) and what you want from the lake. Holden City Lake Nr. Dam matches its peer on species count.