Kolding Dam Lake vs Niagara Dam Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Kolding Dam Lake and Niagara Dam Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Grand Forks County, Wisconsin.
Both Kolding Dam Lake and Niagara Dam Lake sit in North Dakota. A same-state comparison strips out the state-level water-quality regime as a variable: any grade differences here are about the lakes themselves, not the agencies grading them. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Kolding Dam Lake (F) versus Niagara Dam 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.
Kolding Dam Lake
Very murky, less than 1.7 ft of visibility.
Niagara Dam Lake
Very murky, less than 1 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Kolding Dam Lake | Niagara Dam Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 1.7 ft | 1 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 9.8 acres | 16 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 (Kolding Dam Lake: 1.7 ft, Niagara Dam Lake: 1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Kolding Dam Lake matches its peer on species count.