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Lake Miami Max Depth vs White Oak Lake

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

Lake Miami Max Depth and White Oak Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.

Lake Miami Max Depth and White Oak Lake are both in Iowa — 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 — Lake Miami Max Depth (F) versus White Oak 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.

F

Lake Miami Max Depth

Monroe County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.3 ft of visibility.

F

White Oak Lake

Mahaska County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.4 ft of visibility.

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.

MetricLake Miami Max DepthWhite Oak Lake
Overall GradeF (Very Poor)F (Very Poor)
Water Clarity1.3 ft1.4 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)58.6 µg/L68.7 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area140 acres20 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statehypereutrophichypereutrophic

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 (Lake Miami Max Depth: 1.3 ft, White Oak Lake: 1.4 ft) and what you want from the lake. Lake Miami Max Depth matches its peer on species count.