Lake Placid vs Lincoln Pond
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Lake Placid and Lincoln Pond both received the same overall water quality grade of A (Excellent). Both are in Essex County, Wisconsin.
Both Lake Placid and Lincoln Pond sit in New York. 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 — Lake Placid (A) versus Lincoln Pond (A). 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.
Lake Placid
Crystal clear, you can see 23.1 ft down.
Lincoln Pond
Crystal clear, you can see 15.1 ft down.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Lake Placid | Lincoln Pond |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | A (Excellent) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | 23.1 ft | 15.1 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 2.2K acres | 475 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | oligotrophic | oligotrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Both lakes earn the same Grade A. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Lake Placid: 23.1 ft, Lincoln Pond: 15.1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Lake Placid matches its peer on species count.