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Loto Lake vs Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake

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

Loto Lake has a higher water quality grade (B, Good) than Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake (C, Fair). Both are in Wisconsin.

Both Loto Lake and Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake sit in Missouri. 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. The grades are close: Loto Lake (B) and Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake (C) 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.

B

Loto Lake

Miller County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 6.9 ft.

C

Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake

Maries County, Wisconsin

Murky, only visible to about 4.5 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.

MetricLoto LakeRinquelin Trail Comm. Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)C (Fair)
Water Clarity6.9 ft4.5 ft
Phosphorus10 µg/L39 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)12.5 µg/L12.8 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area55.3K acres27 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statemesotrophiceutrophic

Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).

Verdict

Loto Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade B versus Rinquelin Trail Comm. Lake's Grade C. Water clarity: 6.9 ft vs 4.5 ft. For fishing diversity, Loto Lake also leads with 0 species.