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Lpinelk 1 Lake vs Lpinelk 2 Lake

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

Lpinelk 1 Lake and Lpinelk 2 Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Hardin County, Wisconsin.

Lpinelk 1 Lake and Lpinelk 2 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. The grades are close: Lpinelk 1 Lake (F) and Lpinelk 2 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.

F

Lpinelk 1 Lake

Hardin County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.4 ft of visibility.

F

Lpinelk 2 Lake

Hardin County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.2 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.

MetricLpinelk 1 LakeLpinelk 2 Lake
Overall GradeF (Very Poor)F (Very Poor)
Water Clarity1.4 ft1.2 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area110 acres110 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 (Lpinelk 1 Lake: 1.4 ft, Lpinelk 2 Lake: 1.2 ft) and what you want from the lake. Lpinelk 1 Lake matches its peer on species count.