Mckee Pond vs Phillips Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Mckee Pond and Phillips Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of C (Fair). Both are in Boone County, Wisconsin.
Mckee Pond and Phillips Lake are both in Missouri — 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 — Mckee Pond (C) versus Phillips Lake (C). 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.
Mckee Pond
Very murky, less than 3.3 ft of visibility.
Phillips Lake
Very murky, less than 2.8 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Mckee Pond | Phillips Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | C (Fair) | C (Fair) |
| Water Clarity | 3.3 ft | 2.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 56 µg/L | 35.5 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | 18.1 µg/L | 8.8 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 13 acres | 33 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | eutrophic | eutrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Both lakes earn the same Grade C. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Mckee Pond: 3.3 ft, Phillips Lake: 2.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Mckee Pond matches its peer on species count.