Mud Lake vs Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Mud Lake and Tiger Cat Flowage Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of A (Excellent). Both are in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Both Mud Lake and Tiger Cat Flowage Lake sit in Wisconsin. 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: Mud Lake (A) and Tiger Cat Flowage Lake (A) 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.
Mud Lake
Good clarity, visible to about 10 ft.
Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Good clarity, visible to about 10.8 ft.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Mud Lake | Tiger Cat Flowage Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | A (Excellent) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | 10 ft | 10.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 19 µg/L | 13.5 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 15 ft | 30 ft |
| Surface Area | 464 acres | 819 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | mesotrophic | mesotrophic |
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 (Mud Lake: 10 ft, Tiger Cat Flowage Lake: 10.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Mud Lake matches its peer on species count.