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Oml-05 Lake vs Wem-07 Lake

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

Oml-05 Lake and Wem-07 Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Wisconsin.

Oml-05 Lake and Wem-07 Lake are both in Indiana — 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: Oml-05 Lake (F) and Wem-07 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

Oml-05 Lake

Ripley County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.1 ft of visibility.

F

Wem-07 Lake

Jennings County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 2.8 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.

MetricOml-05 LakeWem-07 Lake
Overall GradeF (Very Poor)F (Very Poor)
Water Clarity1.1 ft2.8 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)95.9 µg/L118.3 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area205 acres15.5 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statehypereutrophiceutrophic

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 (Oml-05 Lake: 1.1 ft, Wem-07 Lake: 2.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Oml-05 Lake matches its peer on species count.