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One Horse Gap Lake vs Vienna Correctional Center Lake

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

One Horse Gap Lake has a higher water quality grade (B, Good) than Vienna Correctional Center Lake (C, Fair). Both are in Wisconsin.

One Horse Gap Lake and Vienna Correctional Center Lake are both in Illinois — 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: One Horse Gap Lake (B) and Vienna Correctional Center 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

One Horse Gap Lake

Pope County, Wisconsin

Murky, only visible to about 4 ft.

C

Vienna Correctional Center Lake

Johnson 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.

MetricOne Horse Gap LakeVienna Correctional Center Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)C (Fair)
Water Clarity4 ft4.5 ft
Phosphorus17 µg/L20 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area29 acres74 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateeutrophiceutrophic

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

Verdict

One Horse Gap Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade B versus Vienna Correctional Center Lake's Grade C. Water clarity: 4 ft vs 4.5 ft. For fishing diversity, One Horse Gap Lake also leads with 0 species.