Pleasant Lake vs Webb Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Pleasant Lake and Webb Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of A (Excellent). Both are in Cass County, Minnesota.
Both Pleasant Lake and Webb Lake sit in Minnesota. 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: Pleasant Lake (A) and Webb 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.
Pleasant Lake
Crystal clear, you can see 15.4 ft down.
Webb Lake
Crystal clear, you can see 17.8 ft down.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Pleasant Lake | Webb Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | A (Excellent) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | 15.4 ft | 17.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 10 µg/L | 9 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 72 ft | 84 ft |
| Surface Area | 1.1K acres | 720.03 acres |
| Public Access | Yes | Yes |
| Fish Species | 1 | 1 |
| Trophic State | oligotrophic | oligotrophic |
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 (Pleasant Lake: 15.4 ft, Webb Lake: 17.8 ft) and what you want from the lake. Pleasant Lake matches its peer on species count.