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Qacmainstdup Lake vs Qacmainstfbk Lake

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

Qacmainstfbk Lake has a higher water quality grade (A, Excellent) than Qacmainstdup Lake (B, Good). Both are in Mercer County, Wisconsin.

Both Qacmainstdup Lake and Qacmainstfbk Lake sit in North Dakota. 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: Qacmainstdup Lake (B) and Qacmainstfbk 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.

B

Qacmainstdup Lake

Mercer County, Wisconsin

No clarity data.

A

Qacmainstfbk Lake

Mercer County, Wisconsin

No clarity data.

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.

MetricQacmainstdup LakeQacmainstfbk Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)A (Excellent)
Water ClarityNo dataNo data
Phosphorus10 µg/L10 µg/L
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)11 µg/L7 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area133.0K acres133.0K acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statemesotrophicmesotrophic

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

Verdict

Qacmainstfbk Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade A versus Qacmainstdup Lake's Grade B. For fishing diversity, Qacmainstfbk Lake also leads with 0 species.