Rock Creek Beach Lake vs Rock Creek Max Depth Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Rock Creek Beach Lake and Rock Creek Max Depth Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of F (Very Poor). Both are in Jasper County, Wisconsin.
Rock Creek Beach Lake and Rock Creek Max Depth Lake are both in Iowa — 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. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Rock Creek Beach Lake (F) versus Rock Creek Max Depth Lake (F). The deciding factors for a recreational visitor are likely physical (depth, access, fish species) rather than water-quality differences.
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.
Rock Creek Beach Lake
Very murky, less than 1.1 ft of visibility.
Rock Creek Max Depth Lake
Very murky, less than 1.1 ft of visibility.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Rock Creek Beach Lake | Rock Creek Max Depth Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | F (Very Poor) | F (Very Poor) |
| Water Clarity | 1.1 ft | 1.1 ft |
| Phosphorus | No data | No data |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | 107.5 µg/L |
| Maximum Depth | - | - |
| Surface Area | 640 acres | 640 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | hypereutrophic | hypereutrophic |
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 (Rock Creek Beach Lake: 1.1 ft, Rock Creek Max Depth Lake: 1.1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Rock Creek Beach Lake matches its peer on species count.