Spider Lake vs Teal Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Spider Lake reads lower on nutrients and algae than Teal Lake. Both are in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Both Spider Lake and Teal Lake sit in Wisconsin. A same-state comparison strips out the state-level water-quality regime as a variable: any differences in the readings here are about the lakes themselves, not the agencies sampling them. The readings are close: Spider Lake and Teal Lake sit within a narrow band of each other on phosphorus, chlorophyll-a and clarity. The per-parameter table below shows where the small differences actually live.
With readings 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.
Spider Lake
Good clarity, visible to about 10.5 ft.
Teal Lake
Murky, only visible to about 6.6 ft.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Spider Lake | Teal Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity | 10.5 ft Better | 6.6 ft |
| Phosphorus | 14.1 µg/L Better | 16.5 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 64 ft Better | 31 ft |
| Surface Area | 1,194 acres | 1,024 acres |
| Public Access | Yes | Yes |
| Fish Species | 5 | 6 Better |
| Trophic State | mesotrophic | mesotrophic |
A green ✓ marks the better value for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better). Surface area and trophic state carry no tick — a bigger lake is not a better lake.
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Verdict
Spider Lake and Teal Lake read the same on nutrients and algae overall. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Spider Lake: 10.5 ft, Teal Lake: 6.6 ft) and what you want from the lake. Spider Lake has fewer fish species than Teal Lake.
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.