Teal Lake vs Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.
Tiger Cat Flowage Lake has a higher water quality grade (A, Excellent) than Teal Lake (B, Good). Both are in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
Teal Lake and Tiger Cat Flowage Lake are both in Wisconsin — 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: Teal Lake (B) and Tiger Cat Flowage 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.
Teal Lake
Murky, only visible to about 6.6 ft.
Tiger Cat Flowage Lake
Good clarity, visible to about 10.8 ft.
Side-by-Side Metrics
| Metric | Teal Lake | Tiger Cat Flowage Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Grade | B (Good) | A (Excellent) |
| Water Clarity | 6.6 ft | 10.8 ft |
| Phosphorus | 16.5 µg/L | 13.5 µg/L |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No data | No data |
| Maximum Depth | 31 ft | 30 ft |
| Surface Area | 1.0K acres | 819 acres |
| Public Access | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fish Species | 0 | 0 |
| Trophic State | mesotrophic | mesotrophic |
Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).
Verdict
Tiger Cat Flowage Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade A versus Teal Lake's Grade B. Water clarity: 10.8 ft vs 6.6 ft. For fishing diversity, Tiger Cat Flowage Lake also leads with 0 species.