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Wheaton Beach Lake vs Wheaton Lake

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

Wheaton Lake has a higher water quality grade (B, Good) than Wheaton Beach Lake (C, Fair). Both are in Rolette County, Wisconsin.

Wheaton Beach Lake and Wheaton Lake are both in North Dakota — 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: Wheaton Beach Lake (C) and Wheaton Lake (B) 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.

C

Wheaton Beach Lake

Rolette County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 6.9 ft.

B

Wheaton Lake

Rolette County, Wisconsin

Moderate clarity, visible to about 8.5 ft.

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.

MetricWheaton Beach LakeWheaton Lake
Overall GradeC (Fair)B (Good)
Water Clarity6.9 ft8.5 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No data5.3 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area164 acres164 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Statemesotrophicmesotrophic

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

Verdict

Wheaton Lake wins on overall water quality with a Grade B versus Wheaton Beach Lake's Grade C. Water clarity: 8.5 ft vs 6.9 ft. For fishing diversity, Wheaton Lake also leads with 0 species.