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Wpa-04 Lake vs Wpa-07 Lake

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

Wpa-04 Lake and Wpa-07 Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of C (Fair). Both are in Wisconsin.

Both Wpa-04 Lake and Wpa-07 Lake sit in Indiana. 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. These two are within a letter of each other on the rubric — Wpa-04 Lake (C) versus Wpa-07 Lake (C). 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.

C

Wpa-04 Lake

Dubois County, Wisconsin

Very murky, less than 1.5 ft of visibility.

C

Wpa-07 Lake

Gibson County, Wisconsin

Murky, only visible to about 4.1 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.

MetricWpa-04 LakeWpa-07 Lake
Overall GradeC (Fair)C (Fair)
Water Clarity1.5 ft4.1 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)5.3 µg/L13.6 µg/L
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area180 acres16 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateeutrophiceutrophic

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

Verdict

Both lakes earn the same Grade C. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Wpa-04 Lake: 1.5 ft, Wpa-07 Lake: 4.1 ft) and what you want from the lake. Wpa-04 Lake matches its peer on species count.