Jackson County Lake Quality
Wisconsin, 3 lakes — no lake here has enough monitoring data for a grade
Only 3 lakes in Jackson County carry an active grade. The county-level summary is therefore representative of those specific lakes, not necessarily of every water body in the county.
A meaningful share of Jackson's lakes break 50 feet of depth, which matters because deep lakes hold cooler water all summer and resist the resuspended-sediment problems that plague shallow basins. The county's best-graded lake is Robinson Pond (—).
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DNR Reports (5)
Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Survey resources for lakes in Jackson County. browse all reports →
These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).
- 2023Backwater Lakes fisheries survey, 2023Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2023 (PDF)
- 2023Lee Lake fisheries survey, 2023Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2023 (PDF)
- 2022Lake Arbutus spring summary survey, 2022Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2022 (PDF)
- 2022Trow Lake fisheries survey, 2022Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2022 (PDF)
- —Potter Flowage fisheries survey, 2023-2024Fisheries Survey · WI DNR (PDF)
All Lakes in Jackson County
3 lakes · 0 graded, 3 not rated0 graded lakes · 3 not rated, hidden
| # | Lake | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Max Depth | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRRobinson PondJackson | NR | 5.8 ft | 10.1 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public | |
| NRWazee LakeJackson | NR | 30 ft | 9.3 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | 350 ft | ✓ Public | |
| NRUpper Backwater LakeJackson | NR | 3.5 ft | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 19 ft | ✓ Public |
NR = not rated: the monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar for a grade. That is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 (insufficient information), not a failing grade. How grading works.
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.