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Taylor County Lake Quality

Wisconsin, 29 lakes, measured by Wisconsin DNR

The county-level average smooths over real differences — a single agricultural watershed near the southwest corner can pull the average down even if the rest of the county runs clean. 4 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Taylor County the spread behind the average matters more than the average itself: a few nutrient-rich lakes among many clear ones produce the same figure as the inverse.

The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the readings sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest measured lake is Lake Esadore.

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Fishing in Taylor County

Taylor County Fishing Guide

Fish species and the cleanest lakes in Taylor County

DNR Reports (1)

Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Survey resources for lakes in Taylor County. browse all reports →

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

All Lakes in Taylor County

29 lakes · 4 ranked on readings, 25 without enough sampling4 lakes ranked on readings · 25 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicMax DepthAccess
1Lake EsadoreTaylor4.5 ft22.1 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples36 ft✓ Public
2Richter LakeTaylor10 ft15 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples50 ft✓ Public
3Spirit LakeTaylor3 ft88.1 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples9 ft✓ Public
4Chequamegon Waters Flowage LakeTaylor2.5 ft91.3 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples22 ft✓ Public
Cranberry LakeTaylor2 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples8 ft✓ Public
South Harper LakeTaylor6.8 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples32 ft✓ Public
Clear LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Grassy Knoll LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples6 ftNot recorded
Sackett LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples32 ft✓ Public
Scoof LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples32 ftNot recorded
Mud LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples18 ftNot recorded
Jerry LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples30 ftNot recorded
Anderson LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples32 ftNot recorded
Kathryn LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples58 ft✓ Public
Diamond LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples30 ft✓ Public
Waterfowl FlowageTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples7 ftNot recorded
Monson FlowageTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples8 ftNot recorded
Upper Steve Creek FlowageTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples8 ftNot recorded
North Harper LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples35 ftNot recorded
James LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples37 ftNot recorded
Mondeaux FlowageTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples10 ft✓ Public
Hulls LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples35 ft✓ Public
Kleutch LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples15 ftNot recorded
South Twin LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples39.4 ft✓ Public
North Twin LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples60 ft✓ Public
Chelsea LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples23 ft✓ Public
Wellington LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples41 ft✓ Public
Rib LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples9 ft✓ Public
Wood LakeTaylorNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples33 ft✓ Public

NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.

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