11-0086-00 Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, 11-0086-00 Lake pulls an A: clarity at 18.5 ft and phosphorus readings still being added put it in the top bracket for Minnesota. Sub-grades cluster within a single letter of each other, which usually means the lake is in stable trophic balance rather than fighting one specific stressor.

Trophically, 11-0086-00 Lake reads as oligotrophic — nutrient-poor, clear, and ecologically more sensitive to disturbance than richer lakes. 11-0086-00 Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 55 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. The lake's 373 acres and 6.2 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Among the 133 graded lakes in Cass County, 11-0086-00 Lake sits at rank 45, above the county median.

No invasive species are currently listed at 11-0086-00 Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. Walleye are documented at 11-0086-00 Lake, one of 8 fish species on record for the lake. Public access is available — the lake is on the Minnesota PCA public-access list. Monitoring depth is thin here: the LakeGrade rubric is applied to a small number of sample years, and the grade will be revised as more data accumulates.