11 Crow Wing Lake

11 Crow Wing Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Hubbard County. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

The lake's low TSI puts it in oligotrophic territory — the cleanest of the four trophic classes, but also the most vulnerable to nutrient-driven shifts. 11 Crow Wing Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 80 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. At 751 acres, 11 Crow Wing Lake fits the Minnesota median for monitored lakes, with 8.7 miles of shoreline. Among the 77 graded lakes in Hubbard County, 11 Crow Wing Lake ranks 10 — in the top quartile locally.

No invasive species are currently listed at 11 Crow Wing Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. Walleye are documented at 11 Crow Wing Lake, one of 17 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.