Amoeber Lake

Amoeber Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Lake County. 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.

A TSI value of 35 puts Amoeber Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. Amoeber Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 110 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. The lake's 410 acres and 10.1 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Amoeber Lake ranks 22 of 142 in Lake County, putting it in the upper tier of locally monitored lakes.

No invasive species are currently listed at Amoeber Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. Bass fishing is part of the appeal: the species list runs to 4, anchored by largemouth and/or smallmouth bass. No formal public access is documented at Amoeber Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. 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.