Bald Lake

The LakeGrade rubric puts Bald Lake at a C: clarity at 4.9 ft, 44 µg/L of phosphorus, and a TSI of 56 signal an intermediate trophic state. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

Eutrophic conditions are the baseline here: clarity drops noticeably in late summer, and dissolved oxygen near the bottom can become a concern. The lake's maximum depth is not yet documented in state morphometric records — context for its physical structure remains limited. The lake's surface area is not consistently recorded across state datasets — physical context remains partial. Among the 36 graded lakes in Dakota County, Bald Lake sits at rank 18, above the county median.

No invasive species are currently listed at Bald Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The fishery is bass-led, with 3 documented species across the lake's records. No formal public access is documented at Bald 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.