Beebe Lake

The LakeGrade rubric puts Beebe Lake at a C: clarity at 4.6 ft, 36 µg/L of phosphorus, and a TSI of 55 signal an intermediate trophic state. With clarity and phosphorus scored, the sub-grades cluster within a letter of each other, pointing to stable conditions rather than one specific stressor.

At a TSI of 55, Beebe Lake reads as eutrophic — nutrient-rich enough that summer algal growth and reduced clarity are expected, not unusual. The lake bottoms out at 27 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. Beebe Lake covers 323 acres alongside 4.4 miles of shoreline — a mid-sized water that supports a working fishery without being so large that conditions diverge between basins. Among the 64 graded lakes in Wright County, Beebe Lake sits at rank 30, above the county median.

Eurasian watermilfoil has been documented at Beebe Lake, requiring shoreline management to keep dense mats from crowding native vegetation. Walleye are documented at Beebe Lake, one of 12 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Beebe Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. The lake has a long ice-out record — 32 observations on file, with a median ice-out around Apr 6. 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.