Carver Lake

Carver Lake earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Carver Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. Carver Lake reaches 36 ft at its deepest point — typical for Minnesota mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. At 50 acres, Carver Lake sits below the Minnesota median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. Carver Lake sits at rank 16 of 31 in Washington County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Carver Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The fishery includes walleye alongside the lake's other 13 documented species — a notable draw for Minnesota anglers. No formal public access is documented at Carver Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. The lake has a partial ice record — 13 observed ice-outs, centered near Mar 31. 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.