Cedar Lake

Cedar Lake carries a solid B grade — strong on most parameters, with measurements that hold up well across the summer season. 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.

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. The lake bottoms out at 47 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. At 206 acres, Cedar Lake fits the Minnesota median for monitored lakes, with 4.6 miles of shoreline. Within Wright County's 64 graded waters, Cedar Lake sits at rank 15, near the top of the local distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Cedar Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The fishery is bass-led, with 11 documented species across the lake's records. No formal public access is documented at Cedar 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.