Daggett Lake

Daggett Lake comes in at a B on the grading rubric — a respectable showing for a Minnesota lake of its size and depth. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. Daggett Lake reaches 23 ft at its deepest point — typical for Minnesota mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. The lake's 258 acres and 7.5 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Daggett Lake ranks 98 of 120 in Crow Wing County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

Zebra mussel presence at Daggett Lake means the lake's clarity numbers carry an asterisk — filtered water is not the same as nutrient-poor water. Walleye are documented at Daggett Lake, one of 21 fish species on record for the lake. No formal public access is documented at Daggett Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. The lake has a partial ice record — 5 observed ice-outs, centered near Apr 19. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.