East Vadnais Lake

On the LakeGrade scale East Vadnais Lake grades a B, with clarity readings still being added and 23 µg/L of phosphorus placing it above the Minnesota median.

A TSI near 49 places East Vadnais Lake in the mesotrophic band — moderate productivity, with seasonal swings between clearer spring water and richer late-summer conditions. East Vadnais Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 58 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. East Vadnais Lake covers 393 acres alongside 4.9 miles of shoreline — a mid-sized water that supports a working fishery without being so large that conditions diverge between basins. East Vadnais Lake ranks 7 of 49 in Ramsey County, putting it in the upper tier of locally monitored lakes.

Zebra mussel presence at East Vadnais Lake means the lake's clarity numbers carry an asterisk — filtered water is not the same as nutrient-poor water. Walleye are documented at East Vadnais Lake, one of 15 fish species on record for the lake. No formal public access is documented at East Vadnais 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.