Evergreen Pnds Lake

On the scoring rubric Evergreen Pnds Lake grades a D: clarity at 5.9 ft and phosphorus readings still being added keep it in the lower bracket for Ramsey County.

A TSI in the eutrophic range signals a lake doing what nutrient-loaded waters do — supporting an active algal community at the cost of clear water. Evergreen Pnds Lake reaches 18 ft at its deepest point — typical for Minnesota mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. Evergreen Pnds Lake is small — 17 acres alongside 1.7 miles of shoreline — which makes it sensitive to even modest changes in watershed runoff or recreational pressure. Evergreen Pnds Lake sits at rank 34 of 49 in Ramsey County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

Evergreen Pnds Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2023, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. 9 fish species are on record, with panfish making up the recreational core. The lake lacks a documented public access point, so visitor use is limited. Ice-out has been recorded 9 times at Evergreen Pnds Lake, with a median around Apr 8. 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.