Five Point Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Five Point Lake pulls an A: clarity at 12.8 ft and 16 µg/L of phosphorus put it in the top bracket for Minnesota. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Five Point Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. Five Point Lake reaches 37 ft at its deepest point — typical for Minnesota mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. The lake's 251 acres and 3.7 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Five Point Lake sits at rank 81 of 133 in Cass County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

Five Point Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2023, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Five Point Lake, one of 13 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Five Point Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. Ice-out has been recorded 13 times at Five Point Lake, with a median around Apr 14. 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.