Found Lake

Found Lake comes in at a B on the grading rubric — a respectable showing for a Minnesota lake of its size and depth. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

A TSI near 42 places Found Lake in the mesotrophic band — moderate productivity, with seasonal swings between clearer spring water and richer late-summer conditions. A maximum depth of 38 ft puts Found Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. The lake is compact at 60 acres, with 1.5 miles of shoreline and little volume to buffer nutrient inputs. Found Lake ranks 53 of 142 in Lake County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

Found Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2024, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. The lake's fish records list 1 species — a varied community without one dominant gamefish. No formal public access is documented at Found 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.