Gonz Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric Gonz Lake fails the cutoffs — a TSI of 88 and persistent algal pressure put it in the bottom tier. Sub-grades cluster within a single letter of each other, which usually means the lake is in stable trophic balance rather than fighting one specific stressor.

Hypereutrophic conditions mean the lake is operating at the upper end of the productivity scale, with all the bloom risk that implies. The lake's maximum depth is not yet documented in state morphometric records — context for its physical structure remains limited. The lake's surface area is not consistently recorded across state datasets — physical context remains partial. Within the 64 graded lakes of Wright County, Gonz Lake sits at rank 64, near the bottom of the county list.

Gonz Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2021, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Gonz Lake, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty lake. No formal public access is documented at Gonz 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.