Jorgens Lake

Jorgens Lake earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. The lake bottoms out at 21 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. At 73 acres, Jorgens Lake sits below the Minnesota median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. Jorgens Lake ranks 88 of 187 in St. Louis County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

Jorgens Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2023, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Bass fishing is part of the appeal: the species list runs to 3, anchored by largemouth and/or smallmouth bass. The lake lacks a documented public access point, so visitor use is limited. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.