Kawasachong Lake

Kawasachong Lake pulls a D on the LakeGrade rubric — phosphorus loading and limited clarity hold it below the Minnesota average. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

Eutrophic conditions are the baseline here: clarity drops noticeably in late summer, and dissolved oxygen near the bottom can become a concern. A maximum depth of just 11 ft means sediment-bound phosphorus releases back into the water column whenever wind stirs the bottom — a classic shallow-lake dynamic. Kawasachong Lake covers 162 acres alongside 5.5 miles of shoreline — a mid-sized water that supports a working fishery without being so large that conditions diverge between basins. Kawasachong Lake ranks 139 of 142 in Lake County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Kawasachong Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. Walleye are documented at Kawasachong Lake, one of 6 fish species on record for the lake. No formal public access is documented at Kawasachong 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.