Kenney Lake

Kenney Lake comes in at a B on the grading rubric — a respectable showing for a Minnesota lake of its size and depth.

The lake's low TSI puts it in oligotrophic territory — the cleanest of the four trophic classes, but also the most vulnerable to nutrient-driven shifts. At 55 ft of maximum depth, Kenney Lake stratifies reliably through the summer — the hypolimnion stays cooler and clearer than the surface layer suggests. Kenney Lake covers 109 acres alongside 1.8 miles of shoreline — a mid-sized water that supports a working fishery without being so large that conditions diverge between basins. Within Crow Wing County's 120 graded lakes, Kenney Lake ranks 76 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

No invasive species are currently listed at Kenney Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Kenney Lake, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty lake. The lake lacks a documented public access point, so visitor use is limited. Ice-out has been recorded 5 times at Kenney Lake, with a median around Apr 8. 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.