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. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

A TSI value of 40 puts Kenney Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. Kenney Lake is unusually deep for Minnesota at 55 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. 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. Kenney Lake sits at rank 76 of 120 in Crow Wing County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

Kenney Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2020, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. 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. No formal public access is documented at Kenney Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. The lake has a partial ice record — 5 observed ice-outs, centered near Apr 8. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.