King Lake

King Lake carries a solid B grade — strong on most parameters, with measurements that hold up well across the summer season. 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.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at King Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. At only 14 ft deep, King Lake is shallow — wind keeps the water column mixed and sediment resuspension drives phosphorus levels harder to manage. At 53 acres, King Lake sits below the Wisconsin median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. King Lake ranks 23 of 74 in Polk County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

King Lake has no invasive species recorded in Wisconsin 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. Public access is available — the lake is on the Wisconsin DNR public-access list. 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.