Lizz Lake

The LakeGrade rubric puts Lizz Lake at a C: clarity at 9.0 ft, phosphorus readings still being added, and a TSI of 45 signal an intermediate trophic state. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. The lake bottoms out at 30 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. At 23 acres, Lizz Lake sits below the Minnesota median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. Within Cook County's 128 graded lakes, Lizz Lake ranks 77 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

Lizz Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2020, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. The lake's fish records list 3 species — a varied community without one dominant gamefish. The lake lacks a documented public access point, so visitor use is limited. 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.