Love Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Love Lake pulls an A: clarity at 36.1 ft and phosphorus readings still being added put it in the top bracket for Wisconsin. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

Trophically, Love Lake reads as oligotrophic — nutrient-poor, clear, and ecologically more sensitive to disturbance than richer lakes. At 63 ft of maximum depth, Love Lake stratifies reliably through the summer — the hypolimnion stays cooler and clearer than the surface layer suggests. The lake's 207 acres and partial shoreline records put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Within Burnett County's 70 graded lakes, Love Lake ranks 43 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

No invasive species are currently listed at Love Lake — the lake remains off the Wisconsin infested-waters roster. Walleye are documented at Love Lake, one of 4 fish species on record for the lake. 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.