Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake

Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Lake of the Woods County. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. The lake's maximum depth is not yet documented in state morphometric records — context for its physical structure remains limited. The lake's surface area is not consistently recorded across state datasets — physical context remains partial. Among the 11 graded lakes in Lake of the Woods County, Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake sits at rank 4, above the county median.

Zebra mussels have been documented at Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake, which alters the filter-feeding balance and can paradoxically increase water clarity while disrupting the food web. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Lake, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty lake. Public access is available — the lake is on the Minnesota PCA 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.