Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Muskeg Bay Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Muskeg Bay Lake pulls an A: clarity at 17.7 ft and 28 µg/L of phosphorus put it in the top bracket for Minnesota. 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.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Minnesota lakes fall. 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. Within Lake of the Woods County's 11 graded waters, Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Muskeg Bay Lake sits at rank 2, near the top of the local distribution.

Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Muskeg Bay Lake is on the Minnesota infested-waters list for zebra mussels — boaters should follow clean-drain-dry protocols when moving gear to or from the lake. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Low: Mpca Co-Located Site Muskeg Bay 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. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.