Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake fails the cutoffs — a TSI of 60 and persistent algal pressure put it in the bottom tier. 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.

A TSI in the eutrophic range signals a lake doing what nutrient-loaded waters do — supporting an active algal community at the cost of clear water. Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake reaches 16 ft at its deepest point — typical for Wisconsin mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake is small — 62 acres alongside partial shoreline records — which makes it sensitive to even modest changes in watershed runoff or recreational pressure. Within the 27 graded lakes of Price County, Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake sits at rank 25, near the bottom of the county list.

Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake has no invasive species recorded in Wisconsin state databases as of 2020, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. Walleye are documented at Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake, one of 5 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Lower Park Falls Flowage Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. 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.