Lower Red Lake : East

Lower Red Lake : East earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade. With clarity and phosphorus scored, the sub-grades cluster within a letter of each other, pointing to stable conditions rather than 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. 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. Lower Red Lake : East ranks 80 of 92 in Beltrami County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Lower Red Lake : East — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Lower Red Lake : East, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty 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.