Movil Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Movil Lake pulls an A: clarity at 14.0 ft and 12 µg/L of phosphorus put it in the top bracket for Minnesota. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

A TSI value of 40 puts Movil Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. The lake's 50 ft maximum depth is in the upper tier for Minnesota — deep enough for cold-water fish to find refuge in summer. At 855 acres, Movil Lake fits the Minnesota median for monitored lakes, with 9.2 miles of shoreline. Movil Lake sits at rank 44 of 86 in Beltrami County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Movil Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. Walleye are documented at Movil Lake, one of 20 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Movil Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. The lake has a long ice-out record — 42 observations on file, with a median ice-out around Apr 20. 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.