Nose Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Nose Lake pulls an A: clarity at 39.4 ft and 11 µg/L of phosphorus put it in the top bracket for Wisconsin. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

A TSI value of 31 puts Nose Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. The lake's maximum depth is not yet documented in state morphometric records — context for its physical structure remains limited. At 43 acres, Nose Lake sits below the Wisconsin median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. Nose Lake sits at rank 72 of 140 in Oneida County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

Nose Lake has at least one documented invasive species (Chinese Mystery Snail), so boaters and anglers should observe clean-drain-dry steps when leaving the lake. The fishery is bass-led, with 2 documented species across the lake's records. 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.