Powers Lake

Powers Lake earns an A — every scored parameter (clarity and phosphorus) rates among the best monitored waters in Kenosha County. clarity and phosphorus rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

A TSI near 45 places Powers Lake in the mesotrophic band — moderate productivity, with seasonal swings between clearer spring water and richer late-summer conditions. The lake bottoms out at 33 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. Powers Lake covers 451 acres alongside partial shoreline records — a mid-sized water that supports a working fishery without being so large that conditions diverge between basins. Powers Lake ranks 5 of 13 in Kenosha County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

Zebra mussel presence at Powers Lake means the lake's clarity numbers carry an asterisk — filtered water is not the same as nutrient-poor water. Walleye are documented at Powers Lake, one of 5 fish species on record for the lake. The grade is based on limited monitoring — fewer than three independent measurement years contribute, so future updates may shift the letter.