Schisler Lake

Schisler Lake earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

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. A maximum depth of 19 ft puts Schisler Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. At 70 acres, Schisler Lake sits below the Minnesota median: a small water where shoreline activity has an outsized effect on water quality. Schisler Lake sits at rank 145 of 215 in St. Louis County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Schisler Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Schisler Lake, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty lake. No formal public access is documented at Schisler Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. 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.