Scott Lake

Scott Lake carries a solid B grade — strong on most parameters, with measurements that hold up well across the summer season. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Scott Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. Scott Lake reaches 49 ft at its deepest point — typical for Minnesota mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. At 157 acres, Scott Lake fits the Minnesota median for monitored lakes, with 2.8 miles of shoreline. Scott Lake sits at rank 83 of 120 in Crow Wing County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

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