Second Crow Wing Lake

On the LakeGrade rubric, Second Crow Wing Lake pulls an A: clarity at 11.3 ft and 14 µg/L of phosphorus put it in the top bracket for Minnesota. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Second Crow Wing Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. A maximum depth of 35 ft puts Second Crow Wing Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. At 221 acres, Second Crow Wing Lake fits the Minnesota median for monitored lakes, with 3.1 miles of shoreline. Within Hubbard County's 78 graded lakes, Second Crow Wing Lake ranks 49 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

Second Crow Wing Lake has at least one documented invasive species (faucet snail), so boaters and anglers should observe clean-drain-dry steps when leaving the lake. Walleye are documented at Second Crow Wing Lake, one of 15 fish species on record for the lake. The lake lacks a documented public access point, so visitor use is limited. 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.