Spring Lake

Spring 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.

At a TSI of 59, Spring Lake reads as eutrophic — nutrient-rich enough that summer algal growth and reduced clarity are expected, not unusual. A maximum depth of 28 ft puts Spring Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. The lake's 164 acres and 3.6 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Spring Lake ranks 11 of 23 in Meeker County — solidly in the upper half of the local distribution.

No invasive species are currently listed at Spring Lake — the lake remains off the Minnesota infested-waters roster. The fishery is bass-led, with 12 documented species across the lake's records. A documented public access point at Spring Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. 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.