Stocking Lake

On the LakeGrade scale Stocking Lake grades a B, with clarity at 11.5 ft and 22 µg/L of phosphorus placing it above the Minnesota median. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

A TSI near 45 places Stocking Lake in the mesotrophic band — moderate productivity, with seasonal swings between clearer spring water and richer late-summer conditions. A maximum depth of 25 ft puts Stocking Lake in the middle of Minnesota's depth distribution. The lake's 102 acres and 3.1 miles of shoreline put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Within Hubbard County's 77 graded lakes, Stocking Lake ranks 55 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

Stocking Lake has no invasive species recorded in Minnesota state databases as of 2024, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. The state fisheries records do not list documented species for Stocking Lake, which usually reflects a lack of formal fisheries survey work rather than an empty lake. No formal public access is documented at Stocking Lake — most use is by shoreline residents and their guests. Ice-out has been recorded 13 times at Stocking Lake, with a median around Apr 16. 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.