Weber Lake

Weber Lake earns a C — middle-of-the-pack water quality, with one or two parameters dragging the average down from a stronger grade.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Weber Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. A maximum depth of 39 ft puts Weber Lake in the middle of Wisconsin's depth distribution. Weber Lake is small — 65 acres alongside partial shoreline records — which makes it sensitive to even modest changes in watershed runoff or recreational pressure. Within the 33 graded lakes of Iron County, Weber Lake sits at rank 26, near the bottom of the county list.

Eurasian watermilfoil is established at Weber Lake, which can dampen recreational access and pressure the native plant community. The fishery is bass-led, with 3 documented species across the lake's records. 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.