Wintergreen Lake

Wintergreen Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Price County. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

Trophically, Wintergreen Lake reads as oligotrophic — nutrient-poor, clear, and ecologically more sensitive to disturbance than richer lakes. The lake's maximum depth is not yet documented in state morphometric records — context for its physical structure remains limited. Wintergreen Lake is small — 50 acres alongside partial shoreline records — which makes it sensitive to even modest changes in watershed runoff or recreational pressure. Among the 26 graded lakes in Price County, Wintergreen Lake ranks 3 — in the top quartile locally.

No invasive species are currently listed at Wintergreen Lake — the lake remains off the Wisconsin infested-waters roster. 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.