Eutrophic Lakes in Vermont

14 eutrophic lakes in Vermont. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

A eutrophic lake is a productive ecosystem with the trade-offs that come with productivity: more food at the base of the food web, more clarity reduction by mid-summer, more dissolved-oxygen variability near the bottom. 14 {{stateName}} lakes register as eutrophic. Only 0% are deep — eutrophy correlates with shallowness, agricultural watersheds, and the kind of nutrient-input history that takes decades to shift.

Eutrophic lakes typically grade C or D on the LakeGrade rubric. The same nutrient richness that defines the trophic class drives the lower grade.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Winona Lake	Addison	B	-	-	52
2	Danby Pond	Rutland	B	2 ft	-	51
3	Star Lake	Rutland	B	-	-	53
4	South Bay Lake	Orleans	C	4.4 ft	-	51
5	Howe Pond	Bennington	C	5.7 ft	-	50
6	Pond Known by Vtdec As Goulds	Windsor	C	4.3 ft	-	53
7	Big Mud Pond	Rutland	C	4.3 ft	-	53
8	Gillett Pond	Chittenden	C	3.1 ft	-	54
9	Missisquoi Bay Lake	Franklin	C	5.6 ft	-	54
10	Lake Carmi	Franklin	C	4.9 ft	-	54
11	Richville Pond	Addison	C	1.3 ft	-	56
12	Walker Pond	Orleans	C	-	-	61
13	Knapp Brook Lake	Windsor	D	3.6 ft	-	59
14	Jerome Lake	Addison	F	-	-	69

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.