Mesotrophic Lakes in Missouri

55 mesotrophic lakes in Missouri. Moderate nutrients, good water quality.

Mesotrophic lakes are the productive middle of the trophic scale — TSI between 40 and 50. Clear enough to be inviting, productive enough to support a strong fishery, with moderate phosphorus and a modest algal community that does not dominate the optical signal. 55 lakes in Missouri sit in the mesotrophic band. About 0% are deep (50+ ft); the rest are shallower basins where watershed management keeps nutrients from pushing the system into eutrophy.

Mesotrophic lakes tend to grade B or C on the LakeGrade rubric — the productive-but-clear band lines up with the middle of the letter grades.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Lake Taneycomo @ Shepherd of the Hills Fh	Taney	A	-	-	41
2	Fox Valley Lake	Clark	B	8.5 ft	-	45
3	Table Rock Lk. Into Main Channel From Dam Lake	Stone	B	7.2 ft	-	43
4	Bull Shoals Lake	Taney	B	8.1 ft	-	43
5	Table Rock L. Ab. Carter Br. Lake	Barry	B	6.8 ft	-	43
6	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	B	8.9 ft	-	40
7	Fellows Lake	Greene	B	7.2 ft	-	44
8	Stockton Lake by Dam	Cedar	B	7.9 ft	-	44
9	Table Rock Lk. Btwn Campbell Point Rd And Hendrickson School Rd Lake	Stone	B	6.9 ft	-	42
10	Cole Lake	Jefferson	B	18.5 ft	-	46
11	Ripley County Lake	Ripley	B	6.6 ft	-	43
12	Lake Marie	Mercer	B	7.8 ft	-	43
13	Table Rock Lake	Stone	B	7.3 ft	-	43
14	Table Rock L. @ Mouth of James R. Arm Lake	Stone	B	7.9 ft	-	42
15	North Bethany City Reservoir	Harrison	B	10.5 ft	-	44
16	Port Perry Lake North Arm	Perry	B	7.4 ft	-	42
17	Table Rock Lake	Taney	B	10 ft	-	44
18	Sherwood Lake Nr. Dam	Warren	B	5.9 ft	-	46
19	Clearwater Lake Nr. Dam	Wayne	B	5.7 ft	-	46
20	Forest Lake	Adair	B	4.1 ft	-	50
21	Castlenovo Lake	Warren	B	6 ft	-	46
22	Sherwood Lake	Warren	B	4.9 ft	-	48
23	Table Rock L. Nr. Perkins Hollow Lake	Stone	B	6.9 ft	-	45
24	Whippoorwill Lake	Warren	B	5 ft	-	46
25	Lincoln Lake	Lincoln	B	5.7 ft	-	45
26	Brookfield Lake	Linn	B	4.4 ft	-	50
27	Rock Lake Village Lake	Johnson	B	4.3 ft	-	49
28	Seetal Lake	Gasconade	B	7.2 ft	-	47
29	Finger Lakes	Boone	B	7.9 ft	-	47
30	Table Rock L. Lake	Stone	B	6.9 ft	-	43
31	Crystal-Morgan Lake	Morgan	B	6.2 ft	-	45
32	Lake of the Woods	Boone	B	7 ft	-	48
33	Loto Confluence of Gravois And Indian Creek Lake	Morgan	B	7.5 ft	-	49
34	Loto Lake	Camden	B	8.7 ft	-	48
35	Loto Lake	Morgan	B	7.5 ft	-	48
36	Loto Lake	Morgan	B	8 ft	-	47
37	Table Rock L. Ab. Oswalt Bluff Lake	Stone	B	6 ft	-	47
38	Table Rock L. @ Aunts Creek Arm Lake	Stone	B	4.3 ft	-	50
39	Table Rock L. Lake	Barry	B	5.5 ft	-	46
40	Innsbrook Lake Nr. Dam	Warren	B	5.2 ft	-	48
41	Weatherby Lake	Platte	B	6.2 ft	-	48
42	Stockton Lake	Cedar	B	5.8 ft	-	46
43	James R. Just Ab. Lake Springfield	Greene	B	4.2 ft	-	48
44	Lake Buteo	Johnson	B	5.6 ft	-	48
45	Table Rock L. @ Viola Park Beach Lake	Barry	B	5.6 ft	-	48
46	Table Rock Lake Main Channel of Little Indian Creek Arm	Stone	B	5.8 ft	-	49
47	Table Rock Lake	Stone	B	4.9 ft	-	46
48	Marion Reservoir	Franklin	B	5.9 ft	-	50
49	Stockton State Park Marina Lake	Cedar	B	5.9 ft	-	47
50	Loto Lake	Camden	B	8.5 ft	-	49
51	Loto Lake	Camden	B	8.7 ft	-	47
52	Loto Lake	Miller	B	6.9 ft	-	47
53	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	B	3.3 ft	-	49
54	Port Hudson Lake	Franklin	C	6.1 ft	-	50
55	Bowling Green Lake	Pike	C	5.5 ft	-	50

All mesotrophic lakes →Minnesota version →Wisconsin version →Illinois version →Michigan version →Iowa version →Ohio version →Pennsylvania version →New York version →Indiana version →North Dakota version →South Dakota version →All Missouri lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.