What are mesotrophic lakes in Missouri?

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

What does mesotrophic mean?

Moderate nutrients, good water quality.

Mesotrophic Lakes in Missouri

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. 32 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 sit in the middle of the phosphorus and chlorophyll-a range: productive but still clear, with readings that rarely reach the EPA's poorest condition class.

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Sherwood Lake	Warren	5.9 ft	-	46
2	Fox Valley Lake	Clark	8.5 ft	-	45
3	Bull Shoals Lake	Taney	8.1 ft	-	43
4	Innsbrook Lake	Warren	5.2 ft	-	48
5	Weatherby Lake	Platte	6.2 ft	-	48
6	Table Rock L. Ab. Carter Br. Lake	Barry	6.8 ft	-	43
7	Lake Marseilles-Terre du Lac Lakes	St. Francois	14.1 ft	-	37
8	Bowling Green Lake	Pike	5.5 ft	-	50
9	Fellows Lake	Greene	7.2 ft	-	44
10	Castlenovo Lake	Warren	6 ft	-	46
11	Aspen Lake Along Southern Arm	Warren	3.8 ft	-	51
12	Whippoorwill Lake	Warren	5 ft	-	46
13	Lincoln Lake	Lincoln	5.7 ft	-	45
14	Lake Buteo	Johnson	5.6 ft	-	48
15	Brookfield Lake	Linn	4.4 ft	-	50
16	Rock Lake Village Lake	Johnson	4.3 ft	-	49
17	Seetal Lake	Gasconade	7.2 ft	-	47
18	Finger Lakes	Boone	7.9 ft	-	47
19	Ripley County Lake	Ripley	6.6 ft	-	42
20	Lake Marie	Mercer	7.8 ft	-	43
21	Table Rock L. @ Mouth of James R. Arm Lake	Stone	7.9 ft	-	42
22	Crystal-Morgan Lake	Morgan	6.2 ft	-	45
23	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	3.3 ft	-	49
24	Port Perry Lake	Perry	12 ft	-	38
25	Port Perry Lake South Arm	Perry	9.5 ft	-	39
26	Port Perry Lake North Arm	Perry	7.4 ft	-	42
27	Clearwater Lake	Reynolds	1.8 ft	-	57
28	Table Rock L. Lake	Barry	5.5 ft	-	46
29	Lost Valley Lake	Gasconade	3.9 ft	-	52
30	Table Rock Lake	Barry	3.3 ft	-	54
31	Stockton Lake	Cedar	5.8 ft	-	46
32	James R. Just Ab. Lake Springfield	Greene	4.2 ft	-	48

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 →Florida version →Colorado version →North Carolina version →Vermont version →Texas version →Oregon version →Arkansas version →Oklahoma version →Kansas version →Nebraska version →Nevada version →Arizona version →Idaho version →Montana version →New Mexico version →Tennessee version →Alabama version →Virginia version →Kentucky version →Utah version →Washington version →Wyoming version →Georgia version →Massachusetts version →Ontario version →Québec version →Nova Scotia version →British Columbia version →Newfoundland and Labrador version →All Missouri lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.