Mesotrophic Lakes in Missouri

45 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. 45 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	Sherwood Lake	Warren	A	5.9 ft	-	46
2	Fox Valley Lake	Clark	A	8.5 ft	-	45
3	Table Rock Lk. Into Main Channel From Dam Lake	Stone	A	7.2 ft	-	43
4	Clearwater Lake	Wayne	A	5.7 ft	-	46
5	Bull Shoals Lake	Taney	A	8.1 ft	-	43
6	Innsbrook Lake	Warren	A	5.2 ft	-	48
7	Weatherby Lake	Platte	A	6.2 ft	-	48
8	Table Rock L. Ab. Carter Br. Lake	Barry	A	6.8 ft	-	43
9	Lake Marseilles-Terre du Lac Lakes	St. Francois	A	14.1 ft	-	37
10	Forest Lake	Adair	A	4.1 ft	-	50
11	Bowling Green Lake	Pike	A	5.5 ft	-	50
12	Fellows Lake	Greene	A	7.2 ft	-	44
13	Stockton Lake by Dam	Cedar	A	7.9 ft	-	44
14	Castlenovo Lake	Warren	A	6 ft	-	46
15	Sherwood Lake	Warren	A	4.9 ft	-	48
16	Table Rock Lk. Btwn Campbell Point Rd And Hendrickson School Rd Lake	Stone	A	6.9 ft	-	42
17	Aspen Lake Along Southern Arm	Warren	A	3.8 ft	-	51
18	Whippoorwill Lake	Warren	A	5 ft	-	46
19	Lincoln Lake	Lincoln	A	5.7 ft	-	45
20	Lake Buteo	Johnson	A	5.6 ft	-	48
21	Brookfield Lake	Linn	A	4.4 ft	-	50
22	Table Rock Lake	Stone	A	4.9 ft	-	46
23	Rock Lake Village Lake	Johnson	A	4.3 ft	-	49
24	Seetal Lake	Gasconade	A	7.2 ft	-	47
25	Finger Lakes	Boone	A	7.9 ft	-	47
26	Ripley County Lake	Ripley	A	6.6 ft	-	42
27	Lake Marie	Mercer	A	7.8 ft	-	43
28	Table Rock Lake	Stone	A	7.3 ft	-	43
29	Table Rock L. Lake	Stone	A	6.9 ft	-	43
30	Table Rock L. @ Mouth of James R. Arm Lake	Stone	A	7.9 ft	-	42
31	Crystal-Morgan Lake	Morgan	A	6.2 ft	-	45
32	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	A	3.3 ft	-	49
33	Port Perry Lake	Perry	A	12 ft	-	38
34	Port Perry Lake South Arm	Perry	A	9.5 ft	-	39
35	Port Perry Lake North Arm	Perry	A	7.4 ft	-	42
36	Clearwater Lake	Reynolds	C	1.8 ft	-	57
37	Table Rock L. Lake	Barry	C	5.5 ft	-	46
38	Lost Valley Lake	Gasconade	C	3.9 ft	-	52
39	Little Prairie Lake by Dam	Phelps	C	4.9 ft	-	51
40	Table Rock Lake	Barry	C	3.3 ft	-	54
41	Stockton Lake	Cedar	C	5.8 ft	-	46
42	James R. Just Ab. Lake Springfield	Greene	C	4.2 ft	-	48
43	Table Rock Lake	Stone	C	6.9 ft	-	45
44	Clearwater Lake	Reynolds	C	2.3 ft	-	52
45	Table Rock L. @ Viola Park Beach Lake	Barry	C	5.6 ft	-	48

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.