Battle Lake - 31-0197-00 Lake Water Quality

Battle Lake is located 20 miles northeast of Big Fork, MN in Itasca County. It is a somewhat small lake covering 243 acres (Table 1). Battle Lake has two inlets and one outlet, which classify it as a drainage lake. Water enters Battle Lake from nearby lakes and exits the lake on the west side through Pickerel and Deer Lakes into the Big Fork River. Water quality data have been collected on Battle Lake from 1993-2014 (Tables 2 & 3). These data show that the lake is mesotrophic (TSI = 45) with mostly clear water conditions most of the summer and excellent recreational opportunities.