Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Winston County, Alabama?

Accepted Answer

Smiw Lake in Winston County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 11.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 3 cleanest monitored lakes in Winston County, Alabama, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Winston County, Alabama?

Accepted Answer

Smiw Lake in Winston County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Winston County, Alabama, with 11.5 feet of measured water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

Accepted Answer

Nutrients and algae, total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a and turbidity, are read against EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 condition classes for that lake’s ecoregion. Water clarity (Secchi depth) is measured and shown separately. Lakes without enough recent samples are listed without a condition class rather than ranked low. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

Cleanest Lakes in Winston County, Alabama

Ranked List

More Answers for Winston County, Alabama

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Smiw Lake	Winston	11.5 ft	8 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
2	Brushy Creek Lake	Winston	-	-	-
3	Verlie Barton Lake One	Winston	-	-	-