Cleanest Lakes in Florida
Highlands-Sirena Lake in Highlands County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of A and 16 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Florida, ranked by EPA water quality score.
Ranked List
| # | Lake | County | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlands-Sirena Lake | Highlands | A | 16 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 2 | Highlands-Verona Lake | Highlands | A | 13.2 ft | 12 µg/L | - |
| 3 | Volusia-Winnemissett Lake | Volusia | A | 14 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 4 | Putnam-Barco Lake | Putnam | A | 17 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 5 | Highlands-Denton Lake | Highlands | A | 23.4 ft | 5 µg/L | - |
| 6 | Orange-Down Lake | Orange | A | 14.5 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 7 | Lake-Sellers | Lake | A | 13.3 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 8 | Orange-Conway North Lake | Orange | A | 13.2 ft | 12 µg/L | - |
| 9 | Orange-Little Conway Lake | Orange | A | 15 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 10 | Down Lake | Orange | A | 16.1 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 11 | Clay-Sheelar Lake | Clay | A | 20.8 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 12 | Wauseon Bay Lake | Orange | A | 14.8 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 13 | Highlands-Tulane Lake | Highlands | A | 17 ft | 7 µg/L | - |
| 14 | Jackson-Silver Lake | Jackson | A | 25 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 15 | Highlands-Lillian Lake | Highlands | A | 13.5 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 16 | Miami-Dade-E Lake | Miami-Dade | A | 15 ft | 7 µg/L | - |
| 17 | Mlc Lake | Washington | A | 14.1 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 18 | Orange-Conway South Lake | Orange | A | 14.5 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 19 | Gap Lake | Washington | A | 13.8 ft | 4 µg/L | - |
| 20 | Sheel Lake | Clay | A | 17.2 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 21 | Dunl Lake | Washington | A | 14.8 ft | 4 µg/L | - |
| 22 | Clc Lake | Washington | A | 16.4 ft | 4.5 µg/L | - |
| 23 | Lake Denton | Highlands | A | 19.7 ft | 4.5 µg/L | - |
| 24 | Clay-Deer Lake | Clay | A | 20 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 25 | Lakaurora Lake | Polk | A | 15.4 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 26 | Pearl Lake @ Center | Highlands | A | 14.8 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 27 | Buck Lake @ Middle | Highlands | A | 19 ft | 3 µg/L | - |
| 28 | Lake Tulane | Highlands | A | 14.8 ft | 6 µg/L | - |
| 29 | Highlands-Pearl Lake | Highlands | A | 15.7 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 30 | Open Lake | Washington | A | 24.3 ft | 4 µg/L | - |
| 31 | Lake Holden | Orange | A | 19.7 ft | 12 µg/L | - |
| 32 | Lake-Gibson | Lake | A | 14 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 33 | Lkcnwy Lake | Orange | A | 15.4 ft | 7 µg/L | - |
| 34 | Volusia-Charles Lake | Volusia | A | 15.5 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 35 | Compass Lake | Jackson | A | 14.1 ft | 5 µg/L | - |
| 36 | Buck Lake | Highlands | A | 13.8 ft | 3 µg/L | - |
| 37 | Lake Denton | Highlands | A | 16.4 ft | 3 µg/L | - |
| 38 | Lake-Saunders | Lake | A | 16 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 39 | Campbell Lake Middle | Walton | A | 9 ft | 9 µg/L | - |
| 40 | Seminole-Crystal Bowl Lake | Seminole | A | 11 ft | 10.5 µg/L | - |
| 41 | Seminole-Silver Lake | Seminole | A | 13 ft | 12 µg/L | - |
| 42 | Orange-Olivia Lake | Orange | A | 11.5 ft | 12 µg/L | - |
| 43 | Lake Susannah | Orange | A | 9.8 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 44 | Seminole-Little Bear Lake | Seminole | A | 10 ft | 14 µg/L | - |
| 45 | Lake-East Crooked | Lake | A | 10.8 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 46 | Miami-Dade-Highland Lake | Miami-Dade | A | 9 ft | 10 µg/L | - |
| 47 | Putnam-Anderson Cue Lake | Putnam | A | 10 ft | 9 µg/L | - |
| 48 | Miami-Dade-Lakeridge | Miami-Dade | A | 10.3 ft | 8 µg/L | - |
| 49 | Hillsborough-Alice Lake | Hillsborough | A | 10.7 ft | 11 µg/L | - |
| 50 | Collier-Quarry Lake | Collier | A | 11 ft | 7 µg/L | - |