What is the cleanest lake in Sarasota County, Florida?

Sarasota-South Lake in Sarasota County is the cleanest lake on the readings in Sarasota County, Florida with an EPA water-quality readings of — and 6.5 feet of water clarity.

How are these rankings calculated?

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; it is not the letter. Lakes without enough recent samples are UNRATED, not given an F. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

Cleanest Lakes in Sarasota County, Florida

Sarasota-South Lake in Sarasota County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 6.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 19 cleanest monitored lakes in Sarasota County, Florida, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Sarasota-South Lake	Sarasota	—	6.5 ft	25 µg/L	-
2	Sarasota-North Lake	Sarasota	—	3 ft	22 µg/L	-
3	Sarasota-Lake	Sarasota	—	2.5 ft	58 µg/L	-
4	Sarasota-Center Lake	Sarasota	—	7.5 ft	47 µg/L	-
5	Sarasota-Lake-G	Sarasota	—	3.8 ft	77.5 µg/L	-
6	Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake	Sarasota	—	3.5 ft	74.5 µg/L	-
7	Sarasota-Cormorant Lake	Sarasota	—	2.4 ft	164.5 µg/L	-
8	Sarasota-Uplands Lake	Sarasota	—	0.8 ft	330 µg/L	-
9	Sarasota-Lake-M	Sarasota	—	2.5 ft	136 µg/L	-
10	Sarasota-Upper Myakka Lake	Sarasota	—	2 ft	387 µg/L	-
11	Sarasota-Egret Lake	Sarasota	—	4.2 ft	240.5 µg/L	-
12	Sarasota-Heron Lake	Sarasota	—	2.5 ft	65 µg/L	-
13	Sarasota-Pinebrook South Lake	Sarasota	—	2 ft	62 µg/L	-
14	Sarasota-Lower Myakka Lake	Sarasota	—	2.2 ft	275 µg/L	-
15	Venice Gardens Lake	Sarasota	—	1 ft	177 µg/L	-
16	Red Bug Slough Lake	Sarasota	—	-	141 µg/L	-
17	Lake Sarasota	Sarasota	—	-	-	-
18	Knight Lake	Sarasota	—	-	-	-
19	Red Lake	Sarasota	—	-	-	-

Ranked List

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