Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Harrison County, Iowa?

Accepted Answer

Willow Lake in Harrison County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 4.8 ft of clarity. Below are the top 3 cleanest monitored lakes in Harrison County, Iowa, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Harrison County, Iowa?

Accepted Answer

Willow Lake in Harrison County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Harrison County, Iowa, with 4.8 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.

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Willow Lake	Harrison	4.8 ft	35 µg/L	9.5 µg/L
2	Desoto Bend Lake	Harrison	1 ft	218 µg/L	93.4 µg/L
3	Horseshoe Lake	Harrison	-	-	-

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