Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Lucas County, Iowa?

Accepted Answer

Red Haw Lake in Lucas County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 3.1 ft of clarity. Below are the top 3 cleanest monitored lakes in Lucas County, Iowa, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Lucas County, Iowa?

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Red Haw Lake in Lucas County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Lucas County, Iowa, with 3.1 feet of measured water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

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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	Red Haw Lake	Lucas	3.1 ft	46 µg/L	30.8 µg/L
2	Williamson Pond Max Depth	Lucas	1.6 ft	236 µg/L	73.9 µg/L
3	West Lake	Lucas	-	-	-

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