What is the cleanest lake in Anoka County, Minnesota?

Round Lake in Anoka County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Anoka County, Minnesota, with 8.9 feet of measured 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 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 Anoka County, Minnesota

Round Lake in Anoka County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8.9 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Anoka County, Minnesota, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Round Lake	Anoka	8.9 ft	19 µg/L	5.3 µg/L
2	East Twin Lake	Anoka	10.7 ft	18.5 µg/L	4.9 µg/L
3	Howard Lake	Anoka	3.3 ft	24 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
4	Grass Lake	Anoka	4.3 ft	20 µg/L	5.3 µg/L
5	Netta Lake	Anoka	11.3 ft	14.5 µg/L	4.6 µg/L
6	Laddie Lake	Anoka	-	22 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
7	Crooked Lake	Anoka	7.1 ft	24 µg/L	9.5 µg/L
8	George Lake	Anoka	7.3 ft	22 µg/L	8.3 µg/L
9	Ham Lake	Anoka	8.9 ft	22 µg/L	9.2 µg/L
10	Amelia Lake	Anoka	3.9 ft	36.5 µg/L	6 µg/L
11	Moore Lake	Anoka	3.9 ft	41 µg/L	5.2 µg/L
12	Rice Lake	Anoka	2.6 ft	125 µg/L	18.1 µg/L
13	Martin Lake	Anoka	2.5 ft	55 µg/L	29.4 µg/L
14	Golden Lake	Anoka	4.5 ft	57 µg/L	11.8 µg/L
15	Locke Lake	Anoka	3 ft	97 µg/L	20.9 µg/L
16	Peltier Lake	Anoka	2.5 ft	357.5 µg/L	50.6 µg/L
17	Sandy Lake	Anoka	2.1 ft	102 µg/L	48.1 µg/L
18	Typo Lake	Anoka	1 ft	198.5 µg/L	85.3 µg/L
19	Centerville Lake	Anoka	3.9 ft	78 µg/L	46.3 µg/L
20	Lake Itasca	Anoka	-	-	-
21	Rogers Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
22	Cenaiko Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
23	Baldwin Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
24	Amelia Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
25	Rondeau Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
26	Crossways Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
27	Higgins Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
28	Little Coon Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
29	South Coon Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
30	Ward Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
31	Swan Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
32	Hickey Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
33	Minard Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
34	Sandshore Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
35	Coopers Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
36	Fish Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
37	Neds Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
38	Deer Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
39	Devil Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
40	Anderson Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
41	Rice Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
42	Island Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
43	Tamarack Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
44	Fawn Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
45	Norris Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
46	Mud Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
47	Pinnaker Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
48	Goose Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
49	Bass Lake	Anoka	-	-	-
50	Burns Lake	Anoka	-	-	-

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