Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Carver County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Brickyard Lake in Carver County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of A and 15.1 ft of clarity. Below are the top 36 cleanest monitored lakes in Carver County, Minnesota, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Carver County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Brickyard Lake in Carver County is the highest-rated lake in Carver County, Minnesota with an EPA water quality grade of A and 15.1 feet of water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

Accepted Answer

Lakes are graded A through F using the Metropolitan Council methodology, which combines Secchi depth (water clarity), total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a (algae) into a single score. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Brickyard Lake	Carver	A	15.1 ft	14 µg/L	-
2	Courthouse Lake	Carver	A	20 ft	14 µg/L	-
3	Piersons Lake	Carver	A	10 ft	19.5 µg/L	-
4	Zumbra-Sunny Lake	Carver	B	10.1 ft	26.5 µg/L	-
5	Fireman'S Lake	Carver	B	10.8 ft	23.5 µg/L	-
6	Ann Lake	Carver	B	9.2 ft	28 µg/L	-
7	Auburn Lake	Carver	C	7.2 ft	31 µg/L	-
8	Waconia Lake	Carver	C	7.3 ft	30 µg/L	-
9	East Auburn Lake	Carver	C	5 ft	57.5 µg/L	-
10	Oak Lake	Carver	C	4.5 ft	42.5 µg/L	-
11	Bavaria Lake	Carver	C	5.2 ft	33 µg/L	-
12	Lotus Lake	Carver	C	4.3 ft	42 µg/L	-
13	Steiger Lake	Carver	C	5.2 ft	36.5 µg/L	-
14	Lucy Lake	Carver	C	5.6 ft	46 µg/L	-
15	Burandt Lake	Carver	C	3.9 ft	47 µg/L	-
16	Reitz Lake	Carver	D	3.1 ft	48 µg/L	-
17	Wassermann West Lake	Carver	D	5.2 ft	63 µg/L	-
18	Myers Lake	Carver	D	3 ft	36 µg/L	-
19	Grace Lake	Carver	D	2.6 ft	88 µg/L	-
20	Wassermann Lake	Carver	D	3 ft	68 µg/L	-
21	Susan Lake	Carver	D	2.5 ft	82 µg/L	-
22	Jonathan Lake	Carver	F	1.5 ft	157.5 µg/L	-
23	Eagle Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	165.5 µg/L	-
24	Big Woods Lake	Carver	F	1 ft	210.5 µg/L	-
25	Goose Lake	Carver	F	1 ft	137 µg/L	-
26	Benton Lake	Carver	F	0.8 ft	171 µg/L	-
27	Hazeltine Lake	Carver	F	1 ft	151 µg/L	-
28	Miller Lake	Carver	F	1.6 ft	208 µg/L	-
29	Mcknight Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	149 µg/L	-
30	Hydes Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	96.5 µg/L	-
31	Parley Lake	Carver	F	1.6 ft	100 µg/L	-
32	Swede Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	139 µg/L	-
33	Muewissen Lake	Carver	F	1.6 ft	149.5 µg/L	-
34	Maria Lake	Carver	F	0.8 ft	457 µg/L	-
35	Gaystock Lake	Carver	F	0.7 ft	236 µg/L	-
36	Barnes Lake	Carver	F	0.8 ft	164.5 µg/L	-

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