What is the cleanest lake in Carver County, Minnesota?

Brickyard Lake in Carver County is the highest-rated lake in Carver County, Minnesota with an EPA water quality grade of A and 15 feet of water clarity.

How are these rankings calculated?

Lakes are graded A through F on nutrients and algae — total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity — 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 Carver County, Minnesota

Brickyard Lake in Carver County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of A and 15 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Carver County, Minnesota, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Brickyard Lake	Carver	A	15 ft	15 µg/L	4.1 µg/L
2	Courthouse Lake	Carver	A	18.9 ft	14 µg/L	2.4 µg/L
3	Fireman'S Lake	Carver	A	10.7 ft	23.5 µg/L	3.3 µg/L
4	Auburn Lake	Carver	C	6.4 ft	31 µg/L	7.2 µg/L
5	Ann Lake	Carver	C	8.7 ft	29 µg/L	8.9 µg/L
6	Zumbra-Sunny Lake	Carver	C	9.8 ft	27.6 µg/L	5.1 µg/L
7	Waconia Lake	Carver	C	7.3 ft	30 µg/L	9.8 µg/L
8	Bavaria Lake	Carver	D	5.1 ft	35 µg/L	21.7 µg/L
9	Lotus Lake	Carver	D	5.7 ft	40.5 µg/L	19.5 µg/L
10	Steiger Lake	Carver	D	5 ft	41.5 µg/L	13.3 µg/L
11	Lucy Lake	Carver	D	3.9 ft	62 µg/L	20.7 µg/L
12	Muewissen Lake	Carver	D	1.8 ft	98.5 µg/L	18.7 µg/L
13	Jonathan Lake	Carver	F	1.6 ft	157.5 µg/L	80 µg/L
14	Eagle Lake	Carver	F	2 ft	169 µg/L	93.8 µg/L
15	East Auburn Lake	Carver	F	5 ft	57 µg/L	31.8 µg/L
16	Grace Lake	Carver	F	2.6 ft	91.5 µg/L	58.2 µg/L
17	Wassermann Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	76 µg/L	48.1 µg/L
18	Big Woods Lake	Carver	F	1.5 ft	197 µg/L	113 µg/L
19	Goose Lake	Carver	F	1.2 ft	132.5 µg/L	160.5 µg/L
20	Benton Lake	Carver	F	1 ft	161 µg/L	104 µg/L
21	Hazeltine Lake	Carver	F	1 ft	142 µg/L	136.5 µg/L
22	Burandt Lake	Carver	F	3.9 ft	46 µg/L	35.9 µg/L
23	Miller Lake	Carver	F	1.6 ft	211 µg/L	108 µg/L
24	Mcknight Lake	Carver	F	2.2 ft	146 µg/L	58 µg/L
25	Hydes Lake	Carver	F	2.3 ft	94 µg/L	59.9 µg/L
26	Parley Lake	Carver	F	1.8 ft	100 µg/L	61.4 µg/L
27	Susan Lake	Carver	F	2.6 ft	80.5 µg/L	49 µg/L
28	Swede Lake	Carver	F	2 ft	134 µg/L	76.9 µg/L
29	Reitz Lake	Carver	F	3 ft	53 µg/L	36.8 µg/L
30	Lippert Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
31	Rutz Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
32	Mud Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
33	Schutz Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
34	Tamarack Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
35	Long Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
36	Scott Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
37	Kelly Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
38	Aue Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
39	Chaska Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
40	Carl Krey Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
41	Marsh Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
42	Turbid Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
43	Swan Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
44	Winkler Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
45	Rice Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
46	Young America Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
47	Brand Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
48	Braunworth Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-
49	Lake Patterson	Carver	NR	-	-	-
50	Berliner Lake	Carver	NR	-	-	-

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