What is the cleanest lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?

East Fox Lake in Crow Wing County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, with 16.4 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 Crow Wing County, Minnesota

East Fox Lake in Crow Wing County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 16.4 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	East Fox Lake	Crow Wing	16.4 ft	10 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
2	Lower Hay Lake	Crow Wing	18.5 ft	13 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
3	North Long Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	14 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
4	Pelican Lake	Crow Wing	14.3 ft	11 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
5	Round Lake	Crow Wing	13.5 ft	17 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
6	Whitefish Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	14 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
7	Horseshoe Lake	Crow Wing	14.4 ft	11 µg/L	3.5 µg/L
8	Unnamed Lake	Crow Wing	6.6 ft	22 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
9	Ossawinnamakee Lake	Crow Wing	20 ft	9 µg/L	1.8 µg/L
10	Clear Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	8 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
11	West Fox Lake	Crow Wing	15 ft	12 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
12	Star Lake	Crow Wing	19 ft	11 µg/L	1.9 µg/L
13	Little Pine Lake	Crow Wing	10 ft	18 µg/L	6.8 µg/L
14	Bass Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	19 µg/L	5.9 µg/L
15	Bass Lake	Crow Wing	16.1 ft	10 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
16	Island Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	12 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
17	Crooked Lake	Crow Wing	15 ft	10 µg/L	2.9 µg/L
18	Portage Lake	Crow Wing	11.5 ft	13 µg/L	3.9 µg/L
19	Kimball Lake	Crow Wing	18.4 ft	9 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
20	Velvet Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	14 µg/L	3.5 µg/L
21	Serpent Lake	Crow Wing	25 ft	12 µg/L	1.6 µg/L
22	Upper Mission Lake	Crow Wing	11 ft	15.5 µg/L	5.1 µg/L
23	Bay Lake	Crow Wing	18.5 ft	11 µg/L	1.6 µg/L
24	Little Hubert Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	14 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
25	Big Trout Lake	Crow Wing	16.9 ft	10 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
26	Red Sand Lake	Crow Wing	9 ft	22.5 µg/L	3.7 µg/L
27	Rush Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	13 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
28	Gilbert Lake	Crow Wing	14.6 ft	11 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
29	Placid Lake	Crow Wing	17 ft	11 µg/L	3.2 µg/L
30	Butterfield Lake	Crow Wing	12.9 ft	15 µg/L	3.2 µg/L
31	Pine Lake	Crow Wing	10 ft	19 µg/L	4.6 µg/L
32	Lougee Lake	Crow Wing	16.1 ft	18.5 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
33	Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	16.5 ft	11 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
34	Pig Lake	Crow Wing	17.2 ft	14 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
35	Gladstone Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	17 µg/L	4.8 µg/L
36	Little Pelican Lake	Crow Wing	17.2 ft	12 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
37	Upper Hay Lake	Crow Wing	10.9 ft	20 µg/L	4.8 µg/L
38	O'Brien Lake	Crow Wing	18 ft	7.5 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
39	Goodrich Lake	Crow Wing	13.7 ft	15 µg/L	4.8 µg/L
40	Clamshell Lake	Crow Wing	15.1 ft	16 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
41	Borden Lake	Crow Wing	10.5 ft	23 µg/L	4.8 µg/L
42	Bertha Lake	Crow Wing	17.1 ft	13 µg/L	2.4 µg/L
43	Edward Lake	Crow Wing	15.5 ft	15 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
44	Middle Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	13.5 ft	14 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
45	Upper Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	8.7 ft	23 µg/L	6.8 µg/L
46	Clark Lake	Crow Wing	11 ft	16 µg/L	4.2 µg/L
47	Lower Cullen Lake	Crow Wing	17.4 ft	14.5 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
48	Ruth Lake	Crow Wing	16 ft	11 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
49	Hanks Lake	Crow Wing	12.5 ft	12 µg/L	3.2 µg/L
50	White Sand Lake	Crow Wing	13 ft	16.5 µg/L	4.3 µg/L

Ranked List

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