Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Lincoln County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Shaokotan Lake in Lincoln County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 3 ft of clarity. Below are the top 8 cleanest monitored lakes in Lincoln County, Minnesota, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Lincoln County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Shaokotan Lake in Lincoln County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Lincoln County, Minnesota, with 3 feet of measured water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

Accepted Answer

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 Lincoln County, Minnesota

Ranked List

More Answers for Lincoln County, Minnesota

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Shaokotan Lake	Lincoln	3 ft	45 µg/L	11.5 µg/L
2	Lake Benton	Lincoln	-	-	-
3	Dead Coon Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-
4	Gislason Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-
5	Steep Bank Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-
6	Oak Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-
7	Drietz Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-
8	Ash Lake	Lincoln	-	-	-