Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Pope County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Linka Lake in Pope County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of A and 10.2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 21 cleanest monitored lakes in Pope County, Minnesota, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Pope County, Minnesota?

Accepted Answer

Linka Lake in Pope County is the highest-rated lake in Pope County, Minnesota with an EPA water quality grade of A and 10.2 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	Linka Lake	Pope	A	10.2 ft	19 µg/L	-
2	Signalness Lake	Pope	A	10.7 ft	17 µg/L	-
3	Minnewaska Lake	Pope	B	11.2 ft	23.5 µg/L	-
4	Amelia Lake	Pope	B	9.2 ft	17.5 µg/L	-
5	Scandinavian Lake	Pope	B	7.7 ft	18.5 µg/L	-
6	Scandinavian Lake	Pope	B	7.9 ft	17 µg/L	-
7	Grove Lake	Pope	C	5.1 ft	25 µg/L	-
8	Nelson Lake	Pope	C	6.5 ft	23.5 µg/L	-
9	Reno Lake	Pope	C	6.9 ft	33 µg/L	-
10	Pelican Lake	Pope	C	5 ft	49 µg/L	-
11	Johanna Lake	Pope	C	4.9 ft	35.5 µg/L	-
12	Villard Lake	Pope	C	4.5 ft	33 µg/L	-
13	Leven Lake	Pope	C	4.9 ft	31 µg/L	-
14	Westport Lake	Pope	C	4.6 ft	52 µg/L	-
15	Ann Lake	Pope	D	8.4 ft	496.5 µg/L	-
16	Gilchrist Lake	Pope	D	3.6 ft	62.5 µg/L	-
17	Goose Lake	Pope	D	6.1 ft	180 µg/L	-
18	Strandness Lake	Pope	D	3 ft	72.5 µg/L	-
19	Emily Lake	Pope	F	2 ft	90 µg/L	-
20	Malmedal Lake	Pope	F	1 ft	223 µg/L	-
21	Simon Lake	Pope	F	1.3 ft	117.5 µg/L	-

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