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Cleanest Lakes in Scott County, Minnesota

Upper Prior Lake in Scott County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of C and 5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 35 cleanest monitored lakes in Scott County, Minnesota, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#LakeCountyGradeClarityPhosphorusAlgae
1Upper Prior LakeScottC5 ft38.7 µg/L8.8 µg/L
2Lower Prior LakeScottC10 ft27 µg/L4.8 µg/L
3O'Dowd LakeScottC5.5 ft27.5 µg/L7.5 µg/L
4Central Mystic LakeScottC-33.5 µg/L9.5 µg/L
5Pike LakeScottD2.3 ft189.8 µg/L20.6 µg/L
6Fish LakeScottD3.9 ft60 µg/L20.2 µg/L
7Spring LakeScottD6.2 ft64.6 µg/L14.3 µg/L
8Cedar LakeScottF2 ft103 µg/L62 µg/L
9Cleary LakeScottF2.3 ft186.6 µg/L61.1 µg/L
10Mcmahon LakeScottF2.3 ft71 µg/L36 µg/L
11Thole LakeScottF2.8 ft76.5 µg/L39 µg/L
12East Arctic LakeScottF-94.5 µg/L44.6 µg/L
13Fisher LakeScottNR---
14Jeffers PondScottNR---
15Lower Prior LakeScottNR---
16Kane LakeScottNR---
17Rice LakeScottNR---
18Sutton LakeScottNR---
19Campbell LakeScottNR---
20Howard LakeScottNR---
21Schneider LakeScottNR---
22Louisville SwampScottNR---
23Geis LakeScottNR---
24Ahlswede LakeScottNR---
25Gifford LakeScottNR---
26Horseshoe LakeScottNR---
27Clark LakeScottNR---
28Pleasant LakeScottNR---
29Nash LakeScottNR---
30Hickey LakeScottNR---
31Cynthia LakeScottNR---
32Lennon LakeScottNR---
33Saint Catherine LakeScottNR---
34Murphy LakeScottNR---
35Hanrahan LakeScottNR---

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