What is the cleanest lake in Stearns County, Minnesota?

Long Lake in Stearns County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Stearns County, Minnesota, with 13.5 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 Stearns County, Minnesota

Long Lake in Stearns County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 13.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Stearns County, Minnesota, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Long Lake	Stearns	13.5 ft	19 µg/L	4.4 µg/L
2	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns	10 ft	14 µg/L	3.7 µg/L
3	Crooked Lake	Stearns	15.5 ft	16 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
4	Big Fish Lake	Stearns	20 ft	9 µg/L	1.8 µg/L
5	School Section Lake	Stearns	9.8 ft	14 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
6	Big Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	26.5 µg/L	10.7 µg/L
7	Pirz Lake	Stearns	12 ft	26 µg/L	6.1 µg/L
8	Kraemer Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	22 µg/L	11.6 µg/L
9	George Lake	Stearns	7.3 ft	23 µg/L	10.7 µg/L
10	Koronis Lake	Stearns	6 ft	27 µg/L	13.8 µg/L
11	Augusta Lake	Stearns	5.3 ft	25.5 µg/L	13.4 µg/L
12	Pearl Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	20.5 µg/L	13 µg/L
13	Warner Lake	Stearns	6 ft	22 µg/L	12.8 µg/L
14	Sauk Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	52 µg/L	22.3 µg/L
15	Krays Lake	Stearns	3.5 ft	150 µg/L	21 µg/L
16	Louisa Lake	Stearns	5.7 ft	65 µg/L	24.9 µg/L
17	Schneider Lake	Stearns	12 ft	64 µg/L	18 µg/L
18	Horseshoe Lake	Stearns	4 ft	120 µg/L	44.5 µg/L
19	Rice Lake	Stearns	3 ft	50 µg/L	39.5 µg/L
20	North Brown'S Lake	Stearns	4 ft	67.5 µg/L	31 µg/L
21	Cedar Island Lake	Stearns	3.5 ft	63.5 µg/L	44 µg/L
22	Knaus Lake	Stearns	2.5 ft	143 µg/L	31 µg/L
23	Marie Lake	Stearns	5.1 ft	75 µg/L	42.1 µg/L
24	Bolfing Lake	Stearns	6.3 ft	59 µg/L	51.6 µg/L
25	Willow Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
26	Maria Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
27	Dallas Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
28	Fuller Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
29	Bunt Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
30	Swamp Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
31	Achman Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
32	Lake Anna	Stearns	-	-	-
33	Pine Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
34	Englemeier Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
35	Linneman Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
36	Minnie Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
37	Fifth Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
38	Pitts Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
39	Little Rice Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
40	Koop Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
41	Kalla Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
42	Schmid Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
43	Long Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
44	Island Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
45	Stump Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
46	Rossier Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
47	Bakers Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
48	Mud Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
49	Rausch Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
50	Mund Lake	Stearns	-	-	-

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