Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Taney County, Missouri?

Accepted Answer

Lake Taneycomo @ Rockaway Beach in Taney County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8.7 ft of clarity. Below are the top 7 cleanest monitored lakes in Taney County, Missouri, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Taney County, Missouri?

Accepted Answer

Lake Taneycomo @ Rockaway Beach in Taney County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Taney County, Missouri, with 8.7 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.

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lake Taneycomo @ Rockaway Beach	Taney	8.7 ft	13.5 µg/L	1.1 µg/L
2	Bull Shoals Lake	Taney	8.1 ft	10 µg/L	4 µg/L
3	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	8.9 ft	15.8 µg/L	1.2 µg/L
4	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	12.6 ft	14.5 µg/L	0.9 µg/L
5	Lake Taneycomo Ab. Bee Cr. Arm	Taney	13.3 ft	13 µg/L	1.1 µg/L
6	Lake Taneycomo	Taney	3.3 ft	18 µg/L	3.2 µg/L
7	Lake Taneycomo @ Shepherd of the Hills Fh	Taney	-	21.5 µg/L	1.5 µg/L

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