What is the cleanest lake in Gates County, North Carolina?

Merchants Millpond in Gates County is the highest-rated lake in Gates County, North Carolina with an EPA water quality grade of B and 1.6 feet of water clarity.

How are these rankings calculated?

Lakes are graded A through F on nutrients and algae — total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity — against EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 condition classes for that lake’s ecoregion. Water clarity (Secchi depth) is measured and shown; it is not the letter. Lakes without enough recent samples are UNRATED, not given an F. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

Cleanest Lakes in Gates County, North Carolina

Merchants Millpond in Gates County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of B and 1.6 ft of clarity. Below are the top 2 cleanest monitored lakes in Gates County, North Carolina, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Merchants Millpond	Gates	B	1.6 ft	270 µg/L	8.2 µg/L
2	Merchants Millpond	Gates	NR	-	-	-

Ranked List

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