Cleanest Lakes in North Dakota
Wheaton Lake in Rolette County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 23 cleanest monitored lakes in North Dakota, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.
Ranked List
| # | Lake | County | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheaton Lake | Rolette | 8.5 ft | 26 µg/L | 5.3 µg/L |
| 2 | Jarvis Lake Center | Rolette | 7.7 ft | 20 µg/L | 5.9 µg/L |
| 3 | Gordon Center Lake | Rolette | 8.2 ft | 26.5 µg/L | 8.5 µg/L |
| 4 | Belourt Outlet Lake | Rolette | 3 ft | 28 µg/L | 12.5 µg/L |
| 5 | Belcourt Center Lake | Rolette | 3 ft | 38 µg/L | 10.7 µg/L |
| 6 | Belcourt Inlet Lake | Rolette | 3.3 ft | 30.5 µg/L | 10.7 µg/L |
| 7 | Free Peoples Lake | Benson | - | 27.6 µg/L | - |
| 8 | Fort Totten Bay Lake | Benson | - | 18.3 µg/L | - |
| 9 | Jamestown Reservoir | Stutsman | 7.2 ft | 527 µg/L | 8.6 µg/L |
| 10 | Lake Tschida | Grant | 4.6 ft | 33 µg/L | 10.3 µg/L |
| 11 | Devils Lake | Benson | 3.7 ft | 313 µg/L | 13.9 µg/L |
| 12 | Larimore Dam Lake | Grand Forks | 3 ft | 225 µg/L | 13.3 µg/L |
| 13 | Lake Ashtabula | Barnes | 3.4 ft | 291 µg/L | 3.3 µg/L |
| 14 | Lake Ashtabula | Barnes | 6.6 ft | 348 µg/L | 3.4 µg/L |
| 15 | Spiritwood Lake | Stutsman | 31 ft | 116.5 µg/L | 5.2 µg/L |
| 16 | Fordville Dam Lake | Grand Forks | 4.4 ft | 411 µg/L | 5.2 µg/L |
| 17 | Blacktail Dam Lake | Williams | 7.2 ft | 53 µg/L | 8.6 µg/L |
| 18 | Homme Dam Lake | Walsh | 5.7 ft | 264 µg/L | 4 µg/L |
| 19 | Nygren Dam Lake | Morton | 2.6 ft | 73 µg/L | 24.7 µg/L |
| 20 | Epping-Springbrook Dam-Deepest Lake | Williams | 4.9 ft | 689.5 µg/L | 20.4 µg/L |
| 21 | Bowman-Haley Dam Lake | Bowman | 3.9 ft | 96.5 µg/L | 13.2 µg/L |
| 22 | Sweetbriar Dam Lake | Morton | 3 ft | 353 µg/L | 54 µg/L |
| 23 | Mirror Lake | Adams | 2.1 ft | 388 µg/L | 31.6 µg/L |
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