What is the cleanest lake in Washington County, New York?

Southern Section Lake in Washington County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Washington County, New York, with 2 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 Washington County, New York

Southern Section Lake in Washington County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 20 cleanest monitored lakes in Washington County, New York, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Southern Section Lake	Washington	2 ft	52.7 µg/L	13.5 µg/L
2	Mud Pond	Washington	-	-	-
3	Browns Pond	Washington	-	-	-
4	Fishbrook Pond	Washington	-	-	-
5	Pine Lake	Washington	-	-	-
6	Thurber Pond	Washington	-	-	-
7	Crossett Pond	Washington	-	-	-
8	Lakes Pond	Washington	-	-	-
9	Lake Nebo	Washington	-	-	-
10	Sly Pond	Washington	-	-	-
11	Copeland Pond	Washington	-	-	-
12	Dolph Pond	Washington	-	-	-
13	Martins Pond	Washington	-	-	-
14	Smith Pond	Washington	-	-	-
15	Barkley Pond	Washington	-	-	-
16	Summit Lake	Washington	-	-	-
17	McDougall Lake	Washington	-	-	-
18	Scott Lake	Washington	-	-	-
19	Lake Lauderdale	Washington	-	-	-
20	Hedges Lake	Washington	-	-	-

Ranked List

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