Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma?

Accepted Answer

Wes Watkins Reservoir in Pottawatomie County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 1.8 ft of clarity. Below are the top 1 cleanest monitored lakes in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma?

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Wes Watkins Reservoir in Pottawatomie County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, with 1.8 feet of measured water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

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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 Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

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