What is the cleanest lake in Smith County, Texas?

Lake Tyler E in Smith County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Smith County, Texas, with 3.3 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 Smith County, Texas

Lake Tyler E in Smith County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 3.3 ft of clarity. Below are the top 30 cleanest monitored lakes in Smith County, Texas, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lake Tyler E	Smith	3.3 ft	25 µg/L	25.8 µg/L
2	Lake Tyler	Smith	3.4 ft	30 µg/L	22 µg/L
3	Lake Palestine	Smith	2 ft	48 µg/L	56.5 µg/L
4	Upper Lake Palestine	Smith	1.6 ft	80 µg/L	61.6 µg/L
5	Holly Tree Lake	Smith	-	-	-
6	Pinedale Lake	Smith	-	-	-
7	Timber Lake	Smith	-	-	-
8	Arp Club Lake	Smith	-	-	-
9	Grove Club Lake	Smith	-	-	-
10	Pleasant Acres Lake	Smith	-	-	-
11	Horseshoe Lake	Smith	-	-	-
12	Fernwood Lake	Smith	-	-	-
13	Hamrick Lake	Smith	-	-	-
14	Howell Club Lake	Smith	-	-	-
15	Lake Park	Smith	-	-	-
16	Bellwood Lake	Smith	-	-	-
17	Greenbriar Lake	Smith	-	-	-
18	Lost Pine Lake	Smith	-	-	-
19	Sky Lake	Smith	-	-	-
20	Van Lake	Smith	-	-	-
21	Reynolds Lake	Smith	-	-	-
22	Valley Club Lake	Smith	-	-	-
23	Campbell Lake	Smith	-	-	-
24	Hunter Brush Lake	Smith	-	-	-
25	Hide-A-Way Lake Number One	Smith	-	-	-
26	Hide-A-Way Lake Number Two	Smith	-	-	-
27	Hitts Lake	Smith	-	-	-
28	Brewer Lake	Smith	-	-	-
29	Lindale Club Lake	Smith	-	-	-
30	Macs Creek Lake	Smith	-	-	-

Ranked List

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