What is the cleanest lake in Amherst County, Virginia?

Pedlar River Reservoir in Amherst County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Amherst County, Virginia, with 7.5 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 Amherst County, Virginia

Pedlar River Reservoir in Amherst County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 7.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 8 cleanest monitored lakes in Amherst County, Virginia, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Pedlar River Reservoir	Amherst	7.5 ft	10 µg/L	5.5 µg/L
2	Northeast Arm of Mill Creek Lake	Amherst	4.1 ft	20 µg/L	11.5 µg/L
3	Mill Cr Reservoir	Amherst	3.6 ft	20 µg/L	18.7 µg/L
4	Mill Creek Reservoir	Amherst	3.6 ft	20 µg/L	15.5 µg/L
5	North Arm of Mill Creek Lake	Amherst	3.6 ft	20 µg/L	14.1 µg/L
6	Thrasher Lake	Amherst	-	-	-
7	Elon Water Works Reservoir	Amherst	-	-	-
8	Early Lake	Amherst	-	-	-

Ranked List

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