Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Spotsylvania County, Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Hunting Run Reservior Lake in Spotsylvania County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8.2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 9 cleanest monitored lakes in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Spotsylvania County, Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Hunting Run Reservior Lake in Spotsylvania County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, with 8.2 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.

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Hunting Run Reservior Lake	Spotsylvania	8.2 ft	10 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
2	Motts Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	10.2 ft	10 µg/L	2.3 µg/L
3	Lake Anna	Spotsylvania	3.3 ft	30 µg/L	21.2 µg/L
4	Lake Pocahontas	Spotsylvania	-	-	-
5	Wilderness Run Lake	Spotsylvania	-	-	-
6	Fawn Lake	Spotsylvania	-	-	-
7	Cool Spring Lake	Spotsylvania	-	-	-
8	Hazel Grove Lake	Spotsylvania	-	-	-
9	Ruffins Pond	Spotsylvania	-	-	-

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