What is the cleanest lake in Stafford County, Virginia?

Smith Lake in Stafford County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Stafford County, Virginia, with 8.2 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 Stafford County, Virginia

Smith Lake in Stafford County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8.2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 8 cleanest monitored lakes in Stafford County, Virginia, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Smith Lake	Stafford	8.2 ft	10 µg/L	2.3 µg/L
2	Near Spillway Lake Mooney	Stafford	9.2 ft	10 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
3	Curtis Lake	Stafford	4.3 ft	25 µg/L	12.1 µg/L
4	Abel Lake	Stafford	5.2 ft	20 µg/L	7.4 µg/L
5	Big Lake Arrowhead	Stafford	-	-	-
6	Breckenridge Reservoir	Stafford	-	-	-
7	Smith Lake	Stafford	-	-	-
8	Abel Lake	Stafford	-	-	-

Ranked List

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