What is the cleanest lake in York County, Virginia?

Sta Lake in York County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in York County, Virginia, with 6.9 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 York County, Virginia

Sta Lake in York County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 6.9 ft of clarity. Below are the top 10 cleanest monitored lakes in York County, Virginia, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Sta Lake	York	6.9 ft	20 µg/L	4.1 µg/L
2	Waller Mill Reserv Sta Lake	York	3.9 ft	30 µg/L	11.1 µg/L
3	Station Lake	York	3.9 ft	30 µg/L	14 µg/L
4	Cheatham Pond	York	-	-	-
5	Queens Lake	York	-	-	-
6	Jones Millpond	York	-	-	-
7	Penniman Lake	York	-	-	-
8	Big Bethel Reservoir	York	-	-	-
9	Bigler Millpond	York	-	-	-
10	Beaverdam Pond	York	-	-	-

Ranked List

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