What is the cleanest lake in Franklin County, Vermont?

Fairfield Pond in Franklin County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Franklin County, Vermont, with 19.7 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 Franklin County, Vermont

Fairfield Pond in Franklin County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 19.7 ft of clarity. Below are the top 8 cleanest monitored lakes in Franklin County, Vermont, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Fairfield Pond	Franklin	19.7 ft	15.9 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
2	Northeast Arm Lake	Franklin	13.5 ft	23.7 µg/L	4.1 µg/L
3	Missisquoi Bay Lake	Franklin	5.6 ft	42.8 µg/L	12.1 µg/L
4	Lake Carmi	Franklin	4.9 ft	40 µg/L	20.3 µg/L
5	St. Albans Bay Lake	Franklin	6.6 ft	32.8 µg/L	10.3 µg/L
6	Big Marsh Slough	Franklin	-	-	-
7	Silver Lake	Franklin	-	-	-
8	Saint Albans Reservoir North	Franklin	-	-	-

Ranked List

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