What is the cleanest lake in Washington County, Vermont?

Berlin Pond in Washington County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Washington County, Vermont, with 21.7 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 Washington County, Vermont

Berlin Pond in Washington County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 21.7 ft of clarity. Below are the top 20 cleanest monitored lakes in Washington County, Vermont, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Berlin Pond	Washington	21.7 ft	7.1 µg/L	1.1 µg/L
2	Sabin Pond	Washington	15.7 ft	9.7 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
3	Curtis Pond	Washington	15.3 ft	13.2 µg/L	3.2 µg/L
4	Lake Mirror	Washington	21.3 ft	10.8 µg/L	2.6 µg/L
5	Lake Greenwood	Washington	18 ft	11.1 µg/L	3.3 µg/L
6	Forest Lake	Washington	25.6 ft	7 µg/L	1.2 µg/L
7	Waterbury Reservoir	Washington	-	9.1 µg/L	2.6 µg/L
8	Valley Lake	Washington	24.4 ft	17.2 µg/L	2.9 µg/L
9	Wrightsville Reservoir	Washington	-	-	-
10	Bancroft Pond	Washington	-	-	-
11	North Montpelier Pond	Washington	-	-	-
12	Sodom Pond	Washington	-	-	-
13	Adamant Pond	Washington	-	-	-
14	Bliss Pond	Washington	-	-	-
15	Worcester Ponds	Washington	-	-	-
16	Greenwood Lake	Washington	-	-	-
17	Buck Lake	Washington	-	-	-
18	Sabin Pond	Washington	-	-	-
19	West Hill Pond	Washington	-	-	-
20	Mollys Pond	Washington	-	-	-

Ranked List

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