Question 1

Cleanest Lakes in Barron County, Wisconsin?

Accepted Answer

Silver Lake in Barron County leads the rankings with a water quality grade of A and 42.7 ft of clarity. Below are the top 28 cleanest monitored lakes in Barron County, Wisconsin, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Question 2

What is the cleanest lake in Barron County, Wisconsin?

Accepted Answer

Silver Lake in Barron County is the highest-rated lake in Barron County, Wisconsin with an EPA water quality grade of A and 42.7 feet of water clarity.

Question 3

How are these rankings calculated?

Accepted Answer

Lakes are graded A through F using the Metropolitan Council methodology, which combines Secchi depth (water clarity), total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a (algae) into a single score. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Silver Lake	Barron	A	42.7 ft	12.5 µg/L	-
2	Bass Lake	Barron	A	32.8 ft	17 µg/L	-
3	Bear Lake	Barron	A	20.5 ft	17.5 µg/L	-
4	Horseshoe Lake	Barron	A	25 ft	19.2 µg/L	-
5	Loon Lake	Barron	A	29.5 ft	18.6 µg/L	-
6	Red Cedar Lake	Barron	A	32.8 ft	17.4 µg/L	-
7	Echo Lake	Barron	A	41.8 ft	14.8 µg/L	-
8	Big Dummy Lake	Barron	A	39.4 ft	16.4 µg/L	-
9	Beaver Dam Lake	Barron	A	37.7 ft	13 µg/L	-
10	Lower Vermillion Lake	Barron	A	29.5 ft	17.4 µg/L	-
11	Little Dummy Lake	Barron	A	36.1 ft	14.8 µg/L	-
12	Lake Thirty	Barron	A	15.8 ft	19.4 µg/L	-
13	Kirby Lake	Barron	A	26.2 ft	24.4 µg/L	-
14	Big Moon Lake at	Barron	A	26.2 ft	25.7 µg/L	-
15	Sand Lake	Barron	A	42.7 ft	20 µg/L	-
16	Little Sand Lake	Barron	A	16.4 ft	28.2 µg/L	-
17	North Lake	Barron	A	18 ft	22.7 µg/L	-
18	Granite Lake at	Barron	A	19.7 ft	23.8 µg/L	-
19	Poskin Lake	Barron	B	13.1 ft	28.7 µg/L	-
20	Rice Lake	Barron	B	14.4 ft	31.5 µg/L	-
21	Crystal Lake	Barron	B	10.7 ft	52.5 µg/L	-
22	Upper Turtle Lake	Barron	B	13.1 ft	41.2 µg/L	-
23	Lower Turtle Lake	Barron	B	12.3 ft	57 µg/L	-
24	Lake Desair	Barron	B	13.1 ft	36.8 µg/L	-
25	Lake Montanis	Barron	C	7.4 ft	50.2 µg/L	-
26	Butternut Lake	Barron	C	7.4 ft	67 µg/L	-
27	Staples Lake	Barron	D	8.2 ft	134 µg/L	-
28	Upper Vermillion Lake	Barron	D	5.7 ft	149 µg/L	-

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