What is the cleanest lake in Dane County, Wisconsin?

Lake Waubesa in Dane County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Dane County, Wisconsin, with 3.2 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 Dane County, Wisconsin

Lake Waubesa in Dane County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 3.2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 22 cleanest monitored lakes in Dane County, Wisconsin, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lake Waubesa	Dane	3.2 ft	36.6 µg/L	-
2	Lake Wingra	Dane	4 ft	33.8 µg/L	-
3	Rice Lake	Dane	1.5 ft	217 µg/L	-
4	Indian Lake	Dane	0.7 ft	295 µg/L	-
5	Lake Kegonsa	Dane	3.7 ft	59.5 µg/L	-
6	Odana Pond	Dane	1 ft	315.5 µg/L	-
7	Lake Monona	Dane	7 ft	98.5 µg/L	-
8	Lake Mendota	Dane	5 ft	65.4 µg/L	-
9	Mud Lake	Dane	-	-	-
10	Goose Lake	Dane	-	-	-
11	Mud Lake	Dane	-	-	-
12	Fish Lake	Dane	-	-	-
13	Crystal Lake	Dane	-	-	-
14	Indian Lake	Dane	-	-	-
15	Brandenburg Lake	Dane	-	-	-
16	Lake Harriett	Dane	-	-	-
17	Lake Barney	Dane	-	-	-
18	Grass Lake	Dane	-	-	-
19	Lake Monona	Dane	-	-	-
20	Mud Lake	Dane	-	-	-
21	Bass Lake	Dane	-	-	-
22	Lake Belle View	Dane	-	-	-

Ranked List

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