What is the cleanest lake in Sawyer County, Wisconsin?

Lac Courte Oreilles Lake in Sawyer County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, with 12.2 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 Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Lac Courte Oreilles Lake in Sawyer County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 12.2 ft of clarity. Below are the top 50 cleanest monitored lakes in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	12.2 ft	15 µg/L	1.7 µg/L
2	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	13.5 ft	14 µg/L	1.6 µg/L
3	Round Lake	Sawyer	21.1 ft	14 µg/L	0.9 µg/L
4	Indian Lake	Sawyer	6.5 ft	22.5 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
5	Christner Lake	Sawyer	12 ft	18.5 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
6	Sand Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	23.8 µg/L	4.1 µg/L
7	Ashegon Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	18 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
8	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	14.8 ft	17 µg/L	1.6 µg/L
9	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	17.3 ft	12 µg/L	1 µg/L
10	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	16 ft	14.9 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
11	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	17.4 ft	15 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
12	Lost Lake	Sawyer	10.6 ft	19.5 µg/L	1.6 µg/L
13	Durphee Lake	Sawyer	8.1 ft	22 µg/L	3.1 µg/L
14	Spider Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	14.1 µg/L	-
15	Callahan Lake	Sawyer	10.6 ft	21.9 µg/L	-
16	Clear Lake	Sawyer	17.3 ft	11.3 µg/L	-
17	Nelson Lake	Sawyer	5 ft	22.8 µg/L	-
18	Mud Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	18.5 µg/L	-
19	Tiger Cat Flowage Lake	Sawyer	10.8 ft	13.4 µg/L	-
20	Windigo Lake	Sawyer	11 ft	15.6 µg/L	-
21	Lake of the Pines	Sawyer	8 ft	16.6 µg/L	-
22	Little Sissabagama Lake	Sawyer	12.2 ft	14.7 µg/L	-
23	Connors Lake	Sawyer	11 ft	14.4 µg/L	-
24	Teal Lake	Sawyer	6.6 ft	16.5 µg/L	-
25	Lake Placid	Sawyer	15 ft	12.2 µg/L	-
26	Lost Land Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	17.1 µg/L	-
27	Sissabagama Lake	Sawyer	8 ft	18.7 µg/L	-
28	Billy Boy Flowage Lake	Sawyer	-	16 µg/L	-
29	Green Lake	Sawyer	4.7 ft	34 µg/L	5.8 µg/L
30	Pike Lake	Sawyer	7.6 ft	30.5 µg/L	5.6 µg/L
31	Spring Lake	Sawyer	8.9 ft	27 µg/L	5.2 µg/L
32	Moose Lake	Sawyer	2 ft	28.9 µg/L	-
33	Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake	Sawyer	4.9 ft	32 µg/L	10 µg/L
34	Lower Clam Lake	Sawyer	5.5 ft	29.5 µg/L	-
35	Gurno Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	25 µg/L	4.1 µg/L
36	Lake Chetac	Sawyer	-	56.3 µg/L	-
37	McDermott Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
38	Garbutt Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
39	Thomas Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
40	Bennett Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
41	Deer Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
42	White Birch Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
43	Windfall Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
44	Miller Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
45	Boribo Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
46	Two Boys Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
47	Two Axe Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
48	Mud Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
49	Barker Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-
50	Hunter Lake	Sawyer	-	-	-

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