What is the cleanest lake in Shawano County, Wisconsin?

Big Lake in Shawano County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Shawano County, Wisconsin, with 8 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 Shawano County, Wisconsin

Big Lake in Shawano County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 8 ft of clarity. Below are the top 23 cleanest monitored lakes in Shawano County, Wisconsin, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Big Lake	Shawano	8 ft	15 µg/L	2.7 µg/L
2	Koonz Lake	Shawano	10.8 ft	17 µg/L	1.7 µg/L
3	Malone Lake	Shawano	13.5 ft	18 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
4	Sams Lake	Shawano	11 ft	18 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
5	Mission Lake	Shawano	17.5 ft	17 µg/L	2.1 µg/L
6	Bealeau Lake	Shawano	11.5 ft	17 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
7	Round Lake	Shawano	11 ft	14.5 µg/L	-
8	Long Lake	Shawano	6 ft	22.3 µg/L	-
9	Grass Lake	Shawano	8.5 ft	15.6 µg/L	-
10	Loon Lake	Shawano	5.5 ft	20.8 µg/L	-
11	Pine Lake	Shawano	10.5 ft	13.8 µg/L	-
12	White Clay Lake	Shawano	5 ft	31.6 µg/L	-
13	Shawano Lake	Shawano	5.9 ft	29.6 µg/L	-
14	Upper Tigerton Pond	Shawano	-	-	-
15	Mud Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
16	Mud Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
17	Lily Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
18	Washington Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
19	Lower Red Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
20	Island Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
21	Big Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
22	Baker Lake	Shawano	-	-	-
23	Homme Pond	Shawano	-	-	-

Ranked List

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