What is the cleanest lake in Taylor County, Wisconsin?

Lake Esadore in Taylor County has the cleanest nutrient and algae readings in Taylor County, Wisconsin, with 4.5 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 Taylor County, Wisconsin

Lake Esadore in Taylor County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 4.5 ft of clarity. Below are the top 27 cleanest monitored lakes in Taylor County, Wisconsin, ranked on EPA nutrient and algae measurements.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lake Esadore	Taylor	4.5 ft	22.1 µg/L	-
2	Richter Lake	Taylor	10 ft	15 µg/L	-
3	Spirit Lake	Taylor	3 ft	88.1 µg/L	-
4	Chequamegon Waters Flowage Lake	Taylor	2.5 ft	91.3 µg/L	-
5	Clear Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
6	Grassy Knoll Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
7	Sackett Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
8	Scoof Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
9	Mud Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
10	Jerry Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
11	Anderson Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
12	Kathryn Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
13	Diamond Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
14	Waterfowl Flowage	Taylor	-	-	-
15	Monson Flowage	Taylor	-	-	-
16	Upper Steve Creek Flowage	Taylor	-	-	-
17	North Harper Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
18	James Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
19	Mondeaux Flowage	Taylor	-	-	-
20	Hulls Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
21	Kleutch Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
22	South Twin Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
23	North Twin Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
24	Chelsea Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
25	Wellington Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
26	Rib Lake	Taylor	-	-	-
27	Wood Lake	Taylor	-	-	-

Ranked List

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