Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Alachua-Elizabeth Lake?
Compared against 4 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Alachua-Elizabeth Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 4 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Alachua-Elizabeth Lake is the cleanest graded water in that radius. Lakes nearby without enough recent sampling to earn a letter are not part of that comparison.
The graded lakes it was measured against
| Lake | County | Grade | Distance | Clarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua-Elizabeth Lake | Alachua County | B | This lake | 3 ft |
| Alachua-Santa Fe Canal Mouth Lake | Alachua County | B | 1.7 mi | 6.8 ft |
| Alachua-Santa Fe Canal Mouth Lake | Alachua County | B | 2.1 mi | 6.8 ft |
| Alachua-Santa Fe Canal Mouth Lake | Alachua County | B | 2.2 mi | 6.8 ft |
| Alachua-Santa Fe Canal Mouth Lake | Alachua County | B | 2.3 mi | 6.8 ft |
What the comparison covers
A grade on LakeQuality comes from EPA Water Quality Portal samples: phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a and turbidity, measured against EPA National Lakes Assessment ecoregion classes. Secchi clarity is shown and is not scored. This page compares Alachua-Elizabeth Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Floridathat carry a letter of their own, within 30 miles. A nearby lake with too little recent sampling has no letter to compare, so it is absent from the table rather than ranked below. Where a driving distance is not published for a lake, the table says so instead of estimating one.