Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Beaver Lake?
Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Michigan.
Beaver Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 6 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Beaver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Lake | Alger County | B | This lake | 14.5 ft |
| Trapper'S Lake | Alger County | B | 1.4 mi | 7.7 ft |
| Legion Lake | Alger County | B | 3.4 mi | 9.1 ft |
| Chapel Lake | Alger County | B | 6.3 mi | 7.9 ft |
| Miners Lake | Alger County | B | 11.6 mi | 6.3 ft |
| Grand Sable Lake | Alger County | B | 14.7 mi | 8 ft |
| Grand Sable Lake | Alger County | B | 15.3 mi | 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 Beaver Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Michiganthat 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.