Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Big Mckenzie Lake?
Compared against 6 graded lakes nearby, in Wisconsin.
Big Mckenzie Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 6 lakes neighbouring it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Big Mckenzie Lake is the cleanest graded water among its neighbours. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mckenzie Lake | Washburn County | B | This lake | 10 ft |
| Bass Lake | Washburn County | B | Nearby | 16 ft |
| Middle Mckenzie Lake | Burnett County | B | Nearby | 20 ft |
| Lipsett Lake | Burnett County | B | Nearby | 9 ft |
| Benoit Lake | Burnett County | B | Nearby | 11.1 ft |
| Rooney Lake | Burnett County | B | Nearby | 11 ft |
| Lower Mckenzie Lake | Washburn County | B | Nearby | 11 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 Big Mckenzie Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Wisconsinthat carry a letter of their own. 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.