Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin?
Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Virginia.
Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin holds Grade C (Fair). Of the 6 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin | Prince Edward County | C | This lake | 3.9 ft |
| Briery Creek Lake Sta | Prince Edward County | C | 1.8 mi | 4.3 ft |
| Keysville Reservoir-Charlotte | Charlotte County | D | 8.6 mi | 2.3 ft |
| Sandy River Lake | Prince Edward County | D | 9.6 mi | 3.3 ft |
| Goodwin Lake-Near Dam-Prince Edward | Prince Edward County | C | 9.9 mi | 2.6 ft |
| Prince Edward Lake-Near Dam | Prince Edward County | C | 10.3 mi | 2.6 ft |
| Holiday Lake Sta | Buckingham County | C | 17.7 mi | 6.4 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 Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin only with neighbouring lakes in Virginiathat 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.