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BSandhill Lake
Polk County, Wisconsin · mi from Clarey Lake
- +Higher overall water quality score
- ++3.9 ft water clarity
Cleaner Lakes Than Clarey Lake
2 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.
Clarey Lake carries a Grade B (Good) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 2 lakes hold a higher grade. Sandhill Lake (Polk County, Grade B, null mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.
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BFreedom Lakes
Polk County, Wisconsin · mi from Clarey Lake
- +Higher overall water quality score
- ++5.2 ft water clarity
How this list is built
Every lake on LakeQuality has a calculated grade from EPA Water Quality Portal samples — secchi depth, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measured against Metropolitan Council thresholds. To suggest cleaner alternatives, we filter lakes within 30 miles to those with a strictly higher numeric score, then rank by grade improvement with a small proximity tiebreak. Cross-state and limited-data lakes are excluded so the list stays locally relevant.