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DBarrows Lake
Grant County, Minnesota · 15.2 mi from Clear Lake
- +Higher grade (F → D)
- ++5.9 ft water clarity
Cleaner Lakes Than Clear Lake
1 higher-graded lake within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.
Clear Lake carries a Grade F (Very Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 1 lake holds a higher grade. Barrows Lake (Grant County, Grade D, 15.2 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.
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.