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Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Columbia Lake?

Compared against 4 graded lakes nearby, in Wisconsin.

Columbia Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 4 lakes neighbouring it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Columbia 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.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated

The graded lakes it was measured against

LakeCountyGradeDistanceClarity
Columbia LakeWaupaca CountyBThis lake11 ft
Long LakeWaupaca CountyBNearby13 ft
Youngs Lake Waupaca CoWaupaca CountyBNearby10.2 ft
Marl LakeWaupaca CountyBNearby13.6 ft
Pope LakeWaupaca CountyBNearby16 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 Columbia 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.