What is the cleanest lake near Crawford Creek Lake?

Little Sioux Park Lake in Woodbury County holds a Grade C water quality score and is 15.5 miles from Crawford Creek Lake.

Why is Crawford Creek Lake not Grade A?

Crawford Creek Lake holds Grade F, with about 1.6 ft of water clarity. The grade reflects measured water quality against Metropolitan Council thresholds. Cleaner alternatives nearby score higher on clarity, phosphorus, or chlorophyll-a.

Are these recommendations based on real data?

Yes. Every grade is calculated from EPA Water Quality Portal samples for the lake. Recommendations are limited to lakes within 30 miles of Crawford Creek Lake in Wisconsin, with strictly higher numeric grade scores and sufficient monitoring data.

Cleaner Lakes Than Crawford Creek Lake, Top 5 Within 30 Miles, LakeQuality

Cleaner Lakes Than Crawford Creek Lake

5 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.

Crawford Creek Lake carries a Grade F (Very Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 5 lakes hold a higher grade. Little Sioux Park Lake (Woodbury County, Grade C, 15.5 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

Little Sioux Park Lake

Woodbury County, Wisconsin · 15.5 mi from Crawford Creek Lake

+Two grade letters higher (F → C)
++4.1 ft water clarity

Oldham Lake

Monona County, Wisconsin · 20.7 mi from Crawford Creek Lake

+Two grade letters higher (F → C)
++3.5 ft water clarity

Arrowhead Lake

Sac County, Wisconsin · 28.4 mi from Crawford Creek Lake

+Two grade letters higher (F → C)
++4 ft water clarity

Moorehead Lake

Ida County, Wisconsin · 8.6 mi from Crawford Creek Lake

+Higher grade (F → D)
++2.1 ft water clarity

Yellow Smoke Lake

Crawford County, Wisconsin · 22.7 mi from Crawford Creek Lake

+Higher grade (F → D)
++1.4 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.