What is the cleanest lake near Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe?

Lake Cassidy in Holmes County holds a Grade B water quality score and is 17.1 miles from Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe.

Why is Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe not Grade A?

Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe holds Grade D, with about 1.6 ft of water clarity and 28 µg/L of phosphorus. 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 Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe in Florida, with strictly higher numeric grade scores and sufficient monitoring data.

Cleaner Lakes Than Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe, Top 3 Within 30 Miles, LakeQuality

Cleaner Lakes Than Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe

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

Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe carries a Grade D (Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 3 lakes hold a higher grade. Lake Cassidy (Holmes County, Grade B, 17.1 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

Lake Cassidy

Holmes County, Florida · 17.1 mi from Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe

+Two grade letters higher (D → B)
++4.3 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (8 vs 28 µg/L)

Walton-Spring Lake

Walton County, Florida · 20.1 mi from Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe

+Two grade letters higher (D → B)
++6.6 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (14 vs 28 µg/L)

Smith Pond Center

Washington County, Florida · 9.3 mi from Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe

+Higher grade (D → C)
+Lower phosphorus (12 vs 28 µg/L)

Reading the cohort

Only 3 lakes within a 30-mile radius score better than Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe's Grade D. The narrow set of options reflects either a fairly clean lake to begin with or a region without a wide range of cleaner alternatives — the trip-planning decision is more constrained than the headline "cleaner lakes nearby" suggests.

The nearest cleaner alternative — Lake Cassidy in Holmes County — sits 17.1 miles from Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe, putting it firmly in "destination trip" rather than "neighborhood swap" range. The water-quality gap has to be the deciding factor; for a casual outing, Dogwood Lakes Ne Lobe is the practical choice and the cleaner options are reserved for purpose-specific visits.

The EPA water-quality grading combines clarity (Secchi depth), phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measurements from state environmental sampling. A higher letter grade reflects measurably cleaner water on those indicators, not subjective beauty or access quality — a Grade A lake might have worse boat-launch facilities or shoreline access than a Grade C neighbor, so the ranking is one input alongside the rest of trip planning. See the methodology page for the full grading formula.

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.