Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Down Lake?
Compared against 5 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Down Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 5 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Down Lake is the cleanest graded water in that radius. Lakes nearby without enough recent sampling to earn a letter are not part of that comparison.
The graded lakes it was measured against
| Lake | County | Grade | Distance | Clarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Lake | Orange County | B | This lake | 16.1 ft |
| Orange-Down Lake | Orange County | B | 0.3 mi | 14.5 ft |
| Bessie Lake | Orange County | B | 0.8 mi | 12.5 ft |
| Orange-Bessie Lake | Orange County | B | 0.9 mi | 12.3 ft |
| Wauseon Bay Lake | Orange County | B | 1 mi | 14.8 ft |
| Olivia Lake | Orange County | B | 1.4 mi | 7.9 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 Down Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Floridathat carry a letter of their own, within 30 miles. 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.