What is the cleanest lake near Easter Lake?

Terra Park Lake in Polk County holds a Grade A water quality score and is 11.1 miles from Easter Lake.

Why is Easter Lake not Grade A?

Easter Lake holds Grade D, with about 2.9 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 Easter Lake in Wisconsin, with strictly higher numeric grade scores and sufficient monitoring data.

Cleaner Lakes Than Easter Lake, Top 4 Within 30 Miles, LakeQuality

Cleaner Lakes Than Easter Lake

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

Easter Lake carries a Grade D (Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 4 lakes hold a higher grade. Terra Park Lake (Polk County, Grade A, 11.1 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

Terra Park Lake

Polk County, Wisconsin · 11.1 mi from Easter Lake

+Two grade letters higher (D → A)
++8.6 ft water clarity

Dale Maffitt Reservoir

Dallas County, Wisconsin · 12.3 mi from Easter Lake

+Two grade letters higher (D → B)
++6.9 ft water clarity

Lake Petocka

Polk County, Wisconsin · 12.6 mi from Easter Lake

+Higher grade (D → C)

Thomas Mitchell Lake

Polk County, Wisconsin · 11.2 mi from Easter Lake

+Higher overall water quality score

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.