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Cleaner Lakes Than George'S Lake @ Center Hab

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

George'S Lake @ Center Hab carries a Grade C (Fair) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 5 lakes hold a higher grade. Clay-Deer Lake (Clay County, Grade A, 6.9 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated
1
A

Clay-Deer Lake

Clay County, Florida · 6.9 mi from George'S Lake @ Center Hab
  • +Two grade letters higher (C → A)
  • ++16.6 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (8 vs 31.5 µg/L)
2
B

Clay-Johnson Lake

Clay County, Florida · 5.7 mi from George'S Lake @ Center Hab
  • +Higher grade (C → B)
  • ++2.6 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (12 vs 31.5 µg/L)
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B

Smith Lake Center

Clay County, Florida · 6.2 mi from George'S Lake @ Center Hab
  • +Higher grade (C → B)
  • ++1.2 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (7.5 vs 31.5 µg/L)
4
B

Clay-Little Johnson Lake

Clay County, Florida · 6.4 mi from George'S Lake @ Center Hab
  • +Higher grade (C → B)
  • ++2.3 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (16 vs 31.5 µg/L)
5
C

Geoctref Lake

Putnam County, Florida · 0.4 mi from George'S Lake @ Center Hab
  • +Higher overall water quality score
  • ++1.2 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (19 vs 31.5 µg/L)

Reading the cohort

5 cleaner lakes sit within 30 miles of George'S Lake @ Center Hab in the EPA water-quality dataset. With that many higher-grade neighbors close by, George'S Lake @ Center Hab's Grade C reflects something specific to the lake itself — not a regional water-quality ceiling. The neighbor list below isn't a small set of marginal upgrades; it's a real cohort of meaningfully cleaner choices for the same Florida weekend.

Clay-Deer Lake (Clay County, Grade A) is the closest cleaner option at 6.9 miles from George'S Lake @ Center Hab — close enough to be a genuine substitute for most users, far enough that it isn't the same neighborhood lake. Worth the trip if water quality is the primary driver; less obvious if George'S Lake @ Center Hab is on the way to other plans.

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.

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