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Of the 5 lakes within 30 miles of it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Highlands-Josephine East Lake, so Highlands-Josephine East Lake is the cleanest measured water in that radius. Lakes nearby without enough recent sampling to earn a letter are not part of that comparison.

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The measured lakes it was measured against

LakeCountyDistanceClarity
Highlands-Josephine East LakeHighlands CountyThis lake2 ft
Highlands-Josephine Center LakeHighlands County1 mi1.8 ft
Highlands-Josephine West LakeHighlands County1.7 mi1.5 ft
Highlands-Lynn LakeHighlands County1.8 mi11.3 ft
Highlands-Persimmon LakeHighlands County3 mi2 ft
Highlands-Red Beach LakeHighlands County3 mi3.5 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 Highlands-Josephine East Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Floridathat carry readings 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.