Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Hillsborough-Cypress Lake?
Compared against 3 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Hillsborough-Cypress Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 3 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Hillsborough-Cypress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough-Cypress Lake | Hillsborough County | B | This lake | 9 ft |
| Hillsborough-James Lake | Hillsborough County | B | 0.8 mi | 5 ft |
| Hillsborough-Pretty Lake | Hillsborough County | B | 1.2 mi | 4 ft |
| Hillsborough-Keystone Lake | Hillsborough County | B | 1.5 mi | 6 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 Hillsborough-Cypress 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.