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Of the 3 lakes within 30 miles of it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Hillsborough-Michaela Lake, so Hillsborough-Michaela 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
Hillsborough-Michaela LakeHillsborough CountyThis lake1.5 ft
Hillsborough-Stearns LakeHillsborough County0.4 mi2 ft
Lake Valrico MiddleHillsborough County4.7 mi—
Lake Valrico MiddleHillsborough County4.8 mi—

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-Michaela 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.