Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Hillsborough-Stearns Lake?
Compared against 3 measured lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Of the 3 lakes within 30 miles of it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Hillsborough-Stearns Lake, so Hillsborough-Stearns 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.
The measured lakes it was measured against
| Lake | County | Distance | Clarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough-Stearns Lake | Hillsborough County | This lake | 2 ft |
| Hillsborough-Michaela Lake | Hillsborough County | 0.4 mi | 1.5 ft |
| Lake Valrico Middle | Hillsborough County | 5 mi | — |
| Lake Valrico Middle | Hillsborough County | 5.1 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-Stearns 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.