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Of the 5 lakes neighbouring it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Horsehead Lake, so Horsehead Lake is the cleanest measured water among its neighbours. 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
Horsehead LakeVilas CountyThis lake10 ft
Oxbow LakeVilas CountyNearby8 ft
Annabelle LakeVilas CountyNearby8 ft
Crab LakeVilas CountyNearby11 ft
Presque Isle LakeVilas CountyNearby18 ft
Lynx LakeVilas CountyNearby12.8 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 Horsehead Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Wisconsinthat carry readings of their own. 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.