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CLahontan Reservoir Narrows Outlet
Churchill County, Nevada · 2.1 mi from Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet
- +Higher grade (D → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (250 vs 380 µg/L)
Cleaner Lakes Than Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet
5 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.
Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet carries a Grade D (Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 5 lakes hold a higher grade. Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Outlet (Churchill County, Grade C, 2.1 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.
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CLahontan Reservoir
Churchill County, Nevada · 4 mi from Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet
- +Higher grade (D → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (190 vs 380 µg/L)
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CLahontan Reservoir East of Silver Springs Beach
Lyon County, Nevada · 2.4 mi from Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet
- +Higher grade (D → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (250 vs 380 µg/L)
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CLahontan Reservoir
Churchill County, Nevada · 5.3 mi from Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet
- +Higher grade (D → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (170 vs 380 µg/L)
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CReading the cohort
Within 30 miles of Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet, 5 water bodies score higher than its Grade D on the same EPA water-quality metrics. That density of cleaner options is itself a signal — when several nearby lakes score better on the same indicators, the issues at Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet are typically lake-specific (depth, watershed inflow, stratification pattern) rather than regional. The choice for a swim, paddle, or fishing trip is genuinely between meaningfully different water bodies, not between marginal differences in the same dataset.
The closest cleaner alternative — Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Outlet in Churchill County, Grade C — sits 2.1 miles from Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Inlet. At that distance, the substitution cost is essentially zero: same drive time, same regional access, demonstrably cleaner water on the EPA indicators. For repeat visitors who care about clarity or phosphorus levels, swapping the routine to Lahontan Reservoir Narrows Outlet is mostly a habit change rather than a logistics change.
The EPA water-quality grading combines clarity (Secchi depth), phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measurements from state environmental sampling. A higher letter grade reflects measurably cleaner water on those indicators, not subjective beauty or access quality — a Grade A lake might have worse boat-launch facilities or shoreline access than a Grade C neighbor, so the ranking is one input alongside the rest of trip planning. See the methodology page for the full grading formula.
How this list is built
Every lake on LakeQuality has a calculated grade from EPA Water Quality Portal samples — secchi depth, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measured against Metropolitan Council thresholds. To suggest cleaner alternatives, we filter lakes within 30 miles to those with a strictly higher numeric score, then rank by grade improvement with a small proximity tiebreak. Cross-state and limited-data lakes are excluded so the list stays locally relevant.