Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Lake Butner?
Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in North Carolina.
Lake Butner holds Grade D (Nutrient-rich). Of the 6 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Lake Butner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Butner | Granville County | D | This lake | 5.4 ft |
| Lake Michie | Durham County | F | 4 mi | 2.6 ft |
| Lake Rogers | Granville County | F | 4.9 mi | 1.4 ft |
| Little River Reservoir | Durham County | F | 7 mi | 3.1 ft |
| Beaverdam Lake | Wake County | F | 9.9 mi | 2.5 ft |
| Falls of the Neuse Reservoir | Wake County | F | 11.7 mi | 2.2 ft |
| Big Lake | Wake County | F | 21.1 mi | 2.3 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 Lake Butner only with neighbouring lakes in North Carolinathat 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.