Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Lake Drummond?
Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Virginia.
Lake Drummond holds Grade C (Fair). Of the 6 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Lake Drummond 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 Drummond | Chesapeake city County | C | This lake | 0.7 ft |
| Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch Lake | Chesapeake city County | C | 1 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Sta Mouth of Interior Ditch Lake | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.2 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.2 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.3 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.4 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Speights Run | Suffolk city County | C | 11.6 mi | 3.1 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 Drummond only with neighbouring lakes in Virginiathat 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.