What is the closest graded lake to Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit?

Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth in Chesapeake city County, about 0.8 miles away, holds Grade C.

Does that make Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit safe to swim?

No. The letter is a measurement of nutrients and algae against EPA ecoregion classes. It is blind to bacteria, mercury and PFAS, and it is not a same-day reading. Check your county advisory and any posted beach notice before swimming.

Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit Is the Cleanest Graded Lake Nearby

Q: Is there a cleaner lake near Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit?

Not among its graded neighbours. 6 other lakes within 30 miles of it carry a water-quality grade, and none of them scores higher than Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit's Grade C on nutrients and algae.

Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit?

Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Virginia.

Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit 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 Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit 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 Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit	Chesapeake city County	C	This lake	0.7 ft
Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth	Chesapeake city County	C	0.8 mi	0.7 ft
Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch Lake	Chesapeake city County	C	1.1 mi	0.7 ft
Lake Drummond	Chesapeake city County	C	1.3 mi	0.7 ft
Sta Mouth of Interior Ditch Lake	Chesapeake city County	C	2.1 mi	0.7 ft
Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho	Chesapeake city County	C	2.3 mi	0.7 ft
Speights Run	Suffolk city County	C	12.8 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 Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit 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.