Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho?
Compared against 6 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Virginia.
Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho 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 Jericho 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 Jericho | Chesapeake city County | C | This lake | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.4 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth | Chesapeake city County | C | 1.7 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Sta Mouth of Interior Ditch Lake | Chesapeake city County | C | 2.2 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder Dit | Chesapeake city County | C | 2.3 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch Lake | Chesapeake city County | C | 2.4 mi | 0.7 ft |
| Speights Run | Suffolk city County | C | 10.6 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 Sta Mouth of Jericho 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.