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CHappy Holler Lake
Andrew County, Missouri · 10.6 mi from Limpp Lake
- +Two grade letters higher (F → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (63 vs 196.7 µg/L)
Cleaner Lakes Than Limpp Lake
4 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.
Limpp Lake carries a Grade F (Very Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 4 lakes hold a higher grade. Happy Holler Lake (Andrew County, Grade C, 10.6 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.
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CMozingo Lake Between Arms
Nodaway County, Missouri · 23.5 mi from Limpp Lake
- +Two grade letters higher (F → C)
- +Lower phosphorus (37.7 vs 196.7 µg/L)
3
DBuffalo Bill Lake Nr. Access
DeKalb County, Missouri · 18.9 mi from Limpp Lake
- +Higher grade (F → D)
- +Lower phosphorus (71.3 vs 196.7 µg/L)
4
DPony Express Lake
DeKalb County, Missouri · 19.8 mi from Limpp Lake
- +Higher grade (F → D)
- +Lower phosphorus (53.2 vs 196.7 µg/L)
Reading the cohort
4 cleaner lakes sit within 30 miles of Limpp Lake in the EPA water-quality dataset. With that many higher-grade neighbors close by, Limpp Lake's Grade F reflects something specific to the lake itself — not a regional water-quality ceiling. The neighbor list below isn't a small set of marginal upgrades; it's a real cohort of meaningfully cleaner choices for the same Missouri weekend.
Happy Holler Lake (Andrew County, Grade C) is the closest cleaner option at 10.6 miles from Limpp Lake — close enough to be a genuine substitute for most users, far enough that it isn't the same neighborhood lake. Worth the trip if water quality is the primary driver; less obvious if Limpp Lake is on the way to other plans.
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.