Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Little Elkhart Lake?
Compared against 7 graded lakes nearby, in Wisconsin.
Little Elkhart Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 7 lakes neighbouring it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Little Elkhart Lake is the cleanest graded water among its neighbours. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Elkhart Lake | Sheboygan County | B | This lake | 10 ft |
| Crystal Lake | Sheboygan County | B | Nearby | 20 ft |
| Elkhart Lake | Sheboygan County | B | Nearby | 10.5 ft |
| Cedar Lake | Manitowoc County | B | Nearby | 10.2 ft |
| Shoe Lake | Manitowoc County | B | Nearby | 7 ft |
| Wilke Lake | Manitowoc County | B | Nearby | 7 ft |
| Lake Ellen | Sheboygan County | B | Nearby | 9 ft |
| Spring Lake | Manitowoc County | B | Nearby | 8 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 Little Elkhart Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Wisconsinthat carry a letter of their own. 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.