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Of the 7 lakes neighbouring it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Little Elkhart Lake, so Little Elkhart Lake is the cleanest measured water among its neighbours. Lakes nearby without enough recent sampling to earn a letter are not part of that comparison.

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The measured lakes it was measured against

LakeCountyDistanceClarity
Little Elkhart LakeSheboygan CountyThis lake10 ft
Crystal LakeSheboygan CountyNearby20 ft
Elkhart LakeSheboygan CountyNearby10.5 ft
Cedar LakeManitowoc CountyNearby10.2 ft
Shoe LakeManitowoc CountyNearby7 ft
Wilke LakeManitowoc CountyNearby7 ft
Lake EllenSheboygan CountyNearby9 ft
Spring LakeManitowoc CountyNearby8 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 readings 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.