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Cleaner Lakes Than Little Wall Lake

2 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.

Little Wall Lake carries a Grade F (Very Poor) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 2 lakes hold a higher grade. Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake (Story County, Grade B, 13.9 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

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D

Hickory Grove Lake

Story County, Wisconsin · 23.8 mi from Little Wall Lake
  • +Higher grade (F → D)
  • ++2.9 ft water clarity

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.