Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Mitchell Lake?
Compared against 5 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Iowa.
Mitchell Lake holds Grade C (Fair). Of the 5 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Mitchell Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Lake | Black Hawk County | C | This lake | 2.3 ft |
| Meyers Lake | Black Hawk County | F | 1.6 mi | 1.1 ft |
| Green Belt Lake | Black Hawk County | C | 3.8 mi | 2.4 ft |
| Alice Wyth Lake | Black Hawk County | F | 6.6 mi | 1.6 ft |
| South Prairie Lake | Black Hawk County | F | 7.4 mi | 1.6 ft |
| Casey Lake | Tama County | F | 14.7 mi | 1.2 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 Mitchell Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Iowathat 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.