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Cleaner Lakes Than Ml-Ditch 36 Lake

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

Ml-Ditch 36 Lake carries a Grade B (Good) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 5 lakes hold a higher grade. Sugar Lake (Aitkin County, Grade A, 5.7 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

1
A

Sugar Lake

Aitkin County, Minnesota · 5.7 mi from Ml-Ditch 36 Lake
  • +Higher grade (B → A)
  • ++3.6 ft water clarity
  • +Lower phosphorus (9.5 vs 23.5 µg/L)
2
A

Ml-Seventeen Lake

Aitkin County, Minnesota · 3.3 mi from Ml-Ditch 36 Lake
  • +Higher grade (B → A)
  • ++6.9 ft water clarity
3
A

Ml-Peterson Lake

Mille Lacs County, Minnesota · 8 mi from Ml-Ditch 36 Lake
  • +Higher grade (B → A)
  • ++8.3 ft water clarity
4
B

Ml-Ne Lake

Aitkin County, Minnesota · 3.4 mi from Ml-Ditch 36 Lake
  • +Higher overall water quality score
  • ++12.3 ft water clarity
5
B

Ml-Ce Lake

Aitkin County, Minnesota · 6 mi from Ml-Ditch 36 Lake
  • +Higher overall water quality score
  • ++13.7 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.

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