Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Oswego Lake?
Compared against 3 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Indiana.
Oswego Lake holds Grade C (Fair). Of the 3 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Oswego 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Lake | Kosciusko County | C | This lake | 9.9 ft |
| Tippecanoe Lake | Kosciusko County | C | 1.2 mi | 8.5 ft |
| James Lake | Kosciusko County | C | 3.1 mi | 5.3 ft |
| Pike Lake | Kosciusko County | C | 5.9 mi | 1.9 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 Oswego Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Indianathat 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.