Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Sarasota-Egret Lake?
Compared against 3 graded lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Sarasota-Egret Lake holds Grade D (Nutrient-rich). Of the 3 lakes within 30 miles of it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Sarasota-Egret 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota-Egret Lake | Sarasota County | D | This lake | 4.2 ft |
| Sarasota-Cormorant Lake | Sarasota County | D | 0.1 mi | 2.4 ft |
| Sarasota-Heron Lake | Sarasota County | D | 0.1 mi | 2.5 ft |
| Red Bug Slough Lake | Sarasota County | D | 0.3 mi | — |
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 Sarasota-Egret Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Floridathat 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.