Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake?
Compared against 4 measured lakes within 30 miles, in Florida.
Of the 4 lakes within 30 miles of it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake, so Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake is the cleanest measured water in that radius. Lakes nearby without enough recent sampling to earn a letter are not part of that comparison.
The measured lakes it was measured against
| Lake | County | Distance | Clarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake | Sarasota County | This lake | 3.5 ft |
| Sarasota-Cormorant Lake | Sarasota County | 2.8 mi | 2.4 ft |
| Sarasota-Egret Lake | Sarasota County | 2.9 mi | 4.2 ft |
| Red Bug Slough Lake | Sarasota County | 2.9 mi | — |
| Sarasota-Heron Lake | Sarasota County | 3 mi | 2.5 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 Sarasota-Heron Lagoon Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Floridathat carry readings 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.