Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Sheep Creek Lake?
Compared against 4 measured lakes within 30 miles, in Nevada.
Of the 4 lakes within 30 miles of it with nutrient and algae readings on record, none reads lower than Sheep Creek Lake, so Sheep Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Creek Lake | Elko County | This lake | 6.2 ft |
| Billy Shaw Lake | Elko County | 6.7 mi | — |
| Wildhorse Reservoir | Elko County | 25.6 mi | 5.9 ft |
| Wildhorse Reservoir | Elko County | 26.6 mi | 5.9 ft |
| Wildhorse Reservoir | Elko County | 27.4 mi | 5.9 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 Sheep Creek Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Nevadathat 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.