Is There a Cleaner Lake Near Silver Lake?
Compared against 6 graded lakes nearby, in Wisconsin.
Silver Lake holds Grade B (Good). Of the 6 lakes neighbouring it that carry a grade, none scores higher on nutrients and algae, so Silver Lake is the cleanest graded water among its neighbours. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | Barron County | B | This lake | 13 ft |
| Big Dummy Lake | Barron County | B | Nearby | 12 ft |
| Little Dummy Lake | Barron County | B | Nearby | 11 ft |
| Granite Lake at | Barron County | B | Nearby | 6 ft |
| Granite Lake at | Barron County | B | Nearby | 6 ft |
| Upper Vermillion Lake | Barron County | D | Nearby | 1.7 ft |
| Lower Vermillion Lake | Barron County | B | Nearby | 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 Silver Lake only with neighbouring lakes in Wisconsinthat carry a letter of their own. 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.