Scores

Watershed: Minimally Disturbed
WQ Standards: Impaired
WQ Standards Details
Altered – Flow alteration
Color Scoring System
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Water Quality Data

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  • Trophic condition thresholds are indicated by shading:
Hypereutrophic
Eutrophic
Mesotrophic
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Spring Phosphorus
Trend: Significantly Increasing (p-value = 0.0292)
Summer Phosphorus
Trend: Highly Significantly Increasing (p-value = 0.0034)

Summer Secchi
Trend: Highly Significantly Decreasing (p-value = 0.0047)
Summer Chlorophyll-a
Trend: Stable (p-value = 0.1923)

Lake Information

Info

Town Salisbury
Planning Basin Otter Creek-Little Otter Creek-Lewis Creek
Surface Area 1039.6 acres
Basin To Lake Area Ratio 13
Maximum Depth 105 feet
Elevation 569 feet

Known Invasive Species Infestations

Common Name Scientific Name
Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum

Long Term Means

Season Long Term Mean # Years Data
Total Phosphorus (ug/L)
Spring 8.3 20
Summer 12.9 26
Secchi Transparency (m)
Summer 6.0 36
Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)
Summer 3.5 31