Scores

Watershed: Highly Disturbed
WQ Standards: Stressed
WQ Standards Details
Stressed – Phosphorus
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Water Quality Data

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Spring Phosphorus
Trend: Significantly Decreasing (p-value = 0.0239)
Summer Phosphorus
Trend: Highly Significantly Decreasing (p-value = 2e-04)

Summer Secchi
Trend: Stable (p-value = 0.5657)
Summer Chlorophyll-a
Trend: Stable (p-value = 0.0563)

Lake Information

Info

Town Hinesburg
Planning Basin Northern Lake Champlain
Surface Area 247 acres
Basin To Lake Area Ratio 10
Maximum Depth 37 feet
Elevation 684 feet

Known Invasive Species Infestations

Common Name Scientific Name
Curly-leaf pondweed Pogamogeton crispus
Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum

Long Term Means

Season Long Term Mean # Years Data
Total Phosphorus (ug/L)
Spring 27.9 28
Summer 24.6 27
Secchi Transparency (m)
Summer 3.9 42
Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)
Summer 10.5 31