Scores

Watershed: Minimally Disturbed
WQ Standards: Meets Standards
Color Scoring System
Good Conditions
Fair Conditions
Poor Conditions

Insufficient Data


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Water Quality Data

Plots

  • Trophic condition thresholds are indicated by shading:
Hypereutrophic
Eutrophic
Mesotrophic
Oligotrophic
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Spring Phosphorus
Trend: Stable (p-value = 0.4084)
Summer Phosphorus
Trend: Insufficient Data

Summer Secchi
Trend: Highly Significantly Decreasing (p-value = 2e-04)
Summer Chlorophyll-a
Trend: Insufficient Data

Lake Information

Info

Town Benson
Planning Basin Southern Lake Champlain
Surface Area 61.3 acres
Basin To Lake Area Ratio 29
Maximum Depth 43 feet
Elevation 496 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 14.8 12
Summer No Data NA
Secchi Transparency (m)
Summer 7.2 24
Chlorophyll-a (ug/L)
Summer 2 1