FOSTERS
08/02/2018

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Lake and Watershed

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Assessment Report Card



Total Phosphorus GOOD
Total Nitrogen GOOD
Chlorophyll-a GOOD
Alkalinity GOOD
Dissolved Oxygen GOOD
Lakeshore Disturbance GOOD
Lakeshore Habitat GOOD
Shallow Water Habitat GOOD
Physical Complexity of Habitat GOOD
Watershed Minimally Disturbed

For more information about how lakes are scored, see:
Gauging the health of Vermont Lakes: Results of the 2007 National Lake Assessment


Water Quality

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Condition Assessments

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Total Phosphorus: GOOD

Total Nitrogen: GOOD

Chlorophyll-a: GOOD

Alkalinity: GOOD

Dissolved Oxygen: GOOD

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Secchi Transparency

Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Chlorophyll-a

Total Phosphorus

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Total Nitrogen

Conductivity

Chloride

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pH

Calcium and Magnesium

Iron, Manganese and Aluminum

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Dissolved Organic Carbon

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Habitat

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Habitat Map

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Assessments

Assessments based on habitat indexes developed by EPA’s National Lake Assessment program.

Habitat Comparisons

Comparison of the average habitat characteristics of sites around FOSTERS with the average habitat characteritics at undeveloped and developed sites at other lakes in the state.

Disturbances

Disturbance components that make up the Lakeshore Disturbance score. ‘1.0’ indicates disturbance occurs in the immediate shoreline plot. ‘0.5’ indicates the disturbance occurs in an area proximal to, but not within, the immediate shoreline plot.

Human Disturbance
Station Buildings Park Commercial Docks Crops Pasture Orchard Lawn Walls Landfill Roads Powerlines
A 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
F 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
G 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
H 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0
I 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
J 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0


Inlets

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Inlets Map

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Water Quality

Comments: Inlet was sampled up away from lake where the stream crosses the access road. We recorded no delta. Inlet empties into a wetland complex that is adjacent to the lake, did not see where that entry point is or anywhere it empties into the pond itself. Is wetland result of historic delta?

Analytical Data
InletNo TP
(ug/L) 		TN
(mg/L) 		TCl
(mg/L)
1 7.28 0.1 2
Hydrolab Data
InletNo Conductivity
uS/cm 		Turbidity
NTU 		Temp
C 		DO
mg/L 		DO
% 		pH
 Chla
(ug/L)
1 160.3 NA 16.25 7.88 84.8 NA 0.03

Physical | Macrophytes

Sediment and Algae
InletNo Sediment Depth
(cm) 		Sediment Delta
(sq meters) 		Algae
%Cover
1 65 0 0
Aquatic Plants
InletNo Plants %Cover Dominant
Plant 1 		Dominant
Plant 2 		Dominant
Plant 3
1 60 Najas sp. Potamogeton gramineus Sparganium sp.

Outlet

Characteristic Comment
Type NATURAL
Flow Trickle
Control Height (m) NA
Comments DOM sample also taken at Outlet and inlets. There looked to be an old beaver dam at outlet, grown over and with the water trickling down through it and rocks at the outlet.


Protection Classification

FOSTERS Lake Protection Classification

Comments: NA

Category Score Feature Present
Wilderness Score 0 Beach 0
Wilderness-Like Score 8 Ledge 0
Bouldered Shore 1
Vegetation 0
Islands 0
Steep Slopes 0
Peaks 0
Scenic Bottom 0
Cliffs 0
# Total Features 1


Data

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Chemistry

Lakeshore and Littoral Habitat

Inlet Habitat