LITTLE (WELLS)
08/24/2016

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Lake and Watershed

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Assessment Report Card



Total Phosphorus FAIR
Total Nitrogen GOOD
Chlorophyll-a GOOD
Alkalinity GOOD
Dissolved Oxygen GOOD
Lakeshore Disturbance FAIR
Lakeshore Habitat GOOD
Shallow Water Habitat GOOD
Physical Complexity of Habitat GOOD
Watershed Moderately 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: FAIR

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 LITTLE (WELLS) 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 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0.0
B 0.0 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 0.0
D 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0
E 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0.5
F 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
G 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0
H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.5 0.5
I 0.0 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 0.0


Inlets

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Inlets Map

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Water Quality

Comments: Inlet 1 too deep to sample sediment depth. Inlet 2 was sampled where it crosses Rt. 30, upstream of the lake. Sample was taken upstream of the ditch that is seen in the 2 photos. Inlet 3 water samples and hydrolab could not be sampled: tried to sample where crosses road but could not find.
NOTE: clearly virtually all of the wtaer in Little Lake comes from St. Catherine; other inlets relatively insignificant.

Analytical Data
InletNo TP
(ug/L) 		TN
(mg/L) 		TCl
(mg/L)
1 20.1 0.26 8.91
2 29.3 0.52 2.00
Hydrolab Data
InletNo Conductivity
uS/cm 		Turbidity
NTU 		Temp
C 		DO
mg/L 		DO
% 		pH
 Chla
(ug/L)
1 112.0 NA 23.86 7.05 84.8 7.26 2.72
2 167.6 NA 20.64 8.36 94.5 7.61 2.94

Physical | Macrophytes

Sediment and Algae
InletNo Sediment Depth
(cm) 		Sediment Delta
(sq meters) 		Algae
%Cover
1 NA 0 0.0
2 140 0 1.0
3 70 0 0.2
Aquatic Plants
InletNo Plants %Cover Dominant
Plant 1 		Dominant
Plant 2 		Dominant
Plant 3
1 0 NA NA NA
2 100 Nuphar variegata Pontederia cordata Nymphaea odorata ssp. Odorata
3 100 Nymphaea odorata ssp. Tuberosa Utricularia gibba Pontederia cordata

Outlet

Characteristic Comment
Type ARTIFICIAL
Flow NA
Control Height (m) NA
Comments There is an old dam ~6” below water about 300’ up lake of current dam


Protection Classification

LITTLE (WELLS) Lake Protection Classification

Comments: NA

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


Data

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Chemistry

Lakeshore and Littoral Habitat

Inlet Habitat