SALEM
08/23/2022

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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 FAIR
Lakeshore Disturbance FAIR
Lakeshore Habitat POOR
Shallow Water Habitat FAIR
Physical Complexity of Habitat POOR
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: FAIR

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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 SALEM 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 1.0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0.5 0.5
B 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0.0 0.0
C 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0.0 1.0
D 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0
E 0.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0.0 0.0
F 0.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0.0 0.0
G 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.5 0.5
H 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0
I 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0.5 0.5
J 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0.0 0.5


Inlets

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Inlets Map

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Water Quality

Comments: Inlet 3: good flow. Inlet 4: wide, good flow. Inlet 5: stagnant, not flowing. Inlet 7: biggest inlet.

Analytical Data
InletNo TP
(ug/L) 		TN
(mg/L) 		TCl
(mg/L)
1 47.4 4.44 NA
2 15.1 1.60 NA
3 14.8 0.88 NA
4 19.7 1.03 NA
5 15.3 0.26 NA
6 47.9 0.78 NA
Hydrolab Data
InletNo Conductivity
uS/cm 		Turbidity
NTU 		Temp
C 		DO
mg/L 		DO
% 		pH
 Chla
(ug/L)
1 490.80 NA 16.10 7.880 83.10 8.09 26.85
2 542.50 NA 13.80 8.420 84.50 8.26 0.03
3 374.20 NA 17.51 8.400 91.20 8.39 0.03
4 318.30 NA 18.99 8.480 94.90 8.57 2.42
5 144.10 NA 23.57 8.220 100.60 7.82 26.59
6 101.75 NA 20.16 6.875 78.75 7.46 8.54

Physical | Macrophytes

Sediment and Algae
InletNo Sediment Depth
(cm) 		Sediment Delta
(sq meters) 		Algae
%Cover
1 50 0 20
2 50 200 0
3 30 50 0
4 30 75 0
5 50 75 40
6 50 NA 3
Aquatic Plants
InletNo Plants %Cover Dominant
Plant 1 		Dominant
Plant 2 		Dominant
Plant 3
1 80 Juncus sp. NA NA
2 0 NA NA NA
3 0 NA NA NA
4 0 NA NA NA
5 0 Elodea canadensis Sparganium sp. emergent Potamogeton pusillus
6 80 NA NA NA

Outlet

Characteristic Comment
Type NATURAL
Flow Strong riffle
Control Height (m) NA
Comments NA


Protection Classification

SALEM Lake Protection Classification

Comments: NA

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

Wilderness characteristics were not evaluated during this visit.


Data

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Chemistry

Lakeshore and Littoral Habitat

Inlet Habitat