State of The Lake 2013

2013 Lake Data

Dissolved Oxygen
Temperature
Visibility

Date:4/9/13 4/27/13 8/20/13 9/14/13
Mg/L /  %      temp                  Mg/L   /%    Temp             Mg/L /%  Temp                        Mg/L  /%  Temp

Buoy A   (viz 3.25m)
10’          11.72/94%        6.2
30’          11.73/93.6%     5.8
50’          11.60/90.8%     5.1
75’          11.78/92.6%     4.9

Buoy B     (viz 3.25 m)                                  (viz 4.75m)                                                                           ( viz  3.75m)
10’          11.34/92.7%      6.1                                              9.7                                                                8.98/96.9     21.4
30’          11.60/90.5%      5.3                  10.73/92.2%     8.2                                                                9.70/88.7     11.5
50’          11.42/90.0%      5.2                                                                                                                    1.95/16.0       6.7
75’          11.27/88.4%      5.1
95’          11.25/88.3%      4.9                   10.57/92.2%                                                                          0.85/7.6          5.8

Buoy C      (viz 3.0m)                                       (viz 4.75m)                                                                            (viz 3.75m)
10’           11.40/92.8%     6.4                                                                                                                     9.0/101.3      21.5
30’           11.14/87.9%     5.4                                                                                                                     9.99/81.1      11.1
50’           11.35/88.9%     5.3                    8.78/72.3%      6.6                                                                 0.98/9.8           7.6


pH  8.7 @ Buoy B (surface)

8/20/13                                                                                                                                                          

Buoy A       Temp       DO(Mg/l)   %      Conductivity      pH
0’            25             8.6/105                   290               9.12
5’            25             8.4/102                   290
10’          25              8.4/102                   291
15’          25              8.2/102                   293
20’          18              12.8/134                 270               8.9
25’          14              13.6/128                 257
30’          11              11.8/109                 248
35’          9                 9.1/77                    233
40’          7                 4.2/35                    225                8.07    

   

            8/20/13   _______________________

Buoy B      Temp           DO(Mg/l)    %         Conductivity       pH
0’           24                  8.7/103                    292                       8.9
5’           24                  8.7/104                    292
10’         24                  8.7/103                    292
15’         24                  8.7/103                    291
20’         19                  13.3/143                  274
25’         13                  13.7/130                  265                       8.6
30’         10                  11.3/101                  248
35’          9                    9.3/81                      233
40’          8                    8.1/68                      229
50’         6.5                  3.8/30                      219                       7.8
70’         6                      1.8/15                     246                        7.8
90’         5.7                   0.3/2.5                    278                        7.9

 

_          8/20/13__________________________

Buoy C    Temp              DO(Mg/L)       %      Conductivity        pH
0’         25                      8.5/103                     291
5’         25                      8.9/107                     293
10’      24                       8.9/106                     290
20’      19                       12.6/137                   290
30’      11                       11.5/111                   246
40’      8                          0.5/4                         231
50’      7                          0.3/3                         230

          11/4/13____________________________

Buoy A   (Viz 2.5) 

                Temp             DO(Mg/L)      %         Conductivity      pH
10’           12.1               10.12/92.4
30’           11.8                9.55/87.2
50’           7.3                  1.65/12.8

Buoy B  (viz 2.5)
10’            12.2                9.20/89.3
30’             12.0                9.07/82.0
50’             7.3                  0.58/4.7
95’             6.4                  0.73/5.7

 

Buoy C   (viz 2.5)

10’       12.2                     9.42/87.5
30’       12.0                     8.74/82.3
50’       8.4                       0.46/4.2

 

Total Phosphorus (p)

5/15/13

Buoy B
10’       .019
50’       .015
95’       .335

Buoy C
50’       .034

Erbacher Brook (S5)  .018

McGraw Brook  (S8)  .032

 

 

 

10/03/13

Buoy B

10’   .013
30’   .021
50’   .020
95’   .417

Buoy C

10’   .013
30’   .019
50’   .15

Control   < .002

 

 

 

 

Bird Inventory
4/       /13

     1 goose.  Saw no Cormorants. No Coots.  No Gulls.   No Ducks

       9/6/13:  One cormorant.  Many gulls…no ducks…no geese..no coots

Dive Log:

4/30/13:

First  dive of the season. Location:  Town Grove swim lanes. Water  viz about average. A large amount of fish egg masses..Mike Beck identified them as from Crappies. Bottom time 30 minutes.  Max depth 30’ .  Monitored for caddisfly larvae…found none.  Also checked for Zebra Mussels.  Found none.  Checked for Asian Clams…found none.  Placed a barrier on bottom in preparation for the Soar program on May 11 and the Salisbury Central class on May 15.  Milfol is beginning to grow.

 

9/5/13:

Dived and photographed(video too) at Town Grove swim lanes.  Water temp in the low 70s.  At the TC(20’) a layer of very poor visibility.  Saw at least 2…maybe as many as 4…large Grass Eating Carp.  Did get a hazy video of one.  No zebra mussels.  Began the removal of anchors on benthic barriers.  Viz 15feet + except in that bad layer.

11/27/13

Water visibility has been greatly reduced this fall.  Green algae bloom has been very evident.

Diving at the docks of the swim lanes at the Grove in September I spotted two grass carp.  I did get a very hazy/blurry video of them.