Elevation = ~390 km (1279' MSL)

A_o = 16.6 ha (41 acres)

A_w = 85.4 ha (211 acres)

Z_max = 16.1 m

Z_mean = 7.0 m

V = 1.16 x 10⁶ m³

A_w:A_o = 5.1 : 1

Shoreline = 1.6 km

Littoral area = 32%

HRT = 2.6 ± 0.9 yrs (30 year record)

11% Urban (6 storm sewers)

35% Wetland/Water

54% Forest

<1% Grassland/Shrubs

<1% Other

Summer Epilimnion
May through September
(1998 means, ±sd, range)

Secchi = 3.4 ± 0.8 m (2.2 - 4.3 m)
Chlorophyll a = 1.4 ± 0.6 ppb (<1 - 4.7)
TP = 9 ± 1 ppb (7 - 10 ppb)
NO₃-N = 5 ± 6 ppb (<5 - 14 ppb)
NH₄-N = 8 ± 6 ppb (<5 - 11 ppb)
TN = 432 ± 44 ppb (387 - 502 ppb)
Alkalinity = 45 (low, but not acid sensitive)
pH = 6.5 - 8.3
EC = 114 µS/cm

Summer Hypolimnion
May through September
(1998 means, ±sd, range)

TP = 35 ± 13 ppb (21 - 50 ppb)
NO₃-N = 40 ± 35 ppb (<lod - 14 ppb)
NH₄-N = 217 ± 96 ppb (78 - 296 ppb)
TN = 760 ± 124 ppb (587 - 881 ppb)

28 perennial
(17 1st tier, 11 2nd tier)

0 summer
all on city sewer

Stratified in summer; limited spring mixing in 1998 and 1999

Ice Out dates:
April 11, 1998
April 9, 1999

1983
Bluegill
Sunfish
Bullhead
Northern Pike

42 (mesotrophic)