Medicine Lake
ID 27-0104

 

  
Hennepin County,
Plymouth, MN

 


MORPHOMETRY


elevation = ~100m MSL

Area (Ao) = 936 acres (379 ha)

Z max = 49ft (14.9 m)

Z mean = ~4.9m (16 ft)

Volume = 6.5 x 108 ft3(18.4 x 106 m3)

Watershed Area:Lake Area
( Aw:Ao) = 12.5:1

Watershed Area = 11700 acres (4735 ha)

Shoreline = XXX mi (XXX km)

Littoral Area = ~47 %

Hydraulic Retention Time
(flushing time ) = not available

 


TROPHIC STATUS = Eutrophic
(Carlson TSI)

Mean TSI 63


WATER  QUALITY
 (2000 summer surface means)

Secchi 2.0 m ± 1.3 (n=9)
2001 = 1.64 m
Chlorophyll a 18.8 ± 8.1 ug/L
Total P  51± 23 ug/L
NO3-N no data
NH4-N no data
TN 1157 ± 563 ug/L
Alkalinity ~140 mg/L as CaCo3
pH ~8.2
EC ~554 uS/cm
Chloride no data

 


WATERSHED

35% Residential

28% Agricultural/vacant

14% commercial/industrial

10% wetland/water

10% parkland/public

2.8% major highways

Shoreline Cabins
XXX perennial
XXX summer
(all on city sewer)

 


FISHERY

panfish (bluegill/black crappie/northern pike)

Fish consumption advisory


MISCELLANEOUS

Stratified in summer

Ice Out Dates: To be determined