Lake Minnetonka
Wayzata Bay

 

 
Hennepin County,
Minnetonka, MN

 


MORPHOMETRY


elevation = 929 MSL (283 m)

Area (Ao) =  713 ac (289 ha)

Z max = 60 ft (18.3 m)

Z mean = 24 ft (7.3 m)

Volume = 7.4 x 108 ft3 (21 x 106 m3)

Watershed Area:Lake Area
Aw:Ao = not available

Watershed Area = not available

Shoreline = 5.4 mi (8.6 km)

Littoral Area = 29%

Hydraulic Retention Time
(flushing rate) not available

 

 


TROPHIC STATUS
= Mesotrophic
(Carlson TSI)

Total phosphorus TSI   48
Chlorophylla a TSI 45
Secchi TSI 44
Mean TSI 46


2000 WATER  QUALITY

(May-October surface means
± sd)

Secchi 3.0 ± 0.7m
Chlorophyll a 4.4± 2.8 ug/L
Total P  21± 7.1 ug/L
NO3-N no data
NH4-N no data
TN 770± 113 ug/L
Alkalinity no data
pH ~ 8.0
EC no data
Chloride 43 ± 2.4 mg/L