Data period: through 2018

Town County Delorme Map # True Basin Flushing Rate Elevation
VASSALBORO KENNEBEC 13 1 1.52 flushes/yr 118 ft
Maximum Depth Average Depth Surface Area Lake Volume Drainage Area
12 m
(41 ft)
5 m
(16 ft)
485 ha
(1,198 ac)
23,084,128 m3
(18,715 ac-ft)
21 km2
(8.1 mi2)

Secchi Disk Transparency Graphs

Graph Legend: Secchi symbols = average Secchi Disk Transparency Values; tick marks = maximum and minimum values for each year.

Water Chemistry and Trophic State Parameters

Table Legend:

Color: Color (SPU), Alk: Alkalinity (mg/l CaCO3), SpCon: Specific Conductivity (\(\mu\)S/cm), pH: pH (standard units)

TP = Total Phosphorus (\(\mu\)g/L) – EC: Epilimnion Core, SG: Surface Grab, BG: Bottom Grab, PG: Profile Grab

SDT = Secchi Disk Transparency (m) – Min: minimum value, Avg: average value, Max: maximum value, n: number of months with Secchi readings per year, b: number of times Secchi disk was observed touching the bottom of the lake per year

Chl = Chlorophyll-a (\(\mu\)g/L) – Min: minimum value, Avg: average value, Max: maximum value
Year Color Alk SpCon pH TP-EC TP-SG TP-BG TP-PG SDT-Min SDT-Avg SDT-Max SDT-n SDT-b Chl-Min Chl-Avg Chl-Max
1975 17 31 16 17 1.40 2.8 4.3 2
1976 17 14 1.80 2.5 3.0 4 4.5 4.5 4.5
1977 18 65 24 34 2.00 3.1 4.7 5 4.5 4.5 4.5
1978 22 85 11 0.80 2.7 4.1 5 8.9 8.9 8.9
1979 15 67 0.80 2.3 4.0 10 1.9 12.5 53.9
1980 18 77 1.00 2.1 3.6 10 4.9 18.4 43.2
1981 14 72 0.40 3.0 4.8 9 4.6 6.2 7.5
1982 1.50 2.6 4.3 5
1983 1.60 3.1 4.9 6 4.9 4.9 4.9
1984 13 1.00 2.1 4.0 6 4.6 19.0 44.4
1985 14 15 3.00 4.0 4.5 3 4.1 15.3 84.7
1986 18 20 2.4 6.9 14.1
1987 19 65 25 1.40 3.0 4.4 7 3.0 11.5 35.9
1988 41 1.50 3.1 4.6 7 2.4 11.0 37.9
1989 24 24 0.70 3.5 4.6 7 3.6 12.5 71.1
1990 35 64 0.40 3.0 5.7 7 0.1 16.1 60.3
1991 21 58 8.9 35 61 0.80 2.3 3.9 6 2.3 21.5 65.7
1992 27 28 52 1.40 3.1 4.4 5 2.9 5.4 10.1
1993 15 22 43 1.10 2.6 4.3 5 3.7 12.3 34.1
1994 21 430 32 2.10 2.9 3.4 4 4.2 8.3 17.1
1995 23 79 70 1.50 2.8 5.3 5
1996 27 94 0.90 2.4 3.9 4 5.3 21.9 67.8
1997 27 123 1.20 2.6 4.1 5 2.7 13.6 39.7
1998 17 61 26 100 17 0.90 2.2 3.7 5 2.2 23.5 63.0
1999 29 77 58 1.35 3.4 4.8 5 7.4 9.2 12.1
2000 19 63 22 51 1.00 2.5 4.2 5 3.8 17.4 41.9
2001 10 61 7.8 23 249 47 1.20 3.1 5.5 7 4.4 17.2 42.0
2002 27 32 0.82 2.5 5.9 6 5.0 24.9 35.0
2003 4.5 16 65 14 68 1.80 1.8 1.8 1 12.0 20.0 28.0
2004 16 14 1.90 2.9 4.3 2 3.8 12.2 20.6
2005 14.0 26 110 1.45 2.5 3.4 3 9.9 9.9 9.9
2006 22 1.41 2.5 3.5 5
2007 19 2.45 3.6 5.4 5
2008 18 16 247 1.50 3.4 5.8 8 5.7 13.9 54.0
2009 33 18 144 2.56 3.8 6.6 6 9.1 9.1 9.1
2010 24 21 198 1.48 2.8 5.7 6 7.5 14.5 23.0
2011 18 18 328 1.26 3.2 4.8 5 7.8 7.8 7.8
2012 9.0 18 68 7.3 20 18 321 1.44 4.0 5.5 5 8.4 8.4 8.4
2013 9.0 19 71 7.3 22 20 322 2.35 3.1 3.7 4 7.6 10.8 14.0
2014 12.0 20 66 8.9 19 15 227 2.82 3.8 5.6 8 7.5 9.9 12.0
2015 18 34 2.04 3.5 5.3 6 6.4 6.4 6.4
2016 7.0 21 77 7.6 27 18 256 1.78 3.6 6.4 6 12.0 12.0 12.0
2017 6.0 20 82 7.5 23 18 178 1.95 3.3 5.6 6 10.0 10.0 10.0
2018 7.0 19 84 7.4 19 19 48 2.02 3.7 4.9 6 8.0 8.0 8.0

Lake Chemistry and Trophic Summary Data - Overall Summary Values:

Avg Color Avg Alk Avg SpCon pH Avg TP-EC Avg TP-SG Avg TP-BG Avg TP-PG SDT-Min SDT-Avg SDT-Max SDT-n Chl-Min Chl-Avg Chl-Max
8.6 18 68 7.6 23 18 144 48 0.4 3 6.6 5.5 0.1 12 85

Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

Late summer only; limited to eight most recent profiles

Units: Temperature (TEMP) = °C; Dissolved Oxygen (DO) = mg/L
2011-08-31
2013-09-10
2014-08-27
2014-09-11
2015-08-10
2016-08-31
2017-08-24
2018-09-11
Depth (m) TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO
0 23 7.8 21 7.7 25.3 10.1 22 8.5 26 8.3 24 8.4 24 8.7 22 8.1
1 22 7.8 21 7.6 24.9 10.2 22 8.4 25 8.5 24 8.4 24 8.9 22 8.3
2 22 7.6 20 7.6 24.0 10.4 22 8.4 25 8.6 23 8.4 24 9.0 22 8.1
3 22 7.5 20 7.5 23.4 10.3 22 8.4 24 8.4 23 7.8 23 8.8 22 8.1
4 22 7.4 20 7.4 22.9 9.9 22 8.3 24 7.9 23 7.4 23 8.4 22 8.1
5 22 7.4 20 7.6 22.7 9.5 22 8.3 24 7.7 23 7.3 23 8.2 22 8.1
6 22 7.4 20 7.3 22.2 7.5 22 8.2 21 0.3 23 6.0 22 7.7 22 8.1
7 21 7.0 20 7.1 20.5 2.3 20 0.8 19 0.2 22 1.8 19 1.5 21 6.4
8 17 0.3 19 4.1 17.3 0.8 17 0.6 16 0.2 17 0.8 15 0.6 17 1.0
9 14 0.2 15 0.4 13.7 0.6 14 0.6 14 0.2 15 0.6 14 0.4 14 0.7
10 14 0.2 14 0.3 12.8 0.6 13 0.6 13 0.2 14 0.5 13 0.3
11 13 0.2 14 0.3 12.1 0.6 12 0.6 12 0.2 14 0.5 13 0.3
12 13 0.2 14 0.2 11.6 0.6 12 0.6 12 0.2 13 0.4 12 0.3
13 1.3 0.6 12 0.3

Most recent temperature and dissolved oxygen profile plots

Temperature (°C), Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)