Damariscotta Lake

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Damariscotta Lake MIDAS 5400 - Station 1
Year	Depth - Meters			Depth - Feet
Year	Min	Mean	Max	Min	Mean	Max
1977	4.5	4.2	4	14.8	13.7	13.1
1978	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1979	5.5	4.8	3.8	18.0	15.6	12.5
1980	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1981	5.3	4.9	4.3	17.4	15.9	14.1
1982	5.6	5.3	4.7	18.4	17.4	15.4
1983	5.9	4.5	3.3	19.4	14.8	10.8
1984	5.5	5.4	5	18.0	17.7	16.4
1985	7	6.2	5.3	23.0	20.4	17.4
1986	5.7	5.1	4.5	18.7	16.8	14.8
1987	5.8	5.3	5	19.0	17.4	16.4
1988	5.7	4.6	3.5	18.7	15.2	11.5
1989	5	3.8	2.5	16.4	12.4	8.2
1990	5.8	4.4	2.9	19.0	14.5	9.5
1991	6.9	5.3	4	22.6	17.2	13.1
1992	6	5.2	3.9	19.7	17.2	12.8
1993	6.3	5.2	2.8	20.7	16.9	9.2
1994	6.6	5.5	4.8	21.7	17.9	15.7
1995	6.3	5.1	3.7	20.7	16.8	12.1
1996	6.5	5.6	4.3	21.3	18.3	14.1
1997	6.3	5.3	4.8	20.7	17.5	15.7
1998	6.48	5.3	3.97	21.3	17.4	13.0
1999	6.19	5.4	4.56	20.3	17.8	15.0
2000	6.29	5.4	3.86	20.6	17.7	12.7
2001	8.24	7.0	6.41	27.0	23.0	21.0
2002	7.57	5.9	3.7	24.8	19.3	12.1
2003	6.25	6.0	5.76	20.5	19.8	18.9
2004	5.75	4.7	3.7	18.9	15.3	12.1
2005	6.25	5.2	3.8	20.5	17.1	12.5
2006	5.74	4.4	2.8	18.8	14.6	9.2
2007	6.95	5.0	3.15	22.8	16.4	10.3
2008	6.84	5.7	4.75	22.4	18.6	15.6
2009	5.15	4.7	3.25	16.9	15.4	10.7
2010	7.2	5.7	4.9	23.6	18.6	16.1
2011	6.7	6.0	5.47	22.0	19.8	17.9
2012	5.8	5.1	4.6	19.0	16.8	15.1
2013	6.45	5.3	4.5	21.2	17.2	14.8
2014	5.95	5.2	4.15	19.5	17.1	13.6
2015	6.55	5.9	5.4	21.5	19.4	17.7
2016	6.95	6.2	5.4	22.8	20.3	17.7
2017	6.85	5.9	4.3	22.5	19.5	14.1
2018	6.35	5.4	4.5	20.8	17.6	14.8
2019	5.85	4.5	3.51	19.2	14.7	11.5
2020	5.1	4.8	4.3	16.7	15.6	14.1
2021	5.38	5.4	5.38	17.7	17.7	17.7
2022	6.38	5.4	4.36	20.9	17.8	14.3
2023	4.43	4.3	4.15	14.5	14.0	13.6
2024	5.6	5.1	4.71	18.4	16.8	15.5
2025	5.79	4.5	3.01	19.0	14.8	9.9

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Source Data:
Maine Lakes Transparency, Color & Chemistry: Annual Mean Values

Date-specific Secchi data for this and other Maine lakes can be found HERE