MRBDC Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Program

MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Program



Minor watershed number(s):   26008, 26009, 26010, 26011, 26012, 26013, 26020, 26097, 26098, 26101

The project area was the Lake Emily lakeshed which includes the following minor watersheds: 26008, 26009, 26010, 26011, 26012, 26013, 26020, 26097, 26098 and 26101. These minor watersheds are located in the Chippewa River Major Watershed.

The Emily Lake project was completed through the MPCA - Lake Assessment Program (LAP) in 1995. A LAP report includes general information about a lake's trophic status, factors (such as land cover/land use or point source pollution potential) affecting nutrient input to the lake, fisheries health, water quality, historical trend analysis, and watershed assessment modeling.

Biological Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis.
Data Description Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)

Data:   Biological Samples
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Land Cover / Land Use

Data Summary Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/land use information gathered by the Pope County Environmental Services.
Data Description Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Land Cover/Land Use
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected four times from three in-lake sites during the spring and summer of 1995. This also included analysis of occasional lake outlet samples collected. Sample analysis includes nutrients (total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, and temperature. A dissolved oxygen profile was developed and secchi disk readings were also taken.
Data Description Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes lake level measurments collected in 1995. Flow data were collected periodically at two lake outlet sites.
Data Description Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Lake Level Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Volunteer Lake Level Reader
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Watershed Assessment

Data Summary Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used the Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis Procedure (MINLEAP) model to assess the changes in the quality of the lake resulting from altered nutrient inputs or altered flow. This model incorporates water quality, point source pollution potential, land cover/land use, and inflow and outflow data in its assessment.
Data Description Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

DISCLAIMER

These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.   The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.



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