MRBDC Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Program


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Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Program



Minor watershed number(s):   26016, 26017, 26018, 26019, 26021, 26022, 26023, 26024, 26103, 26109

The project area is the Gilchrist Lake lakeshed which includes all or portions of the following minor watersheds: 26016, 26017, 26018, 26019, 26021, 26022, 26023, 26024, 26103 and 26109. These minor watersheds are located in the Chippewa River Major Watershed.

The Gilchrist Lake project was completed through the MPCA - Lake Assessment Program (LAP) in 1992. 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 Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis .
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)

Data:   Biological Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
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 Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/land use data collected by the Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Land Cover/Land Use
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

On Site Septic Systems

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from an on site septic system survey performed by the Gilchrist Lake Association in 1992.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Septic System Survey
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Gilchrist Lake Association

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two in-lake sites during the spring and summer of 1992. Analysis included the following parameters: nutrients (total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, temperature, dissolved oxygen profile, and secchi disk readings.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
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 Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from lake level monitoring in 1992.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Lake Level Measurments
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Watershed Assessment

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which uses two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson, to estimate water quality based on the morphometry and watershed characteristics of Gilchrist Lake.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
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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