MRBDC Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Program

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Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Program



Minor watershed number(s):   23019, 23020, 23021, 23022, 23023, 23024, 23025, 23026, 23027, 23031, 23032, 23033, 23034, 23035, 23051

The project area is the Barrett Lake Watershed which includes all or portions of the following minor watersheds: 23019, 23020, 23021, 23022, 23023, 23024, 23025, 23026, 23027, 23031, 23032, 23033, 23034, 23035 and 23051. These minor watersheds are located within the Pomme de Terre River Major Watershed.

The Barrett Lake project was completed throught the MPCA Lake Assessment Program (LAP) in 1991. Cooperators for this project include the MPCA, DNR, Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Barrett Lake Improvement Association. A LAP report includes general information about a lake's trophic status, factors affecting nutrient input to the lake (such as land cover/land use or point source pollution potential), fisheries health, water quality, historical trend analysis and watershed assessment modeling.

Biological Monitoring

Data Summary Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis, a fisheries survey, and a survey of aquatic vegetation.
Data Description Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)

Data:   Biological Samples
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1991
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  DNR, MPCA
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Precipitation Monitoring

Data Summary Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes precipitation monitoring data collected from May - September, 1991.
Data Description Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Precipitation Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1991
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Volunteer Rain Gage Readers
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two in-lake sampling sites during the spring and summer of 1991. Sample analysis includes nutrients (total phosphorus, total kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, alkalinity, turbidity, conductivity, chloride, chlorophyll, temperature, dissolved oxygen profiles and secchi disk readings.
Data Description Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   In-Lake Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1991
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 Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which uses two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson. The models estimated water quality based on lake morphometry, watershed characteristics and Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) land use information.
Data Description Barrett Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1991
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
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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