MRBDC Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Program


MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Program



Minor watershed number(s):   26009, 26010, 26020, 26097

The project area was the Minnewaska Lake lakeshed which includes portions of minor watersheds 26009, 26010, 26020, and 26097. These minor watersheds are included in the Chippewa River Major Watershed.

The Minnewaska 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.




Land Cover / Land Use

Data Summary Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/Land use information gathered by the Pope County Environmental Services.
Data Description Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Land Cover/Land Use
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy 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 Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two sites during the spring and summer of 1995. Analysis includes 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 Minnewaska Lake - 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

Watershed Assessment

Data Summary Minnewaska Lake - 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 Minnewaska Lake - 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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