MRBDC St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Program


MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Program



Minor watershed number(s):   31020

The project area is the St. James Lake subshed of minor watershed 31020 located within the Watonwan River Major Watershed.

The St. James Lake project was completed through the MPCA - Lake Assessment Program (LAP) in 1990. 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 St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton and zooplankton analysis.
Data Description St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)

Data:   Biological Samples
Format:  Hard Copy File
Status: Complete
Date:  1990
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Other

Data Summary St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from an inventory all lake inlets which included information concerning type, size, flow, and source of the inlet.
Data Description St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Lake Inlet Mapping
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1990
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected from two sampling sites on five different occasions during the spring and summer of 1990. Analysis included the following parameters: total kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate-nitrite nitrogen, suspended solids, alkalinity, chloride, color, turbidity, chlorophyll-a, temperature, pH, conductivity, transparency, and dissolved oxygen measurements.
Data Description St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/STORET
Status: Complete
Date:  1990
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 St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used two water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson. The computer models relate the flow of water and nutrients from the lake's watershed to the observed conditions in the lake.
Data Description St. James Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/STORET
Status: Complete
Date:  1990
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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