Data period: through 2017

Town County Delorme Map # True Basin Flushing Rate
BAR HARBOR HANCOCK 34 1 9.48 flushes/yr
Maximum Depth Average Depth Surface Area Lake Volume Drainage Area
NA m
(NA ft)
NA m
(NA ft)
1 ha
(2 ac)
45,000 m3
(36 ac-ft)
1 km2
(0.3 mi2)

Secchi Disk Transparency Graphs

Graph Legend: Secchi symbols = average Secchi Disk Transparency Values; tick marks = maximum and minimum values for each year.

Water Chemistry and Trophic State Parameters

Table Legend:

Color: Color (SPU), Alk: Alkalinity (mg/l CaCO3), SpCon: Specific Conductivity (\(\mu\)S/cm), pH: pH (standard units)

TP = Total Phosphorus (\(\mu\)g/L) – EC: Epilimnion Core, SG: Surface Grab, BG: Bottom Grab, PG: Profile Grab

SDT = Secchi Disk Transparency (m) – Min: minimum value, Avg: average value, Max: maximum value, n: number of months with Secchi readings per year, b: number of times Secchi disk was observed touching the bottom of the lake per year

Chl = Chlorophyll-a (\(\mu\)g/L) – Min: minimum value, Avg: average value, Max: maximum value
Year Color Alk SpCon pH TP-EC TP-SG TP-BG TP-PG SDT-Min SDT-Avg SDT-Max SDT-n SDT-b Chl-Min Chl-Avg Chl-Max
2009 36 1.01 1.0 1.1 2
2010 1.00 1.1 1.2 7
2011 0.85 1.1 1.2 7
2012 0.90 1.1 1.6 8
2013 0.85 1.1 1.6 9
2014 0.80 1.0 1.4 11
2016 119 8 42 7 32 0.95 1.1 1.4 11 15 15 15
2017 0.92 1.2 1.5 5

Lake Chemistry and Trophic Summary Data - Overall Summary Values:

Avg Color Avg Alk Avg SpCon pH Avg TP-EC Avg TP-SG Avg TP-BG Avg TP-PG SDT-Min SDT-Avg SDT-Max SDT-n Chl-Min Chl-Avg Chl-Max
119 8 42 7 34 0.8 1.1 1.6 7.5 15 15 15

Most recent late summer temperature and dissolved oxygen profiles

Units: Temperature (TEMP) = °C; Dissolved Oxygen (DO) = mg/L
2014-09-14
2014-09-29
2016-08-15
2016-08-17
2016-08-31
2016-09-15
2016-09-29
2017-09-23
Depth (m) TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO
0 19 7.0 18 8.6 27 8.0 25 8.5 24 8.2 21 7.8 17 8.3 23 9.0
1 18 6.3 16 6.6 24 7.3 25 8.3 23 7.1 20 7.3 16 7.7 20 7.8
2 15 3.0 14 6.0 18 0.4 21 1.4 19 0.9 18 4.6 15 6.4 17 2.0
3 14 0.2 14 1.2 14 0.1 15 0.2 15 0.9 14 3.2 14 0.3

Recent temperature and dissolved oxygen profile plots

Temperature (°C), Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)