Data period: through 2018

Town County Delorme Map # True Basin Flushing Rate Elevation
WAYNE KENNEBEC 12 1 8.46 flushes/yr 284 ft
Maximum Depth Average Depth Surface Area Lake Volume Drainage Area
6 m
(20 ft)
4 m
(13 ft)
229 ha
(566 ac)
8,911,998 m3
(7,225 ac-ft)
11 km2
(4.2 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
1976 10.9 4.2 5.0 6.5 7 1 1.8 2.8 3.8
1977 3.3 7.6 12.8
1978 4.7 5.4 5.8 2
1979 4.3 5.5 5.9 3
1980 13 44 4.7 5.4 5.9 5 1 2.3 2.3 2.3
1981 4.7 5.2 5.8 3 1
1982 4.6 5.3 5.8 5 3
1983 12 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 1 1.5 1.5 1.5
1990 14 42 7.4 7.0 4.9 5.6 6.1 6 3 2.7 2.7 2.7
1991 5.3 5.8 6.2 6 5
1992 5.5 5.9 6.2 5 3
1993 5.2 5.8 6.0 6 5
1994 4.9 5.7 6.0 5 1
1995 13 10.5 5.8 6.0 6.1 7 6
1996 12 12.0 4.3 5.0 5.6 6 2.7 4.7 6.6
1997 5.5 6.0 6.3 6 8
1998 5.4 5.6 5.9 5
1999 5.7 5.9 6.2 6 8
2000 5.1 5.9 6.3 6 6
2001 14 55 7.4 6.0 6 5.6 5.9 6.1 6 9 2.6 2.6 2.6
2002 19 16 62 7.0 5.3 5.9 6.3 7 7 2.9 3.0 3.0
2003 6.2 6.2 6.2 1 1
2004 5.2 5.9 6.3 6 1
2005 4.7 5.5 6.0 5 1
2006 4.8 5.7 6.3 3 4
2007 4.8 5.7 6.3 5 6
2008 16 12 53 7.4 6 5.2 5.7 6.1 6 1
2009 5.0 5.6 6.0 4
2010 5.1 5.8 6.3 5 6
2011 4.8 5.7 6.2 3 3
2012 4.6 5.6 6.0 4
2013 4.6 5.2 6.0 4
2014 17 14 53 7.5 7.0 4.7 5.3 6.1 4 2.4 2.4 2.4
2015 4.5 5.7 6.3 3 9
2016 8.0 5.1 5.6 6.3 7 2 3.3 3.3 3.3
2017 10 16 61 -7.5 19.0 13 4.7 5.5 6.3 7 2.8 3.9 5.5
2018 11 64 7.2 9.8 8 4.5 5.9 6.4 8 2 2.0 3.3 5.0

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
15 14 54 -6.7 9.5 6.7 13 4.2 5.6 6.5 4.9 1.5 3.3 13

Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

Late summer only; limited to eight most recent profiles

Units: Temperature (TEMP) = °C; Dissolved Oxygen (DO) = mg/L
2016-08-09
2016-08-11
2016-08-23
2017-08-11
2017-08-24
2018-08-10
2018-08-21
2018-09-05
Depth (m) TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO
0 25 7.8 27 7.3 24 8.1 25 8.0 24 8.2 28 8.0 26 8.0 25 8.3
1 25 7.8 27 7.3 24 8.1 25 7.9 24 8.2 28 8.0 25 8.0 25 8.3
2 25 7.7 26 7.3 24 8.0 24 7.9 24 8.2 27 8.0 25 7.9 25 8.2
3 25 7.7 26 7.4 24 8.0 24 7.9 24 8.1 27 8.0 25 7.9 25 8.2
4 25 7.7 25 7.4 24 8.0 24 7.8 24 8.1 27 8.0 25 7.8 25 8.1
5 25 7.7 25 7.3 24 7.9 24 7.6 24 7.8 26 6.6 25 7.8 24 7.2
6 25 7.5 25 7.1 24 6.3 23 5.6 25 3.3 25 6.6 24 6.6

Most recent temperature and dissolved oxygen profile plots

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