Data period: through 2018

Town County Delorme Map # True Basin Flushing Rate Elevation
ALBION KENNEBEC 21 1 2.63 flushes/yr 170 ft
Maximum Depth Average Depth Surface Area Lake Volume Drainage Area
10 m
(32 ft)
4 m
(13 ft)
133 ha
(329 ac)
5,514,360 m3
(4,471 ac-ft)
21 km2
(8.2 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
1975 30 1.70 2.45 3.2 2 22.7 22.7 22.7
1976 46 48 48 80 2.60 3.45 4.3 2 3.7 7.8 12.0
1977 22 3.20 3.20 3.2 1
1978 42 134 100 17 120 0.70 1.87 3.8 4 3.3 3.3 3.3
1979 34 133 0.80 2.03 4.4 11 5.1 30.4 99.7
1980 36 129 0.80 2.33 3.6 9 8.7 26.6 62.4
1981 41 126 1.00 1.85 4.3 10 7.4 21.3 33.0
1982 41 134 0.80 1.51 2.7 7 16.4 26.9 41.5
1983 0.50 1.65 3.2 6 14.0 38.6 63.3
1984 1.00 1.99 2.9 7 14.4 14.4 14.4
1985 0.70 1.85 3.4 5
1986 0.50 0.78 1.6 3
1987 44 120 36 41 0.80 1.03 1.5 5
1988 1.20 2.16 3.2 3
1998 48 133 52 441 1.00 1.20 1.3 1 26.0 26.0 26.0
2000 44 130 50 34 1.60 1.92 2.2 2 28.0 29.0 30.0
2001 49 128 8.1 58 680 1.10 1.11 1.1 1 59.0 59.0 59.0
2002 15 48 148 50 275 46 0.91 1.40 2.6 6 55.0 57.5 60.0
2003 10 47 146 46 775 77 0.83 1.52 2.7 12 18.5 31.0 41.5
2004 14 49 148 57 70 60 141 0.80 1.59 4.4 11 16.6 46.4 64.3
2006 19 42 119 7.7 55 105 0.80 1.33 1.7 3 29.0 42.7 65.0
2007 6.61 6.61 6.6 1
2008 14 42 117 8.0 58 592 0.85 1.31 1.9 5 24.0 48.2 78.0
2009 64 375 1.50 1.50 1.5 1 24.0 24.0 24.0
2014 16 49 120 8.8 63 290 0.91 1.16 1.3 4 51.0 61.2 74.0
2015 17 50 117 9.1 50 822 0.82 1.75 3.3 4 12.0 46.9 79.0
2016 16 53 152 9.3 54 1350 0.56 1.50 2.1 4 18.0 48.2 100.0
2017 19 50 135 9.2 63 162 0.95 1.31 1.9 3 24.0 57.2 91.0
2018 13 54 7.3 81 640 1.55 1.65 1.8 2 48.0 57.5 67.0

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 45 127 8 56 39 423 86 0.5 1.9 6.6 4.7 3.3 36 100

Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

Late summer only; limited to eight most recent profiles

Units: Temperature (TEMP) = °C; Dissolved Oxygen (DO) = mg/L
2009-08-18
2014-08-26
2014-09-10
2015-08-18
2015-09-03
2016-08-24
2016-09-13
2017-08-30
Depth (m) TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO TEMP DO
0 27 10.2 25 12.8 22 8.5 26 15.2 26 13.2 25 12.8 23 10.2 22 11.0
1 27 10.9 24 12.5 22 8.3 26 11.7 25 12.7 24 12.7 22 10.1 22 10.9
2 25 10.0 23 10.2 22 8.1 24 6.7 24 8.9 24 12.2 22 9.8 22 10.9
3 22 1.1 22 2.9 22 8.0 23 4.4 23 4.4 23 10.9 22 9.6 22 10.6
4 22 0.1 21 0.4 22 6.5 22 0.5 23 0.9 23 10.3 22 5.3 22 6.2
5 20 0.1 21 0.4 21 0.7 22 0.4 21 0.4 23 5.3 22 5.3 21 2.4
6 18 0.1 19 0.4 20 0.6 20 0.3 20 0.4 18 0.5 20 0.3 20 0.5
7 17 0.1 18 0.4 18 0.6 18 0.3 18 0.4 17 0.3 19 0.2 18 0.3
8 17 0.1 18 0.6 18 0.3 16 0.3 17 0.1 17 0.3

Most recent temperature and dissolved oxygen profile plots

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