Data period: through 2022

Use the tabs below to view the different datasets.

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Lake
Information

Town County Delorme Map # True Basin Flushing Rate Elevation
LEXINGTON TWP SOMERSET 30 1 39.64 flushes/yr 371 ft
Maximum Depth Average Depth Surface Area Lake Volume Drainage Area
3 m
(10 ft)
2 m
(6 ft)
98 ha
(242 ac)
2,937,000 m3
(2,381 ac-ft)
203 km2
(78 mi2)

 

 

Gilman Pond lake type: Inland Shallow Lake

 




Secchi
Transparency

Secchi Disk Transparency Plots

 

 

   
There are no 2022 Secchi transparency data for Gilman Pond.

 

Temperature
& Oxygen Profiles

Temperature & Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

Most recent late summer (Aug. 1 - Sept. 7) temperature and dissolved oxygen profile plots

 



 

Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Profile Data

Late summer only (Aug. 1 - Sept. 7); limited to eight most recent profiles

Units: Temperature (TEMP) = °C; Dissolved Oxygen (DO) = mg/L

 

1979-09-13
Depth (m) TEMP DO
0 15 9.1
1
2 15 8.9



Trophic &
Chemistry
Data

Trophic and Chemistry Summary Values

See below for table legend

Avg Color Avg Alk Avg Cond Avg pH Avg TP EC Avg TP SG Avg TP BG Avg TP PG SDT Min SDT Avg SDT Max Chl Min Chl Avg Chl Max
35 12 33 6.4 12 9 1.8 2.6 4.1 2 2.2 2.5

 

Plot Legend: Solid color bars = parameter ranges for most Maine lakes; horizontal thick black line: mean value for all Maine Lakes; Striped pattern = expected range for Inland Shallow Lakes; white diamonds: mean values for Gilman Pond.

 

Trophic and Water Chemistry Data

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 Cond 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
1977 9 2.3 3.1 4.1 6 1
1978 2.5 2.5 2.5 2 0
1979 14 30 6.4 14 1.8 1.8 1.8 1 0 2.0 2.0 2.0
2005 35 10 36 9 3.0 3.0 3.0 1 1 2.5 2.5 2.5


Fish
List

Maine IF&W Fish Survey Data

Fish data courtesy of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
See more about Maine’s fisheries here: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/fisheries/index.html

 


Fish species observed from Gilman Pond:

American Eel Anguilla rostrata Native
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Native
Chain Pickerel Esox niger Native
Fallfish Semotilus corporalis Native
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Native
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Introduced
Pumpkinseed Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus Native
White Sucker Catostomus commersoni Native

 

All fish images from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife unless noted below