CLMP+ Report on Pike Lake (St. Louis County)

CLMP+ Report on Pike Lake (St. Louis County)

2014

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) conducts and supports lake monitoring activities to determine if water quality supports recreational uses (swimming, wading, boating, etc.) of lakes, and to measure and compare regional differences and trends in water quality with lakes from all over the state. MPCA staff, local partners (SWCDs, watershed districts, tribal entities, etc.), and citizens all play a role in sampling lake water quality. As part of the MPCA's Advanced Citizen Lake Monitoring Program (CLMP+), Brian Mirsch and Mark Rauschenfels measured water quality at Site 102 in Pike Lake from May-September in 2012 & 2013. Pike Lake is located in St. Louis County, approximately 10 miles northwest of Duluth, Minnesota. It is 482 acres in size, has a maximum depth of 18 meters (60 feet), and a mean depth of 8 meters (26 feet). CLMP+ volunteers measured water transparency, collected temperature and dissolved oxygen profiles weekly, and collected water chemistry samples monthly. This report provides a summary of the water quality data, and of other physical and ecological characteristics, of the lake (Figures 1 and 2).

Martin, Shannon

MPCA

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

12

Surface Water
Water Quality & Pollutants
Water Use & Availability
Water Conveyance & Hydraulics

lake stratification
lake stratifications
lake-stratification
lake-stratifications
water quality
water qualities
water-quality
water-qualities
land use
land uses
land-use
land-uses
water quality management
water quality managements
water quality & pollutants
water quality and pollutants
surface water quality
St. Louis County
Pike Lake

2010-2019

No

Public Domain

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