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Report Year: 2009
Brushy Creek Lake, Webster County
Summary Data Table
Parameter6/4/20097/8/2009200920072006200520042003200220012000
Lake Depth (m)16.819.818.319.721.020.521.621.520.320.821.7
Thermocline Depth (m)7.52.5N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Secchi Disk Depth (m)6.11.23.61.22.31.91.62.52.51.32.7
Temperature(oC)17.824.421.121.523.222.621.018.923.619.824.0
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)10.118.314.212.712.611.211.613.010.810.411.1
Dissolved Oxygen Saturation (%)106219162.5143.8147.2126.2130.7139.8126.2106.6131.1
Specific Conductivity (μS/cm)570.0500.0535.0577.9591.0516.9526.5648.4570.3511.7478.6
Turbidity (NTU)1.310.35.87.78.210.48.715.52.111.011.9
Chlorophyll a (μg/L)4.028.016.028.544.951.336.216.110.016.93.4
Total Phosphorus as P (μg/L)119548647234664582312044
SRP as P (μg/L)681341-11171--
Total Nitrogen as N (mg/L)5.627.446.5314.0612.1110.1911.3215.0111.7416.297.07
(Phenate)Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3 + NH4+) as N (μg/L)17161617164016----
(Phenate)Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3) as N (un-ionized)(μg/L)2.40.31.42.22.05.11.5----
Nitrate + Nitrite (NO3 + NO2) as N (mg/L)5.916.336.1214.0211.518.9810.6913.9510.5615.306.39
TN:TP ratio4713993310556297179304526229676
pH8.78.98.88.58.48.48.68.48.48.47.7
Alkalinity as CaCO3 (mg/L)260182221174179170171125172152177
Silica as Si (mg/L)-----3.876.764.562.89--
Dissolved Organic Carbon (mg/L)4.814.124.4720.344.435.5515.787.157.55--
Inorganic Suspended Solids (mg/L)42334326232
Volatile Suspended Solids (mg/L)29644753452
Total Suspended Solids (mg/L)6129771079673
Carlson Trophic State Index (Secchi)*3458415748515347475646
Carlson Trophic State Index (Chl a)*4463586368696658535843
Carlson Trophic State Index (TP)*7362686049596463497359
*Index values generally range between 0 and 100, with increasing values indicating more eutrophic conditions.
       

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