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Secchi Disk data is available for this lake.

An Assessment Report was done on this lake in 1989.

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Lake Water Quality Summary Information



Physical Information

Name: COON
DNR Lake ID number: 02-0042
County: ANOKA
Location from nearest town: AT COON LAKE BEACH
Latitude/Longitude: 45.30972222/-93.16277778
Ecoregion: CHF
Basin: SCB
Hydrologic Unit Code: 7030005
Surface Area: 1466 (acres)
Maximum depth: 27 (feet)
Water Body Type: LP

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UTM 487244 5017366


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Lake Water Quality Assessment

Monitored or Evaluated: Monitored
Data Quality: Excellent
Aquatic Recreation Use Support: FS

Lake Water Quality Data Summary

Total Phosphorus Mean: 29 ppb (parts per billion)
Total Phosphorus Standard Error: 3 ppb
Total Phosphorus # of Observations: 19
Total Phosphorus Minimum: 10 ppb and Maximum: 50 ppb

Chlorophyll-a Mean: 15 ppb
Chlorophyll-a Standard Error: 2 ppb
Chlorophyll-a # of Observations: 19
Chlorophyll-a Minimum: 4 ppb and Maximum: 28 ppb

Secchi Disk Mean: 2 meters
Secchi Disk Standard Error: 0 meters
Secchi Disk # of Observations: 156
Secchi Disk Minimum: 1 meters and Maximum: 4 meters

Alkalinity Mean: 85 ppm (parts per million)
Alkalinity # of Observations: 10

Color Mean: 18 Platinum-cobalt Units
Color # of Observations: 6

Carlson Trophic Status for Total Phosphorus: 53
Carlson Trophic Status for Chlorophyll-a: 57
Carlson Trophic Status for Secchi Disk: 50
Overall Trophic Status: E
(O=oligotrophic, M=mesotrophic, E=eutrophic, H=hypereutrophic)

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