KILLARNEY (SOUTH ARM) LAKE -- KING COUNTY: 1995

Size (acres)                          24
Maximum Depth (feet)                  15
Mean Depth (feet)                      9
Lake Volume (acre-feet)              216
Drainage Area (square miles)        0.24
Altitude (feet)                      385
Shoreline Length (miles)             1.3

Contour Map

Source of morphometric data: Water Supply Bulletins 42, 43, and 57.


VOLUNTEER-COLLECTED SECCHI DATA
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Date      Temperature      Water      %Cloud Recent        Secchi Lake  
(Y/M/D)    (C)   (F)  pH   Color      Cover  Rain   Wind   (ft)   Ht(in) Abbrev. Comments
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        STATION 1
95/06/18  18.0  64.4       Lt Brown     50   Mod    Calm    9.4   -10.5  The lake high this year was 5" above last years
                                                                         high on Feb 22, 1995.
95/07/04  22.0  71.6       Lt Brown     25   Light  Light   8.5    17.5  
95/07/19  27.0  80.6       Lt Brown      0   None   Calm    7.9   -18.5  air temp= 81 F
95/08/16  19.0  66.2       Lt Brown     90   Light  Breezy  8.5     0.0  started raining at 1500.  The water surface was
                                                                         choppy.
95/09/15  21.0  69.8       Lt Brown      0   None   Calm    8.0   -26.5  
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LABORATORY RESULTS
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                    Total       Total                   Fecal Col. Bacteria  Turb-    Suspended Solids           
                    Phosphorus  Nitrogen   Chlorophyll  (colonies/100 mL)    idity    Total   Non-Volatile   Color  
Date         Strata (ug/L)      (mg/L)     (ug/L)       Site 1    Site 2     (NTU)    (mg/L)  (mg/L)         (Pt-Co)
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There are no LWQA Program chemistry data for this lake in 1995.

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SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER SURVEY


There was no survey response for 1995.

FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF ECOLOGY STAFF
A field visit was not conducted on Killarney Lake.

TROPHIC STATUS
Estimated Trophic State:                                 Mesotrophic
Mean Trophic State Index (Secchi):                       46 (Mesotrophic)
Mean Trophic State Index (Total Phosphorus):             0 (Not assessed)
Mean Trophic State Index (Chlorophyll a):                0 (Not assessed)

SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF TROPHIC STATE ASSESSMENT
A field visit was not made to Killarney Lake this year so the lake classification of
mesotrophic is based solely on the Secchi dips and notes of the volunteer.

COMMENTS FROM 93/05/27 AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY
Aquatic plants were surveyed at the public access and at one to three transects around
the lake.  A thorough survey was not made and the list below may be incomplete.

AQUATIC PLANT LIST  (This list may be from multiple years and sources.)
Brasenia schreberi (watershield)  Callitriche sp. (water-starwort)  
Nitella sp. (stonewort)  Potamogeton robbinsii (fern leaf pondweed)  
Potamogeton sp. (pondweed)  Utricularia vulgaris (common bladderwort)  
unknown plant (unknown)

Data collected and provided by Washington Department of Ecology's Lake Monitoring Program (Maggie Bell-McKinnon, phone 360-407-6124).

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