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WILDCAT LAKE -- KITSAP COUNTY: 1997

Wildcat Lake is located six miles northwest of Bremerton. It is fed by two inlets, and drains via Wildcat Creek to Dyes Inlet.

Size (acres)                         120
Maximum Depth (feet)                  33
Mean Depth (feet)                     18
Lake Volume (acre-feet)             2160
Drainage Area (square miles)        2.50
Altitude (feet)                      377
Shoreline Length (miles)             2.2

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
97/07/04  24.4  75.9       Mod Green     0   None   Calm   15.0    -1.5  WEEDS OUT TO 12' DEPTH.  BASS FRY 2".  NEED pH
                                                                         KIT.
97/07/27  24.4  76.0       Mod Green     0   None   Breezy 15.0    -4.0  
97/08/26                   Lt Green    100   Trace         19.3     0.0  
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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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        STATION 1
97/06/09       E       6        0.10J                                                                            
97/06/09       H      10        0.28J                                                                            
97/08/26       E      10        0.14        2.4                                                                  
97/08/26       H      16        0.15                                                                             
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E=epilimnion composite, H=hypolimnion composite.  Remarks codes: U = Below detection limits; J = Estimate.


SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER SURVEY


There was no survey response for 1997.

FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF ECOLOGY STAFF
6-9-97  Lots of freshwater clams.  Many turtles observed.  Lots of bass fry along the
shoreline.  Water was extremely high over the winter--highest in 15 years.  Lots of
zooplankton.

8-26-97  Very rainy and cloudy.

TROPHIC STATUS
Estimated Trophic State:                                 Oligo-mesotrophic
Mean Trophic State Index (Secchi):                       37N* (Oligotrophic)
Mean Trophic State Index (Total Phosphorus):             38 (Oligo-mesotrophic)
Mean Trophic State Index (Chlorophyll a):                39 (Oligo-mesotrophic)

*The calculated TSI is an estimate.  The Secchi disk hit bottom (B), entered the weeds
(W), or there were too few valid readings (N), or the calculation was based on
qualified data (J), or TSIP was based on spring data (S).

SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF TROPHIC STATE ASSESSMENT
TSI values for Wildcat Lake suggest a lake that is not very productive, however, low
summertime hypolimnetic DO concentrations are indicative of a lake that is more
eutrophic than the TSI values might imply.  Wildcat Lake is assessed as
oligo-mesotrophic.  

COMMENTS FROM 98/08/20 AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY
Sunny, calm.  Popular fishing area, many people swimming at parks, and camps.  Clear
water.  Sediments bare gravel/muck in sime areas, but most areas with macrophyte
growth.  Did habitat survey for Dave Hallock.  Observed many bass in the shallows,
kingfisher, bullfrog.

AQUATIC PLANT LIST  (This list may be from multiple years and sources.)
Brasenia schreberi (watershield)  Carex sp. (sedge)  Ceratophyllum
demersum (Coontail; hornwort)  Chara sp. (muskwort)  Dulichium
arundinaceum (Dulichium)  Eleocharis sp. (spike-rush)  Elodea
canadensis (common elodea)  Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag)  Isoetes
lacustris (lake quillwort)  Isoetes sp. (quillwort)  Juncus sp. 
(rush)  Juncus sp. or Eleocharis sp. (small grass-like plants)  Mentha
piperita (peppermint)  Nuphar polysepala (spatter-dock, yellow water-lily)
Nymphaea odorata (fragrant waterlily)  Potamogeton amplifolius 
(large-leaf pondweed)  Potamogeton gramineus (grass-leaved pondweed)  
Potamogeton praelongus (whitestem pondweed)  Potamogeton robbinsii (fern
leaf pondweed)  Potamogeton sp (thin leaved) (thin leaved pondweed)  
Potamogeton zosteriformis (eel-grass pondweed)  Potentilla palustris 
(purple (marsh) cinquefoil)  Ranunculus flammula (creeping buttercup)  Typha
latifolia (common cat-tail)  Typha sp. (cat-tail)  Utricularia
vulgaris (common bladderwort)  Vallisneria americana (water celery)

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

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