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School Lake Quick Facts

Lake Size: 49 acres
Watershed Drainage Area: 8,272 acres
Ordinary High Water Level: 891.6 ft
Low Water Level: 891.18 ft (2008)
High Water Level: 893.2 ft (2008)
Impairments: N/A
Invasive Species (2021): N/A

Maximum Depth: 24 ft

Water Quality 2021 Data

 

Lake Grade: C

Summer average total phosphorus: 40.3 μg/L
Summer average Secchi disc: 5.3 ft
Summer chlorophyll-a: 12.1. μg/L

Resource Goals

10-Year (2031) Goals

  • Reduce the 5-year mean phosphorus concentration (Average)  to less than or equal to 40 μg/L.
  • Improve the mean sechhi depth to greater than or equal to 4.5 ft.
  • Identify a 10-year mean bottom water chloride level of less than of equal to 230 mg/L.
  • Increase the percentage of parcels with greater than or equal to 75% natural shoreline.

 

 

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School Lake

School Lake is a deep lake with a surface area of 49 acres and a total watershed area of 8,272 acres that includes 10 lakes. The main tributaries to School Lake are drainage from Birch Lake and the local northern portion of the watershed entering at the east side of School Lake. School Lake has no public boat access and is used for passive recreation like non-motorized boating, fishing, and wildlife viewing. It has poor water quality and it included on the State's Impaired Waters List for high nutrients. A 2008 survey identified a diverse plant population in the lake although curly leaf pondweed was present throughout the lake with the highest density along the northern shoreline.

School Lake studies and reports can be found here.

 
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