2007 National Lake Survey - Wisconsin Results

Results for Half Moon Lake, Polk County (WBIC: 2621100)

Half Moon Lake, Polk County
Half Moon Lake
Polk County - DNR Photo


NOTE: Only the data collected during the 2007 National Lake Survey are included here, and many of the results will not be available until late-2008.

Currently available data include:

Water chemistry

Include summary text on TSI values and lake productivity results

Site NameDate
HALF MOON LAKE - DEEP HOLE 07/26/2007

Secchi Depth
(m)
Hit
Bottom
Chlorophyll a
(µg/L)
Total Phosphorus
(mg/L)
TSI
(Secchi)
TSI
(Chl a)
TSI
(TP)
3.95 NO 2.19 0.01 40 38 37

pH Diss. Si
(µg/L)
Alkalinity
(mg/L)
8.52 4.44 65.2

Secchi = Secchi disc transparency in meters (m); Chl a = chlorophyll a in micrograms per liter (µg/L); TP = total phosphorus in µg/L; TSI(Secchi), TSI(Chl a), TSI(TP) = Wisconsin trophic state index based on Secchi, Chl a, and TP, respectively; Diss. Si = dissolved silica in µg/L; Alkalinity = alkalinity as total CaCO3 in milligrams per liter (mg/L);


Mid-lake water column profiles

Mid-lake profile graph
Depth
(m)
Temp.
°C
DO
(mg/L)
Conductivity
(µS/cm)
pH
.5 26.8 8.6 194 9
1 25.8 8.8 197 9.2
2 25.4 8.7 198 9.2
3 24.7 8.8 201 9.2
4 23.8 8.6 205 9.1
5 23.3 8.2 207 8.9
6 22.9 7.5 210 8.7
7 21.5 5 290 7.8
8 19.7 1.4 296 7.3
9 16.9 0.5 302 7.3
10 13.1 0.6 309 7.6
11 11.7 0.6 317 7.7
12 10.7 0.6 341 7.8
13 10.2 0.6 355 7.9
14 9.9 0.6 360 7.9
15 9.8 0.6 375 7.9
16 9.5 0.5 374 7.9
17 9.5 0.5 379 7.8
18 9.4 0.5 373 7.8
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