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Wawasee Kosciusko County
Indiana Clean Lakes Program Survey Data
Lake Information
Lake Location: At SyracuseLatitude/Longitude: 41.23.6 N, 85.41.653 W
Lake Type: Glacial Lake
Surface Area: 1059 ha (2617 acres)
Maximum Depth: 23 m (75 ft)
Lake Access: Public
Ramp Type: Concrete, DNR
Volunteer Survey Data
Wawasee Lake has been sampled by volunteers 29 years. The volunteer collected Secchi data is listed below:
| Sample Date | Sample Time | Secchi Depth (ft) | Chlorophyll-a (ug/L) | Total Phosphorus (ug/L) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-04-30 | 2:00 pm | 10.25 | ||
| 1989-05-14 | 11:00 am | 12.75 | ||
| 1989-05-21 | 12:00 pm | 13.75 | ||
| 1989-05-28 | 12:00 pm | 13.00 | ||
| 1989-06-05 | 3:30 pm | 6.50 | ||
| 1989-06-19 | 1:00 pm | 10.50 | ||
| 1989-06-27 | 2:00 pm | 11.00 | ||
| 1989-07-05 | 3:00 pm | 7.50 | ||
| 1989-07-14 | 3:30 pm | 10.25 | ||
| 1989-07-26 | 3:00 pm | 9.75 | ||
| 1989-08-02 | 3:45 pm | 9.00 | ||
| 1989-08-13 | 12:30 pm | 11.75 | ||
| 1989-08-24 | 2:00 pm | 9.50 | ||
| 1989-09-05 | 3:00 pm | 9.75 | ||
| 1989-09-11 | 10:30 am | 11.75 | ||
| 1989-09-18 | 2:30 pm | 11.25 | ||
| 1989-09-27 | 2:30 pm | 12.25 | ||
| 1989-10-04 | 12:00 pm | 11.50 | ||
| 1989-10-13 | 3:15 pm | 11.25 | ||
| 1990-05-15 | 11:00 am | 13.50 | ||
| 1990-05-31 | 10:45 am | 15.00 | ||
| 1990-06-16 | 11:15 | 13.25 | ||
| 1990-07-02 | 3:00 | 14.00 | ||
| 1990-07-17 | 3:00 | 13.50 | ||
| 1990-08-01 | 10:30 | 10.50 | ||
| 1990-08-14 | 2:15 | 8.25 | ||
| 1990-09-04 | 3:00 | 8.00 | ||
| 1990-09-18 | 3:00 | 7.75 | ||
| 1990-09-27 | 3:30 | 9.00 | ||
| 1990-10-11 | 11:00 | 9.50 | ||
| 1991-05-20 | 3:00 | 16.50 | ||
| 1991-06-03 | 2:30 | 15.50 | ||
| 1991-06-18 | 2:30 | 14.00 | ||
| 1991-07-02 | 2:00 | 13.00 | ||
| 1991-07-15 | 2:15 | 9.50 | ||
| 1991-08-01 | 1:30 | 10.50 | ||
| 1991-08-13 | 2:15 | 12.50 | ||
| 1991-09-02 | 1:00 | 10.00 | ||
| 1991-09-21 | 11:30 | 11.00 | ||
| 1991-10-03 | 12:00 | 10.50 | ||
| 1992-05-19 | 2:45 | 17.00 | ||
| 1992-05-27 | 3:00 | 16.50 | ||
| 1992-06-08 | 12:00 | 14.60 | ||
| 1992-06-11 | 2:15 | 13.60 | 0.02 | 53.00 |
| 1992-06-22 | 12:00 | 14.00 | ||
| 1992-07-09 | 3:00 | 12.50 | 1.96 | 35.00 |
| 1992-07-21 | 2:15 | 11.50 | ||
| 1992-07-28 | 12:00 | 10.50 | ||
| 1992-08-06 | 11:30 | 10.00 | ||
| 1992-08-21 | 2:30 | 8.50 | 0.42 | 45.00 |
| 1992-08-31 | 11:30 | 9.00 | ||
| 1992-09-08 | 2:15 | 10.00 | 1.99 | 48.00 |
| 1992-09-23 | 2:30 | 12.50 | ||
| 1992-10-04 | 3:00 | 12.00 | ||
| 1993-05-21 | 3:30 | 19.00 | ||
| 1993-06-04 | 3:00 | 16.50 | ||
| 1993-06-11 | 11:30 | 17.00 | 2.22 | 22.00 |
| 1993-06-22 | 11:00 | 14.50 | ||
| 1993-07-02 | 2:30 | 11.50 | ||
| 1993-07-07 | 2:30 | 11.00 | 0.37 | 15.00 |
| 1993-07-13 | 2:00 | 10.50 | ||
| 1993-07-22 | 2:15 | 8.00 | ||
| 1993-07-27 | 2:30 | 6.50 | ||
| 1993-08-03 | 2:15 | 7.00 | 1.60 | 24.00 |
| 1993-08-12 | 2:30 | 7.50 | ||
| 1993-08-19 | 11:00 | 10.50 | ||
| 1993-08-28 | 11:00 | 9.50 | ||
| 1993-09-07 | 2:45 | 9.00 | 3.55 | 31.00 |
| 1993-09-18 | 11:00 | 10.00 | ||
| 1993-09-24 | 2:30 | 11.50 | ||
| 1993-10-05 | 2:30 | 11.50 | 2.40 | 22.00 |
| 1994-05-12 | 2:54 | 18.50 | ||
| 1994-05-21 | 3:00 | 19.50 | 0.25 | 30.00 |
| 1994-06-02 | 3:00 | 22.00 | ||
| 1994-06-10 | 3:15 | 24.50 | ||
| 1994-06-20 | 3:00 | 11.50 | 2.96 | 22.50 |
| 1994-07-04 | 2:30 | 8.00 | ||
| 1994-07-13 | 3:15 | 7.50 | ||
| 1994-07-21 | 11:00 | 7.00 | 1.02 | 32.05 |
| 1994-08-03 | 11:00 | 8.00 | ||
| 1994-08-12 | 12:30 | 8.50 | ||
| 1994-08-22 | 11:30 | 9.00 | 1.09 | 32.00 |
| 1994-08-31 | 2:00 | 9.50 | ||
| 1994-09-09 | 3:00 | 10.00 | ||
| 1994-09-19 | 11:00 | 11.00 | 2.57 | 25.00 |
| 1994-09-30 | 11:30 | 9.50 | ||
| 1994-10-04 | 3:30 | 10.50 | ||
| 1995-05-19 | 3:00 | 17.50 | ||
| 1995-05-26 | 10:30 | 18.00 | 0.77 | 25.00 |
| 1995-06-05 | 11:00 | 17.00 | ||
| 1995-06-14 | 11:30 | 15.50 | 1.90 | 27.50 |
| 1995-06-23 | 2:00 | 14.00 | ||
| 1995-07-04 | 11:00 | 9.50 | ||
| 1995-07-11 | 2:45 | 13.50 | ||
| 1995-07-17 | 12:30 | 9.00 | 3.60 | 28.00 |
| 1995-07-27 | 2:30 | 8.50 | ||
| 1995-08-02 | 3:15 | 7.00 | ||
| 1995-08-11 | 2:30 | 6.50 | ||
| 1995-08-17 | 3:00 | 6.00 | ||
| 1995-08-23 | 3:00 | 5.50 | 1.39 | 10.00 |
| 1995-08-30 | 3:30 | 5.25 | ||
| 1995-09-08 | 2:30 | 7.00 | ||
| 1995-09-15 | 11:00 | 8.50 | 1.17 | 20.00 |
| 1995-09-27 | 12:00 | 10.00 | ||
| 1995-10-03 | 11:00 | 11.50 | ||
| 1996-06-03 | 2:00 | 19.00 | ||
| 1996-06-13 | 11:00 | 18.50 | ||
| 1996-06-20 | 3:00 | 16.00 | ||
| 1996-06-27 | 11:00 | 16.00 | 0.20 | 20.00 |
| 1996-07-11 | 11:00 | 10.50 | ||
| 1996-07-18 | 12:00 | 6.00 | ||
| 1996-07-25 | 1:00 | 5.50 | 0.82 | 20.00 |
| 1996-08-01 | 10:30 | 5.00 | ||
| 1996-08-09 | 12:00 | 4.50 | ||
| 1996-08-16 | 3:00 | 5.00 | ||
| 1996-08-20 | 11:00 | 5.50 | 2.79 | 20.00 |
| 1996-08-29 | 11:00 | 7.00 | ||
| 1996-09-06 | 11:30 | 7.50 | ||
| 1996-09-17 | 11:00 | 9.50 | 4.68 | 22.00 |
| 1996-10-01 | 10:30 | 10.50 | ||
| 1997-06-17 | 1:30 | 15.50 | 0.73 | 21.00 |
| 1997-06-27 | 11:30 | 13.00 | 1.79 | 11.00 |
| 1997-07-07 | 2:00 | 11.00 | ||
| 1997-07-11 | 9:30* | 11.50 | ||
| 1997-07-16 | 1:00 | 5.00 | 3.15 | 20.00 |
| 1997-08-01 | 1:30 | 5.00 | ||
| 1997-08-19 | 11:00 | 6.00 | 7.52 | 19.00 |
| 1997-08-29 | 2:40 | 6.50 | ||
| 1997-09-04 | 3:30 | 6.50 | ||
| 1997-10-08 | 10:00 | 9.00 | ||
| 1998-04-20 | 1:00 | 26.00 | ||
| 1998-05-26 | 1:00 | 12.00 | 1.40 | 13.00 |
| 1998-06-21 | 10:15 | 10.00 | 3.96 | 17.00 |
| 1998-07-17 | 1:30 | 7.00 | 1.09 | 19.00 |
| 1998-08-13 | 1:45 | 9.00 | 3.77 | 10.00 |
| 1998-08-17 | 1:05 | 6.50 | ||
| 1998-09-03 | 1:30 | 9.75 | ||
| 1998-09-10 | 1:30 | 12.25 | ||
| 1998-10-14 | 1:15 | 10.50 | ||
| 1999-05-19 | 10:30 | 16.70 | 0.55 | 40.00 |
| 1999-06-08 | 10:00 | 12.00 | ||
| 1999-06-16 | 11:00 | 6.50 | 2.82 | 60.00 |
| 1999-07-13 | 11:00 | 8.00 | ||
| 1999-07-21 | 1:30 | 8.00 | 36.00 | |
| 1999-08-06 | 11:50 | 12.00 | ||
| 1999-08-25 | 11:30 | 14.00 | 1.16 | 43.00 |
| 1999-09-17 | 11:30 | 14.00 | ||
| 2000-04-30 | 30.00 | |||
| 2000-05-24 | 10:50 am | 28.00 | 2.00 | 31.00 |
| 2000-06-26 | 10:30 am | 9.00 | 4.27 | 69.00 |
| 2000-07-11 | 10:30 am | 7.00 | ||
| 2000-07-24 | 1:30 pm | 8.00 | 2.89 | 25.00 |
| 2000-08-25 | 1:00 pm | 9.00 | 2.41 | 35.00 |
| 2001-05-17 | 11:00 am | 32.00 | ||
| 2001-07-10 | 11:00 am | 4.50 | ||
| 2001-07-15 | 11:00 am | 4.00 | 0.60 | 44.00 |
| 2001-08-21 | 11:00 am | 8.00 | 0.19 | 31.00 |
| 2002-06-19 | 11:00 a.m. | |||
| 2002-07-12 | 10:30 a.m. | 5.00 | 0.80 | |
| 2002-08-07 | 1:00 p.m. | 7.00 | 5.38 | 21.00 |
| 2003-06-21 | 10:30 AM | 12.00 | ||
| 2003-06-30 | 10:30 a.m. | 9.10 | 5.91 | 24.00 |
| 2003-07-12 | 2:30 p.m. | 5.90 | ||
| 2003-07-29 | 2:00 pm | 5.90 | ||
| 2003-08-06 | 2.47 | 31.00 | ||
| 2003-08-15 | 3:00 p.m. | 6.50 | ||
| 2003-09-10 | 3:00 p.m. | 8.00 | 3.78 | 16.00 |
| 2003-09-25 | 3:00 PM | 7.80 | ||
| 2003-10-10 | 1:30 PM | 12.00 | ||
| 2004-04-16 | 1:00 pm | 13.60 | ||
| 2004-05-28 | 2:00 pm | 9.20 | 4.87 | 10.00 |
| 2004-06-15 | 2:00 pm | 6.80 | ||
| 2004-06-30 | 1:30 pm | 9.10 | 2.56 | 28.00 |
| 2004-07-15 | 1:30 pm | 6.80 | 3.59 | 44.00 |
| 2004-08-17 | 4.05 | 41.00 | ||
| 2004-09-13 | 1:00 pm | 7.50 | ||
| 2004-09-29 | 3:00 pm | 10.20 | ||
| 2004-10-06 | 3:00 pm | 11.50 | ||
| 2005-04-06 | 1:00 pm | 18.00 | ||
| 2005-05-06 | 12pm | 15.00 | ||
| 2005-05-13 | 12:30 pm | 11.30 | 4.67 | 36.00 |
| 2005-05-13 | 12:55 pm | 11.20 | 3.54 | 36.00 |
| 2005-06-01 | 14.00 | |||
| 2005-06-13 | 3:50 PM | 12.00 | 3.74 | 47.00 |
| 2005-06-13 | 3:35PM | 13.00 | 2.94 | 40.00 |
| 2005-07-07 | 2:10PM | 6.50 | 5.01 | 15.00 |
| 2005-07-07 | 2:30PM | 5.50 | 6.54 | 18.50 |
| 2005-08-17 | 11:00 am | 6.16 | 3.78 | 21.00 |
| 2005-08-17 | 10:45 am | 6.16 | 3.78 | 21.00 |
| 2005-09-13 | 11:45 AM | 7.00 | ||
| 2005-09-14 | 11:30 AM | 6.00 | ||
| 2006-05-05 | 11:20 A M | 19.60 | 0.53 | 35.00 |
| 2006-06-05 | 1:20 pm | 9.00 | 0.66 | 18.00 |
| 2006-07-07 | 2:00 pm | 8.00 | 1.67 | 45.00 |
| 2006-08-01 | 2:00 P.M. | 9.00 | 1.38 | 32.00 |
| 2007-05-24 | 10:00 am | 22.00 | 1.92 | 26.00 |
| 2007-06-13 | 10:00 am | 10.00 | 3.99 | 30.00 |
| 2007-07-12 | 10:00 am | 5.50 | 3.67 | 23.00 |
| 2007-08-11 | 10:00 am | 6.50 | 1.29 | 23.00 |
| 2008-06-19 | 11:00 am | 11.00 | 4.41 | 21.00 |
| 2008-07-15 | 11:15 am | 6.00 | 10.17 | 17.00 |
| 2008-08-11 | 2:00 pm | 7.50 | 4.61 | 13.00 |
| 2009-05-28 | 12.00 | 7.21 | 26.00 | |
| 2009-06-24 | 6/24/2009 | 4.00 | 6.71 | 15.00 |
| 2009-07-13 | 1:00:00 PM | 4.00 | 2.48 | 4.00 |
| 2009-08-04 | 11:30:00 PM | 6.40 | 3.34 | 8.00 |
| 2010-05-27 | 12:30:00 PM | 10.70 | 1.74 | 16.00 |
| 2010-06-17 | 11:30:00 AM | 8.00 | 1.33 | 16.00 |
| 2010-07-08 | 12:20:00 PM | 7.70 | 38.72 | 17.00 |
| 2010-08-09 | 2:00:00 PM | 8.00 | 5.14 | 20.00 |
| 2011-05-22 | 10:30 AM | 21.0 | 1.33 | 20.0 |
| 2011-06-21 | 10:00 AM | 7.0 | 1.33 | 30.0 |
| 2011-07-10 | 10:00 AM | 4.0 | 9.53 | 10.0 |
| 2011-08-07 | 3:15 PM | 6.2 | 5.90 | 10.0 |
| 2012-05-18 | 2:00 PM | 20 | 1.33 | 13 |
| 2012-06-13 | 10:30 AM | 7.5 | 8.34 | 10 |
| 2012-07-19 | 2:00 PM | 10 | 3.67 | 14 |
| 2012-08-12 | 10:45 AM | 11 | 3.79 | 10 |
| 2013-05-19 | 2:30 PM | 22.5 | 1.25 | 45 |
| 2013-06-13 | 1:00 PM | 15.6 | 2.23 | 21 |
| 2013-07-16 | 1:30 PM | 10.7 | 2.58 | 17 |
| 2013-08-15 | 3:15 PM | 12.6 | 3.27 | 10 |
| 2014-05-25 | 2:15 PM | 15 | 2.3 | |
| 2014-06-25 | 11:00 AM | 6.5 | 7.16 | 14.3 |
| 2014-07-17 | 1:15 PM | 8 | 5.89 | 20.8 |
| 2014-08-13 | 10:00 AM | 12.5 | 4.46 | 9.78 |
| 2015-05-23 | 1:30 PM | 11.6 | 1.61 | 10.4 |
| 2015-06-24 | 10:00 AM | 9 | 3.59 | 20.8 |
| 2015-07-15 | 3:30 PM | 8 | 9.95 | 19.8 |
| 2015-08-19 | 12:00 PM | 7.5 | 6.97 | 29.7 |
| 2016-05-19 | 10:00 AM | 19.0 | 2.39 | 15 |
| 2016-06-13 | 3:00 PM | 6.0 | 9.17 | 20 |
| 2016-07-12 | 11:45 AM | 9.0 | 3.08 | 19 |
| 2016-08-09 | 11:30 AM | 9.0 | 2.72 | 15 |
| 2017-05-16 | 1:30 PM | 20.0 | 0.27 | 15 |
| 2017-06-27 | 10:30 AM | 12.6 | 0.27 | 15 |
| 2017-07-17 | 3:30 PM | 9.0 | 9.02 | 12 |
| 2017-08-02 | 2:00 PM | 7.0 | 3.18 | 10 |