U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
WORKING PAPER SERIES
REPORT
ON
LAKE PETIGOSHE (SOUTH BASIN)
BOTTINEAU COUKTT
NORTH DAM3TA
EPA REGION VI11
WORKING PAPER No, 573
CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•frG.P.O. 699-440
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REPORT
ON
LAKE I€TIGOSHE (SOUTH BASIN)
BOTTINEAU COUMY
NORTH DAKOTA
EPA REGION VIII
WORKING PAPER No, 573
WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND THE
NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD
OCTOBER, 1976
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CONTENTS
Page
Foreword ii
List of North Dakota Study Lakes and Reservoirs iv
Lake and Drainage Area Map v
Sections
I. Introduction 1
II. Conclusions 1
III. Lake Characteristics 2
IV. Lake Mater Quality Summary 3
V. Literature Reviewed 6
VI. Appendices 7
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ii
F 0 R i W 0 R D
The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.
OBJECTIVES
The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.
ANALYTIC APPROACH
The mathematical and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:
a. A generalized representation or model relating
sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed.
b. By applying measurements of relevant parameters
associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
can be transformed into an operational representation of
a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.
c. With such a transformation, an assessment of the
potential for eutrophication control can be made.
LAKE ANALYSIS
In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented. The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific information for basin planning [§303(e)]f water
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)], clean lakes [§314(a,b)]t
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b)] activities mandated
by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
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Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
freshwater lakes. Likewise, multivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use, are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the North Dakota State Depart-
ment of Health for professional involvement, to the North Dakota
National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of the
Survey, and to those North Dakota wastewater treatment plant oper-
ators who voluntarily provided effluent samples and flow data.
Norman L. Peterson, Director, and the staff of the Division
of Water Supply and Pollution Control of the Department of Health,
provided invaluable lake documentation and counsel during the
Survey, reviewed the preliminary reports, and provided critiques
most useful in the preparation of this Working Paper series.
Major General LaClair A. Mel house, the Adjutant General of
North Dakota, and Project Officer Colonel Irvin M. Sande, who
directed the volunteer efforts of the North Dakota National
Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged for their assistance
to the Survey.
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IV
NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
NAME COUNTY
Ashtabula Barnes, Griggs
Audubon McLean
Brush McLean
Darling Renville, Ward
Devils Benson, Ramsey
Jamestown Stutsman
LaMoure LaMoure
Matejcek Walsh
Metigoshe Bottineau
Pelican Bottineau
Sakakawea Dunn, McKenzie,
McLean, Mercer,
Mountrail, Wil-
liams
Spiritwood Stutsman
Sweet Briar Morton
Whitman Nelson, Walsh
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LAKE ME IGOSHI
X Lake Sampling Site
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LAKE METIGOSHE (SOUTH BASIN)
STORE! NO. 3809
I. INTRODUCTION
Lake Metigoshe (South Basin) was Included In the National Eutrophicatlon
Survey as a water body of interest to the North Dakota Department of Health.
Tributaries and nutrient sources were not sampled, and this report relates
only to the lake sampling data.
Lake Metigoshe, a natural lake, has a high recreational and fishing
usage. Although the major source of water to the lake is from Canada,
localized drainage from surrounding agricultural and wooded lands reach
the lake (Peterson, 1974).
II. CONCLUSIONS
A. Trophic Condition:
Survey data indicate that Lake Metigoshe (South Basin) is
mesotrophic. This lake ranked first in overall trophic quality
when the 14 North Dakota lakes sampled in 1974 were compared using
a combination of six parameters*. One lake had less median total
phosphorus, two had less and one had the same median dissolved
phosphorus, one had less median inorganic nitrogen, two had less
mean chlorophyll £, and only one had a greater mean Secchi disc
transparency.
Survey limnologists observed submerged macrophytes in July.
B. Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
The algal assay samples were lost in transit. The lake data
indicate nitrogen limitation at both sampling times.
* See Appendix A.
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III. LAKE CHARACTERISTICS1*
A. Lake Morphometry :
1. Surface area: 3.74 kilometers2.
2. Mean depth: 2.8 meters.
3. Maximum depth: 6.7 meters.
4. Volume: 10.472 x 106 m3.
B. Precipitation*.
1. Year of sampling: 59.0 centimeters.
2. Mean annual: 42.8 centimeters.
t Table of metric equivalents—Appendix B.
tt Henegar, 1975.
* See Working Paper No. 175, "...Survey Methods, 1973-1976",
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IV. LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
Lake Metigoshe (South Basin) was sampled twice during the open-
water season of 1974 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.
Both times, samples for physical and chemical parameters were collected
from three stations on the lake and from a number of depths at each
station (see map, page v). During both visits, a single depth-inte-
grated (4.6 m or near bottom to surface) sample was composited from
the stations for phytoplankton identification and enumeration. Also
each time, a depth-integrated sample was collected from each of the
stations for chlorophyll a_ analysis. The maximum depths sampled were
5.5 meters at station 1, 5.2 meters at station 2, and 3.4 meters at
station 3.
The sampling results are presented in full in Appendix C and are
summarized in the following table.
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A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS KUW LAKE MET1UOSHE
STOrtET CODE J809
PARAMETER
TEMP
DISS OXY (MG/D
CNDCTVY (MCHOMO)
PH (STAND UNITS)
TOT ALK (MG/L)
TOT P (MG/D
ORTHO P (MG/L)
N02»N03 (MG/L)
AMMONIA (MG/L)
KJEL N (MG/L)
INORG N (MG/L>
TOTAL N (MG/L)
CMLRPYL A (UG/D
SECCHI (METERS)
1ST SAMPLING ( 7/17/74)
3 SITES
RANGE
24.2 - 25.5
6.0 - 11.2
500. - 532.
8.7 - 9.1
252. - 274.
0.019 - 0.047
0.008 - 0.026
0.040 - 0.070
0.030 - 0.060
1.200 - 1.400
0.070 - 0.130
1.240 - 1.440
8.3 - 12.4
2.7 - 3.3
2ND SAMPLING ( 9/13/74)
J SITES
MEAN
24.7
8.4
522.
8.9
262.
0.032
0.016
0.046
0.04?
1.278
0.088
1.323
10.8
3.0
MEDIAN
24.6
8.0
S2V.
6.4
261.
0.033
0.016
0.040
0.040
1.300
0.080
1.340
11.8
3.0
rtANGE
11.3
7.0
30J.
8.3
236.
0.021
0.003
0.020
0.040
1.000
0.060
1.020
6.7
1.9
- 12.2
- 10.4
- J29.
8.8
- 314.
- 0.295
- 0.013
- 0.040
- 0.100
- 3.900
- 0.120
- 3.920
- 13.9
4.0
MEAN
11.8
8.1
322.
8.S
281.
0.077
0.008
0.022
0.057
1.450
O.OHO
1.472
9.9
2.6
MEDIAN
11.8
8.0
328.
8.S
289.
0.031
0.009
0.020
0.060
1.100
0.080
1.120
9.1
1.9
MANGE
0 SITES
MEAN
MEDIAN
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Biological characteristics:
1. Phytoplankton -
Sampling
Date
07/17/74
Dominant
Genera
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Frag il aria SJD.
Cryptomonas sp.
Chroomonas sp.
Scenedesmus sp.
Dinobryon sp.
Other genera
Algal Units
per ml
797
258
129
108
86
497
09/13/74
2. Chlorophyll a_ -
Samp!i ng
Date
07/17/74
09/13/74
Total
1. Microcystis sp.
2. Cryptomonas sp.
3. Tetraedron sp.
4. Dinobryon sp.
5. Melosira sp.
Other genera
Total
Station
Number
1
2
3
1
2
3
1,874
489
245
245
153
92
856
2,080
Chlorophyll a
(ug/1)
11.8
8.3
12.4
13.9
6.7
9.1
Limiting Nutrient Study:
The algal assay sample was lost in shipment.
The lake data indicate nitrogen limitation at both sampling
times; i.e., mean inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios were
6/1 and 10/1 in July and August, respectively.
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V. LITERATURE REVIEWED
Henegar, Dale, 1975. Personal communication (lake morphometry).
NO Game & Fish Dept., Bismarck.
Peterson, Norman L., 1974. Personal communication (general lake
information). ND Dept. of Health, Bismarck.
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VI. APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
LAKE RANKINGS
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PERCENT OF LAKES *ITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHE* VALUES)
LAKE
CODE LAKL NAME
38U1 LAKE ASHTAbULA
380? LAKE AuOUdON
3803 B-fUiH LAKE
3ft(N LAKE JAULING
3805 DEVILS LAKE
3SOt> JAMESTOWN RESEHVOIR
3807 LAKE LA MOUHE
3808 MATEJCEK LAKE
3809 LAKE METIGOSHE
3811 PELICAN LAKE
3812 LAKE SAKAKAUEA (GARRISON
38IJ SPIRIT WOOD LAKE
38i* SWEET URIAH RE*>EHVOI*
3815 WHITMAN LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
27 (
69 (
77 1
15 I
0 <
5* 1
8 1
38 <
92 1
85 1
100 <
46 I
62 <
27 i
3)
9)
10)
: 2)
: 0)
; 7)
! 1)
! 5)
1 12)
1 11)
1 13)
1 6)
1 8)
1 3)
MEDIAN
INOMG N
54 I
<.6 (
77 (
38 (
69 (
15 C
8 (
0 (
92 <
100 (
62 (
23 (
85 <
31 <
7>
b)
10)
5)
9)
2)
1)
0)
12)
13)
8)
3)
11)
4)
500-
MEAN SEC
15 (
46 (
J8 (
23 <
31 <
62 <
69 4
8 1
92 1
100 (
85 1
77 I
54 1
0 !
2)
b)
b)
3)
4)
! B)
; 9)
: i)
I 12)
! 13)
I ID
E 10)
! 7)
I 0)
MEAN
CHLOMA
8 (
69 (
38 I
0 (
23 (
62 (
54 <
100 1
85 <
77 (
92 1
31 1
15 1
46 1
1>
9)
b)
0)
3)
8)
7)
; 13>
1 11)
; io>
; 12)
( 4)
I 2)
I 6)
15-
HIN 00
62 (
46 <
81 <
38 <
15 (
96 1
4 1
23 <
81 1
31 1
54 1
4 1
96 I
69 i
8)
b)
: io>
: 5)
; 2>
: 12)
I 0)
L 3)
I 10)
1 4>
I 7)
1 0)
t 12)
( 9)
MEDIAN
OISS OHTHO P
38 (
69 (
81 <
23 (
0 (
54 <
8 (
31 (
81 1
100 1
92 1
46 i
62 I
15 1
5)
9)
10)
3)
0)
! 7)
; i)
; 4)
i 10)
: 13)
: 12)
i 6)
1 8)
[ 2)
INOtX
NO
204
345
342
137
138
343
151
200
523
493
485
227
374
188
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LA«E
CODE LAKE NAME
3101 LAKE ASHTABULA
3802 LAKE AUDUHON
3803 rtRUSH LAKE
3aoo LAKE DARLING
380S DEVILS LAKE
3806 JAMESTOWN RESERVOIR
3807 LAKE LA MOURE
3808 HATCJCEK LAKE
3809 LAKE METIGOSHE
3811 PELICAN LAKE
3812 LAKE SAKAKAMEA (GARRISON
3813 SPIRIT WOOD LAKE
3814 SWEET BRIAR RESERVOIR
3815 WHITMAN LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.260
0.0d7
O.Obb
0.274
0.6 JO
0.100
0.038
0.228
0.032
0.034
0.016
0.156
0.092
0.260
MEDIAN
1NOHG N
0.160
0.220
0.095
0.250
0.100
0.365
0.380
0.000
0.080
0.070
0.150
0.290
0.090
0.260
500-
MEAN SEC
t72.250
006.222
oov. 103
066.750
009.333
038.667
021.000
075.167
389.167
3bo.SOO
008.733
017.833
000.800
078.333
MEAN
CHLOSA
00.892
11.322
29.110
60.075
38.508
19.000
19.720
2.683
10.367
10.950
6.883
30.667
39.000
27.067
15-
MIN 00
10.600
11.000
9.000
11.600
10.600
8.800
15.000
10.000
9.000
12.800
10.800
15.000
8.800
9.200
MEDI,
DISS OMTi
0.170
0.015
0.010
0.180
0.069
0.07b
0.290
0.179
0.010
0.006
0.007
0.082
0.031
O.ldb
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LAHES RANKED 6Y INOE* NOS.
LAKE CODE LAKE NAME INDEX NO
1 3-109 LAKE MtribOshE 523
2 3nll ^ELICAN Ltr.t <*v3
J 3812 LAKE SAKAKA*EA (GAtfWISON 4f»5
4 3S03 BRUSH LAKE 392
s 3»i*» SWEET U^IAH rtEsewvoift 37<«
6 3602 LAKE AJOUBON 345
7 3906 JAMESTOWN h?ESEr!VOIK 343
8 3tfl3 SPIRIT riOOO LAKE 227
9 3801 LAKL ASrtTABULA 204
10 3808 MATCJCCK LAKE 200
11 381S WHITMAN LAKL 188
12 3807 LAKE LA MOUHE 151
13 3805 DEVILS LAKE 138
14 3R04 LAKE OAKLIMG 137
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APPENDIX B
CONVERSION FACTORS
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CONVERSION FACTORS
Hectares x 2.471 = acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10 = acre/feet
Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec
Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds
Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile
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APPENDIX C
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA
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STOKEf RETRIEVAL DATE 76/02/06
3i0901
48 59 47.0 100 21 25.0
LAKE HET1GOSHE
38009 i-KWTH DAKOTA
DATE
FROM
TO
74/07/17
74/09/13
DATE
FROM
TO
74/07/17
74/09/13
TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
14 00 0016
11 00 0000
11 00 0009
11 00 001S
TIME DEPTH
OF
DAr FEET
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
14 00 0015
14 00 0016
11 00 0000
11 00 0002
11 00 0009
11 00 0012
11 00 0018
11 00 0020
00010
MATER
TEMP
CENT
24.9
24.5
24.2
12.2
12.0
11.9
00665
PHOS-TOT
MG/L P
0.036
0.034
0.047
0.029
0.029
0.032
00300
DO
MG/L
7.6
7.4
6.0
7.4
7.6
7.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
11.8
13.9
OG077 00694
TRANSP CNOUCTVY
SECCMI FIELD
INCHES MICHOMHO
119 530
529
526
76 329
329
329
00031
INCOT LT
REMNING
PERCENT
1.0
50.0
5.0
1.0
HEP ALES
3
00400 00410
PH T ALK
CAC03
SU MG/L
B. 90 256
a. an ?56
8.70 36tt
8.27 236
8.31 29Q
8.25 2d6
2111202
0020 FEET DEPTH
00610 00625 00630 00671
NH3-N TOT KJEL N02M\|03 PhUS-OIS
TOTAL N
MCi/L MG/L
0.050 1.400
0.040 1.300
0.050 1.200
0.040 1.200
0.040 1.100
0.040 1.100
N-TOTAL OUTHO
Mij/L MG/L P
0.040 0.025
0.040 0.020
0.040 0.026
0.040 0.006
0.020K 0.009
0.020K 0.010
K VALUE KNOWN TO dE
LESS THAN INDICATED
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>TOfiCT RETRIEVAL DATE 76/02/06
3e«0902
43 58 35.0 100 21 13.0
LAKE METIGOSHE
JB009 NOKTrl UAKOTA
00010
DATE TIME DEPTH WATER
FROM OF TEMP
TO DAY FEET CENT
74/07/17 14 25 0000 24.9
14 25 0005 24.6
14 25 0013 24.4
74/09/13 11 40 0000 11.8
11 40 0008 11.8
11 40 0017 11.7
11EPALES
3
00300 00077 00094
DO THANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
MG/L INCHES MICROMHQ
8.0
7M
.8
8.0
8.2
8jk
.0
8.0
130 532
531
529
76 327
329
327
00400 00410
PH T ALK
CAC03
SU MG/L
8.80
8.80
8.80
8.47
8.47
8.47
274
264
254
294
292
314
2111202
0016 FEET DEPTH
00610 00625 00630 00671
NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PrtOS-OIS
TOTAL N N-TOTAL OKTrlO
MG/L MG/L Mb/L MG/L P
0.060
0.050
0.040
0.060
0.060
0.060
.300
.200
.300
.200
.100
.000
0.070
0.060
0.040
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.017
O.Olb
0.016
0.003
0.009
0.011
DATE
FROM
TO
7<»/07/17
74/09/13
TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 25 0000
14 25 0005
14 25 0013
14 ?5 0016
11 40 0000
11 40 0003
11 40 0008
11 40 0014
11 40 0017
11 40 0019
00665
PHOS-TOT
MG/L P
0.030
0.033
0.022
0.141
0.031
0.041
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
8.3
6.7
00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT
2.0
50.0
5.0
1.0
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5TOHET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/06
340903
48 57 47.0 100 21 02.0
LAivE HETIGOSHE
38009 NORTH DAisOTA
DATE TIME DEPTH
FROM OF
TO DAY FEET
74/07/17 14 50 0000
14 50 0005
14 50 0010
74/09/13 12 10 0000
12 10 0011
DATE TIME DEPTH
FROM OF
TO DAY FEET
74/07/17 14 50 0000
14 50 0005
14 50 0010
14 50 0013
74/09/13 12 10 0000
12 10 0003
12 10 0011
12 10 0013
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
25.5
25.1
24.4
11.4
11.3
00665
PHOS-TOT
MG/L P
0.024
0.019
0.041
0.021
0.29S
00300
DO
MG/L
9.8
10.0
11.2
8.4
10.4
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
12.4
9.1
11EPALES 2111202
3 0013 FEET DEPTH
00077 00094 00400 00410 00610 00625 00630 00671
TRANSP CNOUCTVY PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PMOS-UIS
SECCHl FIELD CAC03 TOTAL N N-TOTAL UKTHO
INCHES MICROMHO su
108 510 9.10
507 9.10
500 9.10
156 303 8.81
303 8.81
00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT
2.0
50.0
9.0
MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L P
270 0.030 1.300 U.040 0.009
261 0.030 1.200 0.040 0.008
252 0.030 1.300 0.040 0.010
278 0.060 1.000 0.020K 0.004
258 0.100 3.900 0.020K 0.013
K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
LESS THAN INDICATED
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