Beaver Lake IA 04-RAC-1182
Dallas County S20T78NR29W 1.5 mi. N of Dexter.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-RAC-01750-L_0
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Fully
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Basis for Assessment
Both fishable and swimmable uses were assessed as FS for the following reasons: (1) BPJ of DNR Fisheries; (2) average levels of secchi depth, chl-a, TSS, and total-P were better than overall averages for the 86 SPO impoundments sampled in 1990 and 1992; all were within +/- 1 SD; (3) lake does not have problems with fishkills or aquatic veg.; (4) levels of use for fishing and swimming reported by Bachmann et al. (1994) are relatively low (especially for swimming), but newness of lake and development as a wildlife mgmt area may limit swimming uses.