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Dorchester County Lake Quality

Maryland, 12 lakes, measured by MDE

Dorchester County holds 12 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. The 12 monitored lakes in Dorchester County carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings MDE has published, shown as reported.

Most of the county's monitored lakes are shallow, under 50 feet, which means wind keeps the water column mixed all summer and sediment-bound phosphorus releases back into the surface layer whenever the bottom is disturbed.

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All Lakes in Dorchester County

12 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 12 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 12 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicAccess
Backgarden PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Barbadoes PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Blackwater PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Chester River Country Club LakeDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Goose PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Hog Rooting PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Little Savanna LakeDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Parish PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Savanna LakeDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Swan PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Transquaking River Higgins Mill PondDorchester0.7 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Wolfpit PondDorchesterNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded

NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.

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Source: the Maryland Department of the Environment. See data sources.