Where is Plympton Lake?

Plympton Lake is a lake in Digby, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Plympton Lake?

Plympton Lake has a maximum depth of 6.6 feet. The lake covers 15.8 acres.

Plympton Lake

Digby, Nova Scotia6 haView map Directions

NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Plympton Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

2 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1983

Phosphorus

3.5 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

2 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

6 ha

Surface area

7 ft max depth
Limited data

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Plympton Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 6.6 ft. Surface area: 15.8 acres.

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Plympton Lake is a 16-acre lake in Digby County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 7 feet.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1983-09-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Plympton Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Plympton Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Plympton Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Murky, only visible to about 6.6 ft. Phosphorus 3.5 µg/L. TSI 36.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	2m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	3.5µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	36	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

2 m

Surface area

6 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Plympton Lake

Where is Plympton Lake?: Plympton Lake is a lake in Digby, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Plympton Lake?: Plympton Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 6.6 ft. Surface area: 15.8 acres.
Is Plympton Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Plympton Lake?: Plympton Lake has a maximum depth of 6.6 feet. The lake covers 15.8 acres.