Lake Erie
- Elevation: 108 feet
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Lake Erie (Skagit County) is one of five Fidalgo Island lakes regularly sampled by IWS (Campbell, Erie, Heart, Pass, and Whistle) and is located just west of Mt. Erie. Spanning just 100 acres, with an average depth of 10 ft, Lake Erie bears little resemblance to its Great Lakes namesake. The lake experiences frequent blue-green algae blooms, which may produce dangerous toxins, so avoid water contact if there are warning signs posted.
Online reports
Lake | Key | Date | DO mg/L | Temp C | pH | Cond uS/cm | Chl ug/L | Alk mg/L | Turb NTU | NH3 ug-N/L | TN ug-N/L | NO2+3 ug-N/L | TP ug-P/L | SRP ug-P/L |
Erie | ERI | 8/22/06 | 7.34 | 20.7 | 8.05 | 285 | NA | 82.3 | 1.82 | < 10 | 870.1 | < 10 | 20.1 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 3/27/07 | 11.12 | 9.9 | 7.75 | 223 | 24.56 | 59.6 | 3.78 | 25.5 | 847.4 | 58.3 | 24 | 3.7 |
Erie | ERI | 8/14/07 | 8.9 | 20.9 | 8.5 | 260 | 12.2 | 77.1 | 2.31 | 21.9 | 828.3 | < 10 | 17.8 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 5/27/08 | 8.82 | 18.8 | 7.8 | 253 | 5 | 72.6 | 2.28 | 10.2 | NA | < 10 | NA | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 8/27/08 | 8.87 | 19.5 | 8.9 | 250 | 3.77 | 70.1 | 1.62 | 17.4 | 725.4 | < 10 | 20 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 5/14/09 | 9.74 | 15.6 | 7.63 | 201 | 0.91 | 45.7 | 1.42 | 16.1 | 676.2 | < 10 | 9.5 | 4.6 |
Erie | ERI | 8/24/09 | 9.7 | 21.8 | 8.2 | 256 | 10.3 | 69.9 | 2.53 | 12.3 | 988 | < 10 | 21 | 3.2 |
Erie | ERI | 3/25/10 | 9.79 | 11.4 | 7.97 | 233 | NA | 63.2 | 1.35 | < 10 | 763 | < 10 | 18.8 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 7/7/10 | 8.03 | 21.8 | 8.3 | 241 | 28.4 | 68.2 | 6.57 | < 10 | 1420 | < 10 | 60.3 | 6.6 |
Erie | ERI | 7/20/11 | 6.5 | 20.9 | 7.6 | 256 | 8 | 64.9 | 1.76 | < 10 | 675 | < 10 | 19.4 | 4.3 |
Erie | ERI | 7/24/12 | 8.8 | 19.3 | 9.6 | 238 | 1.6 | 70.6 | 1.01 | 29.5 | 855 | < 10 | 20.1 | 3.8 |
Erie | ERI | 7/31/13 | 4.57 | 21.1 | 7.6 | 270 | 28.8 | 88 | 8.15 | 70.5 | 1270.8 | 29.3 | 44.7 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 9/3/14 | 8.95 | 21 | 9 | 52.4 | 16.73 | 80.8 | 4.49 | < 10 | 915 | < 10 | 31.9 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 7/13/15 | 6.26 | 22.1 | 7.9 | 241 | 14 | 77.1 | 4.69 | < 10 | 1004.2 | < 10 | 25.8 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 7/6/16 | 8.28 | 20.2 | 7.5 | 242 | 15.9 | 70.2 | 3.86 | < 10 | 873.4 | < 10 | 30.9 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 8/2/17 | 14.21 | 24.3 | 9.3 | 257 | 163.9 | 91 | 33.6 | < 10 | 2578.5 | < 10 | 87.9 | < 3 |
Erie | ERI | 7/23/18 | 9.6 | 23.6 | 8.6 | 241.1 | 54.5 | 81.1 | 20.3 | < 10 | 1541 | < 10 | 49.1 | < 3 |