Environmental Health Bureau
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site SGL-05, Sugarloaf Lake in the Gourdneck Creek at Gage #04097200 Basin of the Portage River Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger St. Joseph River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Bureau staff. |
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| Gourdneck Creek at Gage #04097200 (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 34 49) | ||||
| Sugarloaf Lake | ||||
| SGL-05 | MDNR Public access boat launch site | City of Portage (32) | ||
| Site Code: SGL-05, Sugarloaf Lake | |||||||||
| Sample | Sample | E. coli Bacteria | Water Temperature | Dissolved Oxygen | pH | Conductivity | TDS | Turbidity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | (MPN) | (degrees F) | mg/L | % Saturation | (units) | (mS / cm) | (g / L) | (NTU) |
| 10/04/2005 | 12:30 | 1.0 | 69.8 | 8.3 | 94.8% | 8.40 | 0.384 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 07/28/2005 | 14:20 | 2.0 | 81.7 | 7.8 | 102.9% | 8.67 | 0.368 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| 05/19/2005 | 12:40 | 13.4 | 59.3 | 8.9 | 91.8% | 8.34 | 0.451 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| 04/05/2005 | 13:15 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09/08/2004 | 14:59 | 1.0 | 75.5 | 7.0 | 82.1% | 8.21 | 0.384 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 08/12/2004 | 13:30 | 3.1 | 71.6 | 7.4 | 87.2% | 8.43 | 0.350 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 05/21/2004 | 11:00 | 4.1 | 69.3 | 8.6 | 98.9% | 8.31 | 0.383 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| 08/27/2003 | 12:10 | 35.5 | 80.5 | 8.1 | 104.1% | 8.73 | 0.310 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| 07/01/2003 | 12:24 | 6.3 | 77.8 | 10.0 | 124.3% | 8.66 | 0.380 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| 11/20/2002 | 14:10 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 11/06/2002 | 14:50 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10/16/2002 | 14:00 | 7.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 10/02/2002 | 14:30 | 870.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09/18/2002 | 14:00 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09/04/2002 | 14:10 | 5.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/21/2002 | 14:40 | 727.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/07/2002 | 14:50 | 12.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/24/2002 | 14:30 | 6.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/10/2002 | 14:30 | 3.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/26/2002 | 13:00 | 6.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/12/2002 | 12:12 | 3.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/29/2002 | 13:50 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/15/2002 | 11:00 | 3.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/21/2001 | 11:32 | 4.1 | 73.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 08/07/2001 | 11:25 | 1.0 | 81.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/24/2001 | 11:45 | 9.6 | 81.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 07/10/2001 | 12:22 | 9.7 | 82.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/26/2001 | 13:13 | 1.0 | 82.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/12/2001 | 12:37 | 37.4 | 74.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/30/2001 | 12:30 | 10.9 | 68.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/15/2001 | 12:26 | 2.0 | 63.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/01/2001 | 10:05 | 1.0 | 60.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 32 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Average | 56.0 | 73.7 | 8.3 | 98.3% | 8.47 | 0.376 | 0.3 | 2.7 | |
| Minumum | 1.0 | 59.3 | 7.0 | 82.1% | 8.21 | 0.310 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| Maximum | 870.4 | 82.0 | 10.0 | 124.3% | 8.73 | 0.451 | 0.3 | 4.0 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for SGL-05 (Sugarloaf Lake) between May 2001 and October 2005. This site is located in Section Number 32 of City of Portage, MDNR Public access boat launch site. | |||||||||
| 2 out of 32 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 0 out of 32 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 30 out of 32 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||