Fleming Lake Phosphorus Record

YEAR	Samples	Minimum	Maximum	Average
1996	5	41	71	53.4
2001	11	35	81	57.1
2002	13	31	122	73.5
2007	9	29	83	53.9
2008	7	35	80	62.2
2011	3	33	98	58.0

• The Phosphorus readings will vary in a given year and are tied closely to the water clarity of the lake. Phosphorus is the main ingredient that algae feed on in any lake. You may have noticed that the water clarity is better in the spring, gets worse during the summer, and then becomes a little better in the fall again. The Phosphorus level runs parallel with that. The readings for Fleming Lake are typically good (low) in the spring and early summer, get worse in late summer, and then level out or decrease in the fall. That is why multiple readings are taken in the year for Water Clarity (secchi disk readings) and why the association is also taking multiple samplings for Water Quality - the Phosphorus nutrient.
• Our thanks to Terry Dahlberg who takes the secchi disk readings and to Joyce Fulton who does our water sampling.
• Years for which there is a single sample:
• 1978, August 28 - 50 ug/L
• 2010, August 11 - 88 ug/L