Natural Characteristics
The mean depth is 20 feet (6.1 m); the maximum depth is 42 feet (13 m). The Lake Buel watershed encompasses 3,268 acres (13.23 km2). At times the Konkapot River Basin becomes part of this watershed. The Lake's water is well-buffered and hard with a pH between 7.8 and 8.6. This hardness and alkalinity suggest that the Lake generally safe from the effects of acid rain. The Lake is eutrophic and mesotrophic: eutrophic because of macrophyte production and hypolimnetic metabolism; mestrophic because of total phosphorus content and summer phytoplankton productivity. The normal full water elevation of the Lake is 908 feet (277 m). The flood elevations for the 10-year and 100-year floods are 911.5 feet (277.8 m) and 913.6 feet (278.5 m).
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