Perry Lake and Perry Lake Wildlife Area Wetlands
KANSAS LOWER REPUBLICAN TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD Waterbody / Assessment Unit (AU): Perry Lake and Perry Lake Wildlife Area Wetlands Water Quality Impairment: Eutrophication for Perry Lake; Eutrophication and Dissolved Oxygen for Perry Lake Wildlife Area Wetlands. 1. INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Subbasin: Delaware Counties: Jefferson, Jackson, Atchison, Nemaha, Brown HUC8: 10270103 HUC10 (HUC12): 01 (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10) 02 (01, 02, 03, 04, 05) 03 (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08) 04 (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08) 05 (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08) Ecoregion: Western Corn Belt Plains, Loess and Glacial Drift Hills (47i) Central Irregular Plains, Osage Cuestas (40b) Drainage Area: 1,117 Square Miles Perry Lake Conservation Pool: Surface Area = 11,150 acres of multipurpose pool Watershed/Lake Ratio = 64:1 Maximum Depth = 16 m Mean Depth = 6.5 m Storage Volume = 209,513 acre-feel for multipurpose Estimated Retention Time = 0.72 years Mean Annual Inflow: 440,595 acre-feet/year (2005-2008) Mean Discharge: 411,179 acre-feet/year (2005-2008) Year Constructed: 1969 Design Sedimentation Rate: 930 acre-ft/year Actual Sedimentation Rate: 1143 acre-feet/year Perry Lake Wildlife Area Wetlands: Wildlife Area = 11,704 acres Wetland Description: There are fourteen wetland areas within the Wildlife area located in the flood pool of Perry Lake, which contain shallow water or saturated soils. 1 Perry Lake Designated Uses: Special Aquatic Life Support; Primary Contact Recreation Class A; Domestic Water Supply; Food Procurement; Ground Water Recharge; Industrial Water Supply; Irrigation use; and Livestock Watering Use.
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