Location

Stinson dock

Arm Lake

Arm Lake in Saskatchewan

Dataset summary

Stinson dock has data for ph, oxygen, secchi_depth, chlorine, alkalinity, water_depth, conductivity, air_temperature, current_weather, previous_weather, current_weather_description, previous_weather_description, on_the_water_s_surface, water_level, water_use, water_flow, odour, algae, water_temperature, salinity, colour, phosphate_phosphorus, nitrate_nitrogen, nitrites, and Ice on from 29 May 2022 to 30 October 2023.

51.067102, -105.802846

Summary of quantitative results

Guidelines for exceedances are based on: Canada

  • Physical tests

    • Secchi depth (clarity)

      Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

      m

      0.1

      Latest

      0.6

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

  • Chemistry tests

    • Phosphate-phosphorus

      Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

      mg/L

      0.0

      Latest

      0.01

      Average

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    • Water temperature

      Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

      °C

      5.0

      Latest

      15.47

      Average

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    • Salinity

      Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppm)

      ppm

      1,210.0

      Latest

      1,210.0

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

    • pH

      Unspecified equipment (pH)

      6.2

      Latest

      6.2

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

      What do these colours mean?

    • Nitrite

      Other teststrips in ppm (nitrites)

      ppm

      0.5

      Latest

      0.5

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

    • Conductivity

      Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

      μS/cm

      250.0

      Latest

      970.47

      Average

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    • Chlorine

      Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

      ppm

      0.5

      Latest

      0.5

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

    • Alkalinity

      Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

      ppm

      40.0

      Latest

      40.0

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

    • Air temperature

      Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

      °C

      -6.7

      Latest

      10.71

      Average

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    • Nitrate-nitrogen

      Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

      mg/L

      1.0

      Latest

      0.40

      Average

      Not enough data for trend yet

      Trendlines will appear once >3 datapoints are entered.

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About this location

  • Water body type Lake
  • Dataset Citizen Science, University of Regina
  • Data collector Paul Stinson
  • Location description Private dock at Stinson acreage at the bottom of a small wooded coulee with native prairie on either side. Water is still. Water drops off quickly further out where the old river channel used to be before the dam was built.