Lake Louise (Pennsylvania)
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Lake Louise is a lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately on The National Map and is located entirely in Franklin Township. The lake is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam, which is in poor condition, as of 1980. Lake Louise is situated on Sutton Creek and drains an area of . As of 1980, its watershed is mostly forested. The Lake Louise Lake Association was given a Growing Greener mini-grant in 2012.


Geography, geology, and watershed

The main inflows to Lake Louise are Sutton Creek and two unnamed streams. The main outflow is Sutton Creek. The lake has an elevation of above sea level. Under normal conditions, the lake has an area of , a volume of , and a length of . However, the maximum storage capacity is . The lake is upstream of the Susquehanna River. Lake Louise is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam. As of 1980, this dam is in poor condition, with a spillway capable of handling 45 percent of a probably maximum flood. It was classified as an "unsafe non-emergency dam". The dam is an earthfill dam with a height of , a length of , and a width of at the top. Lake Louise is in the Glaciated Low Plateaus section of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. The main
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underlying the lake is the
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-age
Susquehanna Group The Susquehanna Group is a geologic group in Pennsylvania. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Siluria ...
, which consists of
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,
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, sandstone, and
shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especial ...
. The
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of Lake Louise has an area of . As of 1980, the watershed of Lake Louise is mostly forested. Most slopes in the watershed are gentle or moderate. Lake Louise is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Center Moreland.


Hydrology

In October 2007, the concentration of
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/ nitrogen at the inlets to Lake Louise ranged from . In November 2009, the concentration ranged from and in May 2011, the concentration ranged from . At the outlet of Lake Louise, the concentrations on those three dates were , , and , respectively. For comparison, healthy lakes generally have concentrations of less than in the summertime. In October 2007, the concentration of phosphorus at the inlets to Lake Louise ranged from . In November 2009, the concentration ranged from and in May 2011, the concentration ranged from . At the outlet of Lake Louise, the concentrations on those three dates were , , and , respectively. For comparison, a phosphorus concentration of more than indicates a eutrophic lake.


History

Lake Louise was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1199089. In 2012, the Lake Louise Lake Association was awarded a Growing Greener mini-grant for sediment removal, shoreline stabilization, riparian buffer establishment, and
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control on Lake Louise.


See also

* List of lakes in Pennsylvania * Cummings Pond, also in the Sutton Creek watershed


References


External links


Image of Lake Louise
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