2015 Schroon Lake Assessment
Scorecard Citizens Statewide Lake
Assessment Program
The Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) is a volunteer lake monitoring and education program
managed by DEC and the New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA). Lake information from a
variety of sources, including CSLAP volunteers, is combined to create a scorecard for each CSLAP lake.
CSLAP volunteers from the Schroon Lake Association (SLA) collect valuable lake water quality data using accepted
scientific methods to evaluate nutrient enrichment, aquatic weed and algae growth, general lake conditions, and the
recreational quality of a lake. Water quality data is grouped and assigned scores related to the
“health” (good or poor)
of the lake. The scoring system is based on water quality standards, scientific principles and statistical analysis.
Samples are collected from both the North and South Schroon Lake Basins.
Schroon Lake is located in the Towns of Chester, Horicon and Schroon in Essex and Warren County. The lake is
4,126.4 acres. The Natural Watershed Area is 335,920 acres. Mean depth is 17 meters and the sounding depth is 44
meters. Major Tributaries are Schroon River, Alder Creek, Mill Brook, Rogers Brook, Spectacle Brook, Sucker
Brook, Sucker Brook. Lake Tributary to the Schroon River to the Hudson River. Sampling Years 1987-1995, 19972015. The 2015 samplers were Chuck Harste, Merritt Hulst, Peter White, Glen Repko, and Steve Lamere.
A high level summary of the 2015 results are below. Detail reports can be found on the SLA website. CSLAP
individual lake reports can be found on the Water Reports by County page of DEC’s website
(http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/77821.html). Historical reports and regional lake reports are available on the New York
State Federation of Lake Associations website (http://nysfola.mylaketown.com/).
Legend:
The condition of each lake characteristic is represented by a color scale:
Blue Green Yellow Red Black
Best
Worst