Seymour Lake (Vermont)

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Location Morgan, Orleans County, Vermont
Coordinates 44°53′49″N071°58′54″W / 44.89694°N 71.98167°W / 44.89694; -71.98167
Lake type Glacial lake, ice age
Primary inflows Outlet from Mud Pond, Sucker Brook
Primary outflows Clyde River
Basin  countriesUnited States
Max. length3 mi (4.8 km)
Max. width2 mi (3.2 km)
Surface area 1,732 acres (7.01 km2)
Max. depth169 ft (52 m)
Surface elevation1,278 ft (390 m)
SettlementsTown of Morgan

Seymour Lake is located in the town of Morgan in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, an area known as the Northeast Kingdom. The lake was named for Israel Seymour, one of the original grantees. Natives called it Namagonic ("salmon trout spearing place"). [1] The lake is on a tributary of the Clyde River in Orleans County, Vermont. It is one of only two deep, cold, and oligotrophic lakes in the Clyde River system, the other being nearby Echo Lake. [2]

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The closest major airport is located in Burlington, Vermont, located approximately 101 miles away.

Dam

The Seymour Lake Dam is used for hydroelectric power. Construction on the dam was completed in 1928, and was rebuilt in 2004. It has a normal surface area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2). It is owned by Citizens Utilities Company and is located in Charleston, Vermont.

The dam is made of stone with a concrete core. The foundation is soil. The height is 12 feet (3.7 m) with a length of 75 feet (23 m). Maximum discharge is 85 cubic feet (2.4 m3) per second. Its capacity is 5,200 acre-feet (6,400,000 m3). Normal storage is 5,200 acre-feet (6,400,000 m3). It drains an area of 20.1875 square miles (52.285 km2). [3]

Fishing

The lake is populated with bass, trout, perch and salmon. Ice fishing is popular on the lake in winter. [4] Historically the lake had a population of rainbow smelt, which was absent as of 2021. [5]

Environmental protection

The Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program [6] of Seymour Lake was founded in 1999 for the protection against of Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), which have already infested many nearby lakes but have not been found in Seymour. Staffing is provided by greeters at the state fishing access, located in Morgan Center in the northeastern corner of the lake, to inspect watercraft from other water bodies, 7 days/week, 12 hours/day (13 on Saturdays) from Memorial Day until the end of fishing season (October 31), with a hot water Watercraft Decontamination Station [7] Patrolers from the Vermont Invasive Patroller program [8] examine the bottom of the lake for aquatic vegetation and identification of potential aquatic invasive species. [9]

Phosphorus levels had been increasing in the lake, but are now kept stable. [10]

Footnotes

  1. "Morgan, Vermont, New England, USA".
  2. ""Welcome to DEC - Department of Environmental Conservation"". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  3. "Seymour Lake Dam".
  4. "Fishing at Seymour Lake" . Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  5. "Seymour Lake: Where did all the smelt go?". Barton Chronicle Newspaper. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program
  7. Watercraft Decontamination Station
  8. Vermont Invasive Patroller program
  9. "Aquatic Invasive Species". Seymour Lake Association. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  10. "Vermont's 'Jewels' Under Threat: Clearest, Cleanest Lakes Face Phosphorus Pollution". Vermont Public Radio. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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