Ragged Lake
Location of Ragged Lake in Maine, USA.
Location of Ragged Lake in Maine, USA.
Ragged Lake
Location of Ragged Lake in Maine, USA.
Location of Ragged Lake in Maine, USA.
Ragged Lake
LocationPiscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates45°47′N 69°22′W / 45.783°N 69.367°W / 45.783; -69.367[1]
Primary outflowsRagged Stream
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length6.5 mi (10.5 km)[2]
Max. width1.5 mi (2.4 km)[2]
Surface area2,605 acres (1,054 ha)[3]
Max. depth54 feet (16 m)[4]
Water volume42,029 acre⋅ft (51,842,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,135 ft (346 m)[1]

Ragged Lake is the source of Ragged Stream in the North Maine Woods. The original lake in Maine range 13 townships 2 and 3 was flooded and expanded by a concrete dam built 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream. The resulting reservoir created a large shallow area with two basins deeper than 30 feet (9.1 m). Summer dissolved oxygen concentrations are low in the deep basins. Conditions have become more favorable for fallfish and longnose sucker than for the native brook trout. Bear Brook enters the south end of the lake, and supports a spawning run of rainbow smelt.[4] Ragged Stream flows 4 miles (6.4 km) from the dam at the south end of Ragged Lake into the Caribou Lake arm of Chesuncook Lake.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ragged Lake
  2. ^ a b c The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 49&50. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
  3. ^ a b Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Ragged Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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