WATER-QUALITY AND BOTTOM-MATERIAL 

CHARACTERISTICS OF CROSS LAKE, 

CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, 1997-99

Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4135

CITY OF SHREVEPORT,

DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES

Prepared in cooperation with the

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
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Water-Quality and Bottom-Material Characteristics of 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99

By Benton D. McGee

______________________________________________________________________

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4135

Prepared in cooperation with the

CITY OF SHREVEPORT

DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2004
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

GALE A. NORTON, Secretary

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Charles G. Groat, Director

The use of trade, product, industry, or firm names in this report is for descriptive or location purposes only and does 

not constitute endorsement of products by the U.S. Government nor impute responsibility for any present or potential 

effects on the natural resources.

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CONTENTS

Abstract .................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Introduction............................................................................................................................................................ 2

Purpose and Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 2

Description of Study Area........................................................................................................................... 2

Previous Investigations ............................................................................................................................... 4

Methods of Study ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................... 6

Water-Quality and Bottom-Material Characteristics............................................................................................. 6

Water........................................................................................................................................................... 6

Physical and Chemical-Related Properties.............................................................................................. 6

Temperature...................................................................................................................................... 8

Dissolved Oxygen ............................................................................................................................ 8

The pH.............................................................................................................................................. 8

Total Dissolved Solids...................................................................................................................... 11

Suspended Sediment................................................................................................................................ 11

Major Inorganic Chemical Constituents.................................................................................................. 12

Nutrients .................................................................................................................................................. 12

Minor Elements ....................................................................................................................................... 13

Organic Chemical Constituents............................................................................................................... 14

Bacteria .................................................................................................................................................... 15

Bottom Material .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Minor Elements ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Sedimentation Rate.................................................................................................................................. 17

Summary and Conclusions..................................................................................................................................... 18

Selected References ............................................................................................................................................... 20

FIGURES

1. Map showing location of study area at Cross Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99 ..................... 3

2. Hydrograph showing stage at Cross Lake, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999 ....................... 5

3. Map showing location of water-quality sites at Cross Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana ...................... 7

4. Graph showing water temperatures at the Twin Bird Island site at Cross Lake in Caddo Parish, 

Louisiana, September 1998 and February 1999 ...................................................................................... 9

5. Graph showing dissolved-oxygen concentrations at the Twin Bird Island site at Cross Lake in

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, September 1998 and February 1999............................................................... 10

TABLES 

1. Water-quality sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99 ................................................... 6

2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from 

sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999.................................... 22

3. Water-quality criteria for the designated uses of Cross Lake.................................................................. 8

4. Suspended-sediment concentrations in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, 

Louisiana, 1997-99 .................................................................................................................................. 11

5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999 ............................................................................................................. 42

6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,

1997-99.................................................................................................................................................... 50

7. Federal and State water-quality standards and criteria for selected minor elements in water................. 14

8. Concentrations of organic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999 .................................................................... 57

9. Federal and State water-quality standards and criteria for selected organic chemicals .......................... 15

10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999................................................ 97

11. Concentrations of minor elements in bottom material from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish,

Louisiana, August 19, 1997..................................................................................................................... 17
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CONVERSION FACTORS, DATUMS, AND ABBREVIATED WATER-QUALITY UNITS

Multiply By To obtain

inch (in.) 25.4 millimeter (mm)

inch per year (in/yr) 0.03937 millimeter per year (mm/yr)

foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m)

square foot (ft2) 0.09290 square meter (m2)

cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 0.02832 cubic meter per second (m3/s)

foot per day (ft/d) 0.3048 meter per day (m/d)

foot per mile (ft/mi) 0.1894 meter per kilometer (m/km)

gallon per minute (gal/min) 0.00006309 cubic meter per second (m3/s)

gallon per minute per foot [(gal/min)/ft] 0.000207 cubic meter per second per meter (m3/s/m)

gallon per day (gal/d) 0.003785 cubic meter per day (m3

/d)

million gallons per day (Mgal/d) 3,785 cubic meter per second (m3/s)

acre 0.4047 hectare (ha)

acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.001233 cubic hectometer (hm3)

mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)

square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer (km2)

Temperature in degrees Celsius (°C) can be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (°F) as follows: °F = 1.8(°C) + 32.

Vertical coordinate information in this report is referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29).

Horizontal coordinate information in this report is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983. 

Abbreviated water-quality units:

micrograms per gram (μg/g)

micrograms per liter (μg/L)

microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius (μS/cm)

colonies per 100 milliliters (cols/100 mL)

milligrams per liter (mg/L)

milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)

parts per million (ppm)
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Water-Quality and Bottom-Material 

Characteristics of Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, 

Louisiana, 1997-99

By Benton D. McGee

ABSTRACT

Cross Lake is a shallow, monomictic lake that was formed in 1926 by the impoundment of Cross 

Bayou. The lake is the primary drinking-water supply for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. In recent 

years, the lakeshore has become increasingly urbanized. In addition, the land use of the watershed 

contributing runoff to Cross Lake has changed. Changes in land use and urbanization could affect the 

water chemistry and biology of the Lake.

Water-quality data were collected at 10 sites on Cross Lake from February 1997 to February 1999. 

Water-column and bottom-material samples were collected. The water-column samples were collected 

at least four times per year. These samples analyzed included physical and chemical-related properties 

such as water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance; selected major inorganic 

ions; nutrients; minor elements; organic chemical constituents; and bacteria. Suspended-sediment 

samples were collected seven times during the sampling period. The bottom-material samples, which 

were collected once during the sampling period, were analyzed for selected minor elements and 

inorganic carbon.

Aside from the nutrient-enriched condition of Cross Lake, the overall water-quality of Cross Lake is 

good. No primary Federal or State water-quality criteria were exceeded by any of the water-quality 

constituents analyzed for this report. Concentrations of major inorganic constituents, except iron and 

manganese, were low. Water from the lake is a sodium-bicarbonate type and is soft. Minor elements and 

organic compounds were present in low concentrations, many below detection limits.

Nitrogen and phosphorus were the nutrients occurring in the highest concentrations. Nutrients were 

evenly distributed across the lake with no particular water-quality site indicating consistently higher 

or lower nutrient concentrations. No water samples analyzed for nitrate exceeded the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Maximum Contaminant Level of 10 milligrams per liter.

Based on nitrogen to phosphorus ratios calculated for Cross Lake, median values for all water-quality 

sites were within the nitrogen-limited range (less than or equal to 5). Historical Trophic State Indexes 

for Cross Lake classified the lake as eutrophic. Recent (1998-99) Trophic State Indexes classify Cross 

Lake as mesotrophic-eutrophic, which might indicate a reduction in eutrophication. Sedimentation traps 

indicate that Cross Lake is filling at an average rate of 0.41 inch per year.

Concentrations of fecal-coliform and streptococci bacteria generally were low. Fecal coliform was 

detected in higher concentrations than fecal streptococci. High bacteria concentrations were measured 

shortly after rainfall-runoff events, possibly washing bacteria from surrounding areas into the lake.
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INTRODUCTION

Cross Lake is located in northwestern Louisiana. The lake was formed by constructing a dam on Cross 

Bayou in 1926 to provide an adequate source of drinking water for the residents of the City of Shreveport. 

The lake is the primary source of public-water supply for the city. According to 1999 population statistics, 

the City of Shreveport had an estimated population of 196,667 (Northeast Louisiana University, 2000). In 

1995, 30.36 Mgal/d (Lovelace and Johnson, 1996, p. 110) of water was withdrawn from the lake for public 

supply (Darren Fortenberry, City of Shreveport, oral commun., 2000). Furthermore, the lake is used for 

flood control and is a popular recreational area for the city and the surrounding area. Water quality and 

quantity are important concerns to those that benefit from Cross Lake.

In recent years, the lakeshore has become increasingly urbanized. In addition, the land use of the 

watershed contributing runoff to Cross Lake has changed. Changes in land use and urbanization may affect 

the water chemistry and biology of Cross Lake. Due to changes in the areas surrounding Cross Lake and the 

need for current water-quality information, the City of Shreveport, in 1997, began a cooperative program 

with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to study water-quality characteristics of Cross Lake.

Purpose and Scope

This report describes the overall water quality of Cross Lake and the occurrence of minor elements in 

the water column and bottom material. Samples from the water column were collected at 10 sites. The sites 

were sampled seasonally (4 times per year) from February 1997 to February 1999. Water-column samples 

were analyzed for physical and chemical-related properties such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and 

specific conductance; major inorganic ions; nutrients; minor elements; synthetic organic chemical 

constituents such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenols (PCB’s), and phenols; and biologically-related 

properties such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chlorophyll-a and b, turbidity, and fecal coliform 

and fecal streptococci bacteria. Suspended-solids samples were collected from the sites on seven occasions 

during the sampling period. Bottom-material samples were collected once from the sites. Bottom-material 

samples were analyzed for selected minor elements and inorganic carbon.

Description of Study Area

The study area includes all of Cross Lake (fig. 1) and is located in the northern part of the City of 

Shreveport in central Caddo Parish. The elongated lake is oriented east to west and is approximately 9 mi 

in length (McGee, 2001). The lake covers approximately 13.4 mi2 in surface area and is 65,807 acre-ft in 

volume (at spillway crest, 171.19 ft above NGVD 29). Much of the lake’s shoreline is urbanized, 

particularly along the eastern and southern areas. The major land use surrounding Cross Lake and within 

the Cross Lake watershed is forest land, forested wetlands, residential, and to a lesser degree, cropland and 

pastures. The average depth is 7.7 ft, and the lake receives inflow from a 253-square mile watershed 

(McGee, 2001). The lake receives inflow from eight major tributaries in this watershed, including 

supplemental flow through a pipeline from nearby Twelvemile Bayou. These tributaries are Paw Paw 

Bayou, Cross Bayou, Shettleworth Bayou, Logan Bayou, Piney Bayou, Page Bayou, Bickham Bayou, and 

the pipeline from Twelvemile Bayou (fig. 3). Most of the inflow enters at the western end of the lake. 

The three largest tributaries and watershed areas are Paw Paw Bayou (82.02 mi2), Cross Bayou 

(62.43 mi2

), and Shettleworth Bayou (19.54 mi2) (Sloss, 1971, p. 30). The lake has two distributaries 

(Cross Lake spillway and a water-treatment plant intake), located at the eastern end of the lake.

The level of Cross Lake is controlled by a spillway structure located on the eastern end of the lake. The 

spillway is 189 ft in length and has a crest of 171.19 ft above NGVD 29 (McGee, 2001). Recorded daily 

mean water-surface elevations on Cross Lake ranged from 168.03 to 173.72 ft with a mean of 170.21 ft 
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during the period of sample collection for the study described in this report (February 1997- February 1999) 

(fig. 2). Based on records kept by the City of Shreveport, the mean water-surface elevation of Cross Lake 

for the years 1984-86, 1989-90, and 1992-95 was 170.27 ft (Darren Fortenberry, City of Shreveport, written 

commun., 2000), which indicates that the water-surface elevation of Cross Lake during the study was 

normal.

Approximately 128 in. of rain fell in the Shreveport area during the 2-year period of sample collection. 

According to rainfall records from the National Weather Service, Shreveport receives, on average, approximately 51.30 in. of rainfall per year (National Weather Service, 2001). Therefore, rainfall during the Cross 

Lake study was above normal.

Previous Investigations

Previous investigations of Cross Lake include water-quality studies by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (USEPA, 1974); Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc. (EH&A, 1984), and Balar Associates, 

Inc. (1994). The studies by the USEPA and EH&A represented most of the water-quality information 

available on Cross Lake at that time.

In 1993, a study was done by the USGS and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 

to assess the mercury concentration in fish tissue, water column, sediment, and epiphytic plant samples from 

lakes and rivers throughout the State, including Cross Lake (Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality, 1999).

Mercury concentrations from 12 largemouth bass fillet samples collected from Cross Lake were at or 

near 0.52 ppm. Although no fish consumption advisory was issued for Cross Lake, advisories are considered 

for water bodies with average mercury concentrations of 0.52 ppm or more in fish and shellfish (Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality, 1999).

Methods of Study

All water-quality samples were collected at the top of the water column in accordance with methods 

described in Brown and others (1970) and analyzed by the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory in 

Denver, Colo., and the Water-Quality Service Unit in Ocala, Fla., using standard methods described by 

Fishman (1993). Bed-sediment samples were collected once from each sample site at the beginning of the 

study. All bottom-material samples were collected using a teflon-coated petite ponar sampler.

Sediment traps were deployed at the eastern and western ends of Cross Lake on May 27, 1998, and were 

retrieved 176 days later on November 19, 1999. Sediment thickness was measured at five points within each 

sediment trap and an average was calculated for each trap.

On site physical and chemical-related properties including temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and 

specific conductance were measured quarterly, except during the summer months (June-September) when 

the properties were measured monthly, using a Hydrolab Surveyor 3. Two Hydrolab MiniSonde 4’s were 

used to measure and record continuous physical and chemical-related properties at the top and bottom of the 

water column at site 6 during September 6, 1998, and February 20, 1999. Water-quality instruments were 

calibrated at the beginning of each data-collection day. Transparency was measured using a Secchi disk. For 

the purposes of numerical calculations (nitrogen-phosphorus ratios and average and median concentrations), 

less than detectable level concentrations were assumed to be zero. Trophic State Index (TSI) was calculated 

for Cross Lake based upon chlorophyll-a data collected from Cross Lake and applied to Carlson’s TSI 

equation (Cooke and others, 1993).
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The 10 water-quality sites (table 1 and fig. 3) are presented in the following east-to-west order: Cross 

Lake Spillway (site 1), Willow Point (site 2), Hatcher’s Arm (site 3), Johnson’s Arm (site 4), Hickman’s 

Arm (site 5), Twin Bird Islands (site 6), Page Bayou Cove (site 7), Cross Bayou Cove (site 8), Fortney 

Bayou (site 9), and Goat Island (site 10). All water-quality sites were located in the vicinity of tributaries 

to the lake, except the Cross Lake spillway, Willow Point, and Twin Bird Island sites, which represent the 

interior of Cross Lake. Water-quality sites as distributed throughout the lake could represent inflow from 

the different tributaries of Cross Lake.

Table 1. Water-quality sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99

Acknowledgments

The author extends appreciation to Robert “Bo” Williams, former Mayor of the City of Shreveport, 

and Mike Strong and Wes Wyche of the Department of Operational Services, City of Shreveport, for their 

cooperation and assistance provided during this study. Additionally, special thanks are given to the 

personnel of the Cross Lake Patrol and the Amiss Water Treatment Plant for the direction provided and the 

use of their facilities, and to the employees of the USGS office in Ruston, La., for their assistance in 

collection and analysis of data.

WATER-QUALITY AND BOTTOM-MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS

Water

Physical and Chemical-Related Properties

The data for physical and chemical-related properties collected from Cross Lake include gage height, 

specific conductance, air and water temperature, field pH, dissolved oxygen, barometric pressure, color, 

turbidity, transparency, chemical and biochemical oxygen demand, hardness, alkalinity, and total dissolved 

solids. A discussion of selected physical and chemical properties is provided in this section. The data for 

physical and chemical-related properties are listed in table 2 (at the back of the report).

The DEQ (April 2002) has identified Cross Lake for the following uses: primary and secondary contact 

recreation, propagation of fish and wildlife, drinking-water supply, and agriculture (Louisiana Department 

of Environmental Quality, 1984, p. 82). Based upon these designated uses and other factors, the DEQ has 

developed “numerical criteria” for Cross Lake as listed in table 3. These water-quality criteria, if not 

exceeded, are expected to result in an ecosystem suitable for the highest designated uses given.

Site no.

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Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport

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Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport
Figure 3. Location of water-quality sites at Cross Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

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Temperature

The surface temperature of the sampled sites ranged from 9.6 oC in February 1997 to 34.9 oC in July 

1998. Cross Lake begins to stratify in late May and early June and remains stratified until mid to late 

September (fig. 4). Water temperatures remain relatively constant in the lake from year to year. Cross 

Lake mixes once per year (monomictic), usually in late September to early October. Once mixed, water 

temperatures continue to decline and vary less from top to bottom into the winter season. Nearly 8 percent 

of the temperature measurements exceeded the maximum temperature designated-use criteria (32 oC) 

established by the DEQ.

Dissolved Oxygen

The dissolved-oxygen concentrations of the sampled sites ranged from 0.1 mg/L in July 1998 to 

12.9 mg/L in September 1998. Generally, higher concentrations of dissolved oxygen were observed in 

the winter months and lower concentrations in the summer months. Dissolved oxygen is stratified and 

exhibits a diel pattern during the summer months (fig. 5). Some dissolved-oxygen concentrations for 

Cross Lake were less than the minimum dissolved oxygen designated-use criteria (5.0 mg/L) established 

by the DEQ.

The pH

Measurements of pH were collected at all water-quality sites during sample collection. The pH also 

was measured at the laboratory during sample analysis. Field and laboratory measurements of pH were 

similar. In general, pH values were higher at the lake surface and lower at the lake bottom. The pH 

demonstrated stratification and a diel pattern during the summer months and was relatively the same (top 

to bottom) during the winter. Stratification of pH during the summer months may be caused, in part, by the 

low dissolved-oxygen concentrations (reducing conditions) of the lake bottom and higher water 

temperatures during the summer months.

The pH of Cross Lake ranged from 6.1 in February 1997 and 9.3 in July 1998. No field measurements 

of pH were less than the low pH designated-use criteria (6.0) during the study. However, approximately 

14 percent of the field pH measurements for Cross Lake exceeded the high pH designated-use criteria (8.5) 

established for Cross Lake by the DEQ.

Table 3. Water-quality criteria for the designated uses of Cross Lake

[Source: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (1984, p. 82)]

Maximum 

water temperature, in 

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pH,

units

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milligrams per 

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(residue on evaporation at 180 degrees 

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Figure 4. Water temperatures at the Twin Bird Island site at Cross Lake in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

September 1998 and February 1999.

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Figure 5. Dissolved-oxygen concentrations at the Twin Bird Island site at Cross Lake in Caddo 

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Total Dissolved Solids

Total dissolved solids (residue on evaporation at 180 oC) were collected for all water-quality sites 

during sample collection. Total dissolved solids were determined using residue on evaporation at 180 oC. 

The median residue on evaporation concentration for Cross Lake was 96 mg/L. Residue on evaporation 

ranged from 58 mg/L in February 1997 to 292 mg/L in September 1998. Approximately 22 percent of the 

samples analyzed for residue on evaporation exceeded the DEQ’s designated-use criteria of 150 mg/L for 

total dissolved solids. None of the samples analyzed for residue on evaporation exceeded the USEPA’s 

Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level (SMCL) for total dissolved solids of 500 mg/L in drinking water 

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1976). Residue on evaporation concentrations were higher and 

varied more during the fall and winter and were lower and varied less during the spring and summer. In 

general, residue on evaporation concentrations decreased east to west on Cross Lake.

Suspended Sediment

Suspended-sediment samples were collected at all of the water-quality sites on seven occasions, except 

at site 5, where six samples were collected during the 2-year period of data collection (table 4). The minimum 

(17 mg/L) and maximum (548 mg/L) suspended-sediment concentrations were detected in samples collected 

on February 19, 1999, at site 8 and July 2, 1997, at site 1. Site 5, representing mainly an urban watershed, 

had the highest average suspended-sediment concentration (138 mg/L), and site 4, representing Logan 

Bayou, draining a mainly forested watershed, had the lowest average concentration (39 mg/L).

Table 4. Suspended-sediment concentrations in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99

[Concentrations are in milligrams per liter. --, no data]

Date

Cross Lake 

Spillway on 

Cross Lake, at

Shreveport

Site 1

Cross Lake 

at Willow 

Point, at 

Shreveport

Site 2

Cross Lake 

at Hatcher‘s 

Arm, at 

Shreveport

Site 3

Cross Lake 

at Johnson‘s 

Arm, at 

Shreveport

Site 4

Cross Lake at

 Hickman‘s 

Arm, at 

Shreveport

Site 5

Cross Lake 

at Twin Bird 

Island, at 

Shreveport

Site 6

Cross Lake 

at Page 

Bayou Cove, 

at Shreveport

Site 7

Cross Lake 

at Cross 

Bayou Cove, 

at Shreveport

Site 8

Cross Lake 

at Fortney 

Bayou, at 

Shreveport

Site 9

Cross Lake 

at Goat 

Island, at 

Shreveport

Site 10

7- 2-97 548 281 28 26 -- 321 359 60 35 98

11-20-97 20 19 56 36 381 45 112 119 49 86

6-29-98 26 22 37 26 23 23 19 53 184 30

7-28-98 57 68 65 68 48 57 52 -- 78 --

7-29-98 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 83 -- 99

9- 9-98 72 55 147 46 -- 55 76 -- 87 --

9-10-98 -- -- -- -- 322 -- -- 135 -- 63

11-19-98 41 34 35 39 29 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 -- -- -- -- -- 30 29 24 61 21

2-18-99 21 27 26 29 24 -- 18 -- -- --

2-19-99 -- -- -- -- -- 22 -- 17 24 18
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Major Inorganic Chemical Constituents

Eight major inorganic chemical constituents (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfate, 

chloride, fluoride, and silica) and another indicator of inorganic concentrations (hardness as calcium 

carbonate [CaCO3]) were sampled from water-quality sites throughout Cross Lake during the period of 

sample collection (table 2, at the back of the report).

Based on the analyzed data, water in Cross Lake is a sodium-bicarbonate type. Sodium, the major 

cation, averaged 16.5 mg/L. The major anions were carbonate and bicarbonate, measured by alkalinity 

as CaCO3, and averaged 33.2 mg/L overall. Therefore, water from Cross Lake is classified as soft. 

Associated with the sodium was chloride, the second most abundant anion. Chloride concentrations 

averaged 23.1 mg/L during the period of sample collection. Chloride and sodium concentrations were 

highest at the eastern end of Cross Lake and, in general, decreased westward.

Historical data indicate Twelvemile Bayou contains water with high concentrations (average 

200 mg/L) of chloride (Garrison, 1997). Data collected from Cross Lake in 1999 indicate a substantial 

increase in chloride concentrations at water-quality sites 1-3 on the eastern end of Cross Lake when 

Cross Lake is supplemented with water from nearby Twelvemile Bayou, typically during the summer 

months. However, the assimilative capacity of Cross Lake effectively dilutes the high-chloride water 

from Twelvemile Bayou. The USEPA’s SMCL for chloride is 250 mg/L (U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1976), and the criterium established for Cross Lake by the DEQ is 75 mg/L. Cross Lake did not 

exceed either water-quality standard for chloride concentrations; the highest concentration was 68 mg/L 

at sites 1 and 2. The USEPA also has established SMCL’s for drinking water for fluoride and sulfate (2.0 

and 250, respectively) (U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, 1976). Concentrations of these constituents did not exceed the USEPA’s SMCL’s for any sample collected during the study described in this 

report.

Nutrients

Nutrients reported include: total and dissolved concentrations for ammonia, ammonia plus organic 

nitrogen, nitrate, nitrite, phosphorus, and orthophosphorus (table 5, at the back of the report). No water 

samples analyzed for nitrate exceeded the USEPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 10 mg/L 

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1976). Nutrients were evenly distributed throughout the lake, 

and no particular water-quality site demonstrated a consistently higher or lower nutrient concentration.

Algal growth in Cross Lake is controlled by the available nutrients within the water column and 

bottom material. An indication as to which nutrient may be limiting the amount of algal growth in the lake 

may be determined by the nitrogen to phosphorus ratios. Generally, nitrogen to phosphorus ratios greater 

than 10 indicate that phosphorus may be limiting algal growth. However, ratios less than 5 indicate that 

nitrogen may be limiting algal growth. Ratios between 5 and 10 indicate both nitrogen and phosphorus 

limit the amount of algal growth (Demas, 1985). Based on nitrogen to phosphorus ratios calculated for 

Cross Lake, median values for all water-quality sites were within the nitrogen-limited range (less than or 

equal to 5). The low concentrations of nitrogen may be due, in part, to the management of the Cross Lake 

watershed by the City of Shreveport and its beneficial effect in regulating the water quality of Cross Lake.

Contributions of organic matter from the wooded, western end of the lake might be a potential source 

of phosphorus. Much of the phosphorus associated with lakes are deposited by direct sedimentation and 

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The average total phosphorus concentration of Cross Lake during sample collection was 0.05 mg/L. 

According to the study performed by Espey, Huston & Associates, Inc. (1984, p. vi), the assumed baseline 

average phosphorus concentration for Cross Lake was 0.05 mg/L. According to these data, little or no 

change has occurred in the average concentration of total phosphorus in Cross Lake between 1984 and 

1999. Typically, total phosphorus concentrations greater than 0.02 - 0.03 mg/L are considered to be 

indicative of eutrophic lake systems (Demas, 1985).

A previous study (1974) on Cross Lake, conducted by the USEPA, cites a TSI of 68, indicative of 

eutrophic lake systems (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1974). The average TSI (51), based upon 

chlorophyll-a data collected during the Cross Lake study described in this report, indicates that Cross Lake 

is mesotrophic-eutrophic. Apparently, the Cross Lake TSI fluctuates from year to year; however, the 

current (1999) TSI might indicate a possible reduction in the amount of eutrophication of Cross Lake 

compared to the TSI calculated in the 1974 study by the USEPA.

Minor Elements

Minor elements in the water column may originate from natural or anthropogenic sources. Some of the 

potential anthropogenic sources of minor elements may be from industrial discharges, corrosion of 

galvanized pipes and plumbing, herbicides and fertilizers, and runoff from batteries and paints (McGee and 

Demcheck, 1995). Minor elements also occur naturally. The types and amounts of minor elements 

occurring naturally depend upon the local geology and environmental conditions.

Water-quality sites were sampled for total and dissolved arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, 

copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, and zinc (table 6, at the back of the report). No 

concentrations exceeded the USEPA’s MCL’s for drinking water or the DEQ water-quality standards for 

drinking water supply (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 1984) (table 7) for a minor 

element in either the total or dissolved phase, except iron and manganese in several samples exceeded the 

USEPA’s SMCL’s. Currently (2003), there are no established MCL’s or SMCL’s for nickel by USEPA or 

DEQ. Total and dissolved arsenic were detected at or less than the detection limit (1 μg/L) at all sites. 

Total and dissolved beryllium and cadmium concentrations at all sites were less than the detection limit 

(0.5 and 1.0 μg/L). Total chromium concentrations ranged from less than the detection limit (1 μg/L) to 

8 μg/L at site 9. Concentrations of total chromium exceeded the detection limit at site 6 on November 20, 

1998, site 8 on February 3, 1998, site 9 on May 28 and November 20, 1998, and site 10 on November 20, 

1998. All concentrations of chromium were less than the USEPA’s MCL for chromium (total) in drinking 

water (100 μg/L) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1976).

Iron and manganese were detected at concentrations greater than detection limits at all water-quality 

sites. Iron and manganese exhibited the highest concentrations and largest range of concentration of all the 

minor elements analyzed. In general, concentrations of iron and manganese increased westward from site 1. 

The USEPA’s SMCL’s for iron and manganese in drinking water are 300 and 50 μg/L (U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1976). Total and dissolved iron concentrations ranged from 110 to 1,400 μg/L and from 

1.3 to 590 μg/L and had median concentrations of 480 and 120 μg/L. Total and dissolved manganese concentrations ranged from 53 to 360 μg/L and 0.2 to 200 μg/L and had median concentrations of 150 and 

14 μg/L. Total iron and manganese concentrations exceeded the USEPA’s SMCL at all water-quality sites. 

Both iron and manganese naturally occur in abundance in the sediments of the watershed contributing to 

Cross Lake. Therefore, the high concentrations of iron and manganese in Cross Lake are most likely from 

natural sources.
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1Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1976).

2

Source: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (1984).

In general, concentrations of copper decreased west of site 1. Sites 1-3 exhibited the highest median and 

overall concentrations and largest range of total copper concentrations compared to sites farther west (4-10). 

Total and dissolved copper concentrations in samples from all sites ranged from less than 1 μg/L for both 

total and dissolved samples to a maximum of 11 and 6.4 μg/L and had median concentrations of 2.0 and 

1.3 μg/L. The concentrations of copper were less than the USEPA’s MCL and SMCL’s of 1,300 and 

1,000 μg/L for drinking water (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1976).

Total and dissolved lead concentrations ranged from less than 1 to 3 μg/L (site 5). All lead concentrations for Cross Lake were less than the USEPA’s MCL of 15 μg/L (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

1976). The concentrations of mercury were less than the USEPA’s MCL of 2 μg/L for drinking water (U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1976). Total and dissolved mercury concentrations ranged from less than 

0.1 μg/L to a maximum of 0.1 μg/L at sites 5-7 and 10. Concentrations of total mercury were greater than 

the detection limit at sites 5-7 and at site 6 for dissolved mercury in 1997. However, only site 10 had total 

and dissolved mercury concentrations greater than the detection limit in 1998.

Other minor elements detected in trace amounts were nickel, selenium, and zinc. Of these minor elements, the USEPA has an MCL and SMCL for selenium and zinc, 50 and 5,000 μg/L (U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1976). None of the sample results for these minor elements exceeded the MCL or 

SMCL’s.

Organic Chemical Constituents

Organic chemical (pesticide) usage may be associated with each of the land uses in the Cross Lake 

watershed; however, cropland typically has the highest associated pesticide usage. The majority of the 

cropland within the Cross Bayou watershed occurs along the Red River, northeast of Cross Lake, and mostly 

drains directly into Cross Bayou downstream from the Cross Lake spillway and Cross Lake.

Table 7. Federal and State water-quality standards and criteria for selected minor elements in water

Minor Element

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1

Maximum Contaminant Secondary Maximum 

Level for Contaminant Level for 

drinking water drinking water

Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality waterquality standards for drinking 

water supply2

Arsenic 50.0 -- 50.0

Beryllium 4.0 -- --

Cadmium 5.0 -- 10.0

Chromium 100.0 (total) -- 50.0 (trivalent)

Copper 1,300 1,000 1,000

Iron -- 300.0 --

Lead 15.0 -- 50.0

Manganese -- 50 --

Mercury 2.0 -- 2.0

Selenium 50.0 -- --

Zinc -- 5,000 --

[Concentrations are in micrograms per liter; --, no data]
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Thirty-eight organic compounds, including various pesticides and PCB’s, were analyzed in water samples 

collected at all water-quality sites on Cross Lake throughout the period of sample collection (table 8, at the 

back of the report). Of the 38 organic compounds, only two (2,4-D and diazinon) were detected at concentrations greater than the limit of detection. The maximum concentration of 2,4-D was 0.08 μg/L for a sample 

collected on June 10, 1997 at site 4, and the maximum concentration of diazinon was 0.01 μg/L for a sample 

collected on November 19, 1998 at site 4. All concentrations of analyzed organic chemicals were less than 

the Federal and State standards and criteria (table 9) for aquatic life protection and drinking-water supplies.

Table 9. Federal and State water-quality standards and criteria for selected organic chemicals

1

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1976).

2

Source: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (1984).

Bacteria

Samples for analysis of fecal coliform and fecal streptococci bacteria were collected at all water-quality 

sites throughout the period of sample collection (table 10, at the back of the report). Fecal coliform bacteria 

are “indicators” of possible pathogens produced from the wastes of warm-blooded animals and are a measure 

of the water quality (Wilde and Radtke, 1998), especially where body contact or water consumption occur. 

Sources of fecal coliform bacteria can include: unsewered areas, animal wastes, runoff from septic ponds, 

leaking septic tanks, and overland runoff from livestock areas.

Fecal coliform and fecal streptococci ranged from less than 1 to 580 and from less than 1 to 1,700 cols/

100mL (table 10, at the back of the report). However, the median values for fecal coliform and fecal 

streptococci were 10.5 and 6.0 cols/100mL. In the months water samples were collected (February, May, 

June, July, August, September, and November), the highest concentrations of bacteria were consistently 

detected during February. Overall, fecal coliform were detected in higher concentrations than those of 

Organic chemical

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1

freshwater aquatic life protection

______________________________

Acute Chronic

Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality water-quality 

standards for drinking water supplies2

Aldrin 3.00 -- 40

Chlordane 2.40 .0043 190

DDT 1.10 .0010 190

DDD .03 .0060 270

DDE 52.5 10.5000 190

Dieldrin 2.50 .0019 50

Endosulfan .22 .0560 .47

Endrin .18 .0023 .26

Heptachlor .52 .0038 70

Lindane 5.30 .21 .11

PCB’s 2.00 .0140 10

2,4-D -- -- 100.00

Silvex -- -- 10.00

[Concentrations are in micrograms per liter]
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Human waste contains approximately 2 to 4 times as much fecal coliform as fecal streptococci. Animal 

waste contains higher concentrations of fecal streptococci than fecal coliform (approximately 1.5 times). 

(Geldreich and Kenner, 1969). Fecal coliform to fecal streptococci ratios may indicate human or nonhuman sources of fecal bacteria input to a system; however, these ratios are only valid for the first 24 hours 

after input to the system. The median fecal coliform to fecal streptococci ratio for Cross Lake was 1.3. 

Therefore, while not in the 2 to 4 ratio range, indicative of human origins, the consistently higher 

concentrations of fecal coliform in Cross Lake might indicate a human source.

Concentrations of fecal bacteria were related to turbidity. During high runoff, bacteria within the 

watershed may be transported to the lake where they remain in suspension and may travel some distance 

from their point of entry into the lake. High concentrations of fecal bacteria were measured shortly after 

rainfall-runoff events. However, these high concentrations of fecal bacteria quickly returned to low levels 

shortly after the rainfall-runoff event.

According to the DEQ water-quality standards for primary contact recreation, fecal-coliform bacteria 

concentrations may not exceed 400 cols/100 mL annually in more than 10 percent of the samples analyzed 

for any 30-day period during the recreational period (May 1 to October 31). During the non-recreational 

period (November 1 - April 30), secondary contact recreation standards apply; fecal-coliform bacteria 

concentrations may not exceed 2,000 cols/100 mL annually in more than 10 percent of the samples 

analyzed for any 30-day period (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 1984).

During 1997 (February - November), 60 fecal-coliform bacteria samples were collected and analyzed 

for water-quality sites throughout Cross Lake. Of those 60 samples, none had concentrations greater than 

400 cols/100 mL. In 1998 (February - November), 64 fecal-coliform bacteria samples were collected and 

analyzed. Of those 64 samples, 2 samples (3.1 percent) had concentrations greater than 400 cols/100 mL. 

In February 1999, 10 bacteria samples were collected and analyzed. Of those 10 samples, none had 

concentrations greater than 400 cols/100 mL. Therefore, Cross Lake did not exceed the DEQ primary 

contact recreation standards for fecal-coliform bacteria during the period of sample collection for this 

report. However, Cross Lake did exceed the DEQ’s designated-use criteria for bacteria (1 col/100 mL) in 

approximately 82 percent of the bacteria samples collected.

Bottom Material

Minor Elements

Bottom-material samples were collected at all water-quality sites on August 19, 1997. These samples 

were analyzed for concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, 

and zinc (table 11). In general, site 9 had the lowest concentrations and sites 2 and 8 the highest concentrations of minor elements. Iron concentration was a strong indicator of the relative concentrations of other 

minor elements in the Cross Lake bottom materials. Bottom-material samples with high iron concentrations generally also had high concentrations of other minor elements. Currently (2003), the USEPA does 

not have established standards for minor elements in bottom material.

Concentrations of arsenic ranged from less than 2 μg/g at site 9 to 10 μg/g at site 10. Cadmium 

concentrations for all water-quality sites were less than detectable limits (1 μg/g). Chromium ranged from 

less than 10 μg/g at sites 6 and 9 to 33 μg/g at sites 2 and 8.
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Concentration of copper ranged from 4 μg/g at sites 6 and 9 to 120 μg/g at site 1. Iron was detected at 

all water-quality sites and exhibited the widest range in concentrations (6,300 μg/g at site 9 to 43,000 μg/g 

at site 2). The average iron concentration from all water-quality sites was 21,900 μg/g. Total lead ranged 

from less than 10 μg/g at sites 6 and 9 to about 40 μg/g at sites 1, 2, 7, 8, and 10. Manganese, like iron, 

ranged widely and was found in concentrations from 220 μg/g at site 9 to over 10 times that concentration 

(2,300 μg/g) at site 2. The average concentration of manganese from sites 2 through 10 was 644 μg/g. Due 

to laboratory damage, data for the site 1 samples were destroyed. Mercury concentrations ranged from 0.03 

μg/g at sites 3, 4, 6, and 9 to a high of 0.09 μg/g at sites 7, 8, and 10. The average zinc concentration from 

sites 1 through 10 was 70 μg/g. Sites 6 and 9 exhibited the lowest zinc concentration (20 μg/g) and site 8 

the highest (130 μg/g).

Table 11. Concentrations of minor elements in bottom material from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, 

Louisiana, August 19, 1997

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μg/g, micrograms per gram; <, actual value is 

known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

Sedimentation Rate

The average sediment accumulation in the eastern and western sediment traps were 0.21 in. and 0.19 in. 

(0.43 and 0.39 in/yr). Although the eastern and western ends of Cross Lake differ in depth, potential for 

resuspension of bottom materials through wind and wave action and the vicinity of inflows, both sediment 

traps demonstrated similar sedimentation rates.

Arsenic, 

total

 (μg/g as 

As)

Cadmium, 

total (μg/g 

as Cd)

Chromium, total 

 (μg/g as Cr)

Copper, total

 (μg/g as Cu)

 Iron, total

(μg/g as 

Fe)

Lead, total 

(μg/g as Pb)

Manganese, 

total (μg/g as 

Mn)

Mercury,

(μg/g as Hg)

 Zinc, total

 (μg/g as Zn)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

6 <1.0 29 120 36,000 42 -- 0.06 100

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)

6 <1.0 33 73 43,000 38 2,300 .06 100

Cross Lake at Hatcher‘s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)

3 <1.0 8.0 7 8,600 10 430 .03 30

Cross Lake at Johnson‘s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

2 <1.0 13 8 11,000 12 370 .03 30

Cross Lake at Hickman‘s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

4 <1.0 21 17 24,000 24 490 .06 60

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport (site 6)

2 <1.0 <10 4 8,100 <10 350 .03 20

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)

5 <1.0 24 20 23,000 38 420 .09 90

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)

7 <1.0 33 24 31,000 45 530 .09 130

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)

<2 <1.0 <10 4 6,300 <10 220 .03 20

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)

10 <1.0 27 25 28,000 43 690 .09 120
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Data obtained from sedimentation traps give an approximation of the current sedimentation rate 

occurring in Cross Lake. A more detailed study, involving the collection and analysis of sediment cores 

and additional sediment traps would be necessary to refine the current and establish the historical 

sedimentation rates of Cross Lake.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Cross Lake is a shallow, monomictic lake that was formed in 1926 by the impoundment of Cross Bayou. 

The lake is the primary drinking-water supply for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. The lake is 

approximately 13.4 square miles in surface area and 65,807 acre-feet in volume (at spillway crest 171.19 

feet above NGVD 29). The average depth is 7.7 feet, and the lake receives inflow from a 253-square mile 

watershed. In recent years, the lakeshore has become increasingly urbanized. In addition, the land use of 

the watershed contributing runoff to Cross Lake has changed. Changes in land use and urbanization may 

affect the water chemistry and biology of the Lake. The lake receives most of its inflow from eight tributaries, 

mostly located at the western end of the lake, and two distributaries located on the eastern end of the lake.

Water-quality data were collected at 10 sites on Cross Lake from February 1997 to February 1999. 

Water-column and bottom-material samples were collected. The water-column samples were collected 

four times per year. These samples were analyzed for selected major inorganic ions; nutrients; minor 

elements; pesticides; biologically-related properties such as biochemical oxygen demand, phytoplankton 

(measured by chlorophyll-a and b), turbidity, and fecal-coliform and fecal-streptococci bacteria); selected 

synthetic-organic compounds (polychlorinated biphenols and phenols); and physical and chemical-related 

properties such as specific conductance, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and total dissolved solids. 

Suspended-sediment samples were collected seven times during the period of sample collection. The 

bottom-material samples, which were collected once during the study, were analyzed for selected minor 

elements and inorganic carbon.

The surface temperature of Cross Lake ranged from 9.6 to 34.9 degrees Celsius in the summer in the 

winter during the 2-year period of sample collection. The lake began to stratify in late May and early June 

and remained stratified for approximately 4 months, until mid to late September. Cross Lake mixes once 

per year, usually in late September to early October. Once mixed, the temperature of Cross lake declines 

and varies less from top to bottom into the winter season.

Dissolved-oxygen concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 12.9 mg/L (milligrams per liter). Concentrations 

of dissolved oxygen were highest during the winter months and exhibited a diel pattern during the summer 

months.

Nine inorganic chemical constituents, including total dissolved solids, were sampled from waterquality sites throughout Cross Lake. Water in Cross Lake is a sodium-bicarbonate type. Sources of 

sodium may be from the supplemental water from nearby Twelvemile Bayou, which according to historical 

records, exhibits high concentrations of chloride. Typically, water is only supplemented from Twelvemile 

Bayou during the summer months.
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Bicarbonate, measured by alkalinity as calcium carbonate (CaCO3), averaged 33.2 mg/L overall. 

Therefore, the water from Cross Lake is classified as soft. Other inorganic chemicals of concern were 

fluoride, sulfate, and total dissolved solids. Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level’s (SMCL) exist for 

these constituents, however, no concentrations of these constituents were more than the SMCL’s in the 

samples collected for this report.

Nutrients sampled during the Cross Lake water-quality study include ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, 

phosphorus, and orthophosphorus. Nutrients were evenly distributed across the lake and no sample site 

with consistently higher or lower nutrient concentrations. No water samples analyzed for nitrate exceeded 

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 10 mg/L.

Based on nitrogen to phosphorus ratios calculated for Cross Lake, median values for all water-quality sites 

were within the nitrogen-limited range (less than or equal to 5). The low concentrations of nitrogen may be 

due, in part, to the management of the Cross Lake watershed by the City of Shreveport and its beneficial effect 

in regulating the water quality of Cross Lake. Historical Trophic State Indexes (TSI) for Cross Lake classified 

the lake as eutrophic. The 1999 TSI classifies Cross Lake as borderline mesotrophic - eutrophic, which might 

indicate a reduction in eutrophication between 1974 and 1999.

Total and dissolved forms of 12 minor elements were analyzed in water samples collected from Cross 

Lake. Of the 12 minor elements, only iron and manganese exceeded the USEPA’s SMCL and all twelve 

minor elements were less than the USEPA’s MCL. Both iron and manganese occur naturally in the 

sediments of the Cross Lake watershed; therefore, the high concentrations of iron and manganese are most 

likely naturally occurring.

Thirty-eight organic compounds were analyzed from Cross Lake water samples. Of the 38 organic 

compounds analyzed, only two (2,4-D and diazinon) had concentrations greater than the detection limit. 

Concentrations for all 38 organic compounds were less than the Federal and State water-quality standards 

and criteria.

Fecal-coliform and streptococci bacteria concentrations ranged from less than 1 to 580 and 

1,700 col/100 mL (colonies per 100 milliliters) during the period of sample collection. Median values of 

fecal coliform and streptococci bacteria were 10.5 and 6.0 col/100 mL. High concentrations of bacteria 

were measured shortly after rainfall-runoff events. However, these high bacteria concentrations quickly 

returned to low levels shortly after the rainfall-runoff event. Overall, fecal-coliform bacteria was found 

in the highest concentrations. Fecal coliform to streptococci ratios (median 1.3) might indicate a human 

source for Cross Lake bacteria levels. Fecal- coliform bacteria concentrations did not exceed the 

Department of Environmental Quality’s primary contact recreation standard during the period of sample 

collection.

Sedimentation traps were deployed at the eastern and western ends of Cross Lake to determine the 

sedimentation rate. Results from the two sedimentation traps were similar considering the differing 

hydrologic conditions existing at the trap locations. The average sediment accumulation in the eastern and 

western sediment traps were 0.21 and 0.19 in. (0.43 and 0.39 inches per year). These data give an 

approximate current (1999) sedimentation rate; however, a more detailed study, involving the collection of 

sediment cores and additional sediment traps would be necessary to refine the current and establish the 

historical sedimentation rate of Cross Lake.
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Tables 2, 5, 6, 8, and 10
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Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 o

C )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (oC)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 oC 

(mg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

02-19-97 1135 -- -- -- 10.4 6.9 762 60 12 -- 10.4 33 3.0

06-10-97 1350 170.97 118 -- 29.4 8.1 760 15 4.7 -- 8.1 26 3.4

07-02-97 1245 170.79 118 34.0 31.3 8.5 760 -- -- 0.52 7.8 -- 2.1

08-19-97 1440 169.46 154 40.0 30.6 8.4 760 15 6.2 .40 7.2 32 6.1

09-16-97 1135 169.29 256 22.0 27.6 8.6 761 -- -- -- 8.9 -- 3.7

11-20-97 1340 169.50 219 17.0 11.5 7.2 760 -- -- .70 10.4 -- 3.0

02-03-98 1125 170.86 143 15.0 11.4 6.9 763 30 14 .45 8.6 19 2.6

02-06-98 0915 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 169.55 168 25.0 27.2 7.0 763 10 4.3 .62 7.0 20 2.0

06-29-98 1300 -- 215 36.7 30.0 8.2 762 -- -- .35 11.7 -- --

07-28-98 1040 169.16 303 39.4 31.6 8.5 764 -- -- .50 8.8 -- --

09-09-98 1045 168.17 502 31.0 28.5 7.3 762 5 3.6 .35 5.2 16 3.1

11-19-98 1540 -- 355 -- 16.2 7.8 760 .0 2.5 .65 10.3 15 3.9

02-18-99 1425 170.53 104 20.0 14.1 6.8 755 60 6.9 .35 9.1 27 --
23

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)--continued

02-19-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- 21 -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1350 30 7.20 3.00 9.1 2.00 29 9.1 11.0 <0.1 2.0 82 61

07-02-97 1245 -- -- -- -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1440 41 9.60 4.20 11.0 2.30 43 6.8 15.0 .1 6.3 84 81

09-16-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- 48 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1340 -- -- -- -- -- 39 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1125 34 8.10 3.40 13.0 2.20 -- 16.0 18.0 .7 6.8 92 81

02-06-98 0915 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 39 9.20 3.90 16.0 2.30 22 20.0 21.0 <.1 6.3 106 92

06-29-98 1300 -- -- -- -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1040 -- -- -- -- -- 51 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1045 120 29.0 11.0 46.0 3.10 70 56.0 68.0 .2 7.0 280 262

11-19-98 1540 84 20.0 8.30 33.0 2.80 58 30.0 50.0 .1 4.9 204 184

02-18-99 1425 26 6.00 2.60 9.2 1.90 17 11.0 12.0 <.1 4.8 76 58
24

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)

02-19-97 1155 -- 163 -- 10.9 6.9 761 70 18 -- 10.4 33 4.0

06-10-97 1430 170.97 119 -- 30.0 8.2 760 15 <1.0 -- 8.4 28 3.9

07-02-97 1410 170.79 118 34.0 31.6 8.5 760 -- -- 0.49 7.9 -- 2.4

08-19-97 1830 169.46 154 33.0 31.0 8.2 760 10 5.1 .40 6.7 29 4.5

09-16-97 1600 169.29 305 39.0 29.4 8.8 760 -- -- .40 9.7 -- 6.3

11-20-97 1400 169.50 218 17.0 11.1 7.6 760 -- -- .60 10.6 -- 2.9

02-03-98 1145 170.86 136 15.0 11.2 6.8 763 50 17 .40 8.6 17 2.5

02-06-98 0910 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 169.55 168 38.0 27.4 6.8 763 10 2.9 .62 6.7 16 1.5

06-29-98 1315 -- 198 39.0 29.0 8.3 762 -- -- .43 9.2 -- 6.9

07-28-98 1110 169.16 288 39.4 31.0 7.6 764 -- -- .40 7.6 -- --

09-09-98 1130 168.17 500 31.0 28.0 7.4 762 5 3.8 .35 6.1 17 3.7

11-19-98 1605 -- 355 -- 16.2 8.4 760 .0 0.9 .55 10.8 <10 3.1

02-18-99 1500 170.53 99 20.0 14.4 6.9 755 60 7.8 .40 9.5 26 --

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (o

C)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 o

C 

(mg/L)

--
25

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--continued

02-19-97 1155 34 7.60 3.70 15.0 2.30 19 16.0 25.0 <0.1 6.5 98 88

06-10-97 1430 30 7.20 3.00 9.1 1.90 27 9.3 11.0 <.1 1.8 86 60

07-02-97 1410 -- -- -- -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1830 42 9.80 4.30 12.0 2.40 39 6.9 15.0 .1 6.5 84 80

09-16-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- 54 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- 40 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1145 32 7.50 3.20 13.0 2.10 16 15.0 17.0 <.1 7.0 94 75

02-06-98 0910 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 38 9.00 3.80 16.0 2.30 22 19.0 20.0 <.1 6.1 114 89

06-29-98 1315 -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1110 -- -- -- -- -- 49 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1130 120 28.0 11.0 47.0 3.30 78 51.0 68.0 .2 8.2 292 263

11-19-98 1605 88 21.0 8.60 34.0 2.80 60 30.0 51.0 .1 5.0 206 189

02-18-99 1500 25 5.90 2.60 8.7 2.00 16 10.0 11.0 <.1 4.6 72 55

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
26

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3) 

02-19-97 1039 -- 152 -- 9.7 6.6 763 100 19 -- 8.8 35 1.8

06-10-97 1300 170.97 119 -- 28.3 7.2 760 15 5.8 -- 7.7 32 4.5

07-02-97 1225 170.79 121 36.0 30.2 6.9 760 -- -- 0.50 5.8 -- 4.3

08-19-97 1400 169.46 156 33.9 29.4 6.3 760 15 7.9 .32 4.3 32 4.4

09-16-97 1045 169.29 188 22.0 20.0 7.0 761 -- -- .34 6.1 -- 4.7

11-20-97 1105 169.50 215 20.0 11.6 6.5 760 -- -- .30 9.6 -- 0.6

02-03-98 1045 170.86 139 15.0 10.5 6.6 763 70 36 .20 9.1 31 2.7

02-06-98 0900 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .35 -- -- --

05-28-98 0815 169.55 172 25.0 26.9 6.8 763 10 4.5 .40 6.7 20 2.8

06-29-98 1235 -- 188 39.0 29.0 7.3 762 -- -- -- 8.8 -- 5.4

07-28-98 1020 169.16 290 35.0 30.7 8.3 764 -- -- .30 8.3 -- --

09-09-98 1000 168.17 347 31.0 26.5 7.4 762 10 4.9 .25 7.8 17 5.5

11-19-98 1030 -- 340 -- 15.4 6.6 760 .0 3.6 .60 8.5 <10 3.2

02-18-99 1345 170.53 92 21.0 14.8 6.5 755 70 8.1 .78 9.7 -- --

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

oC)

Water 

temperature (o

C)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 oC 

(mg/L)

--
27

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--continued

02-19-97 1039 -- -- -- -- -- 19 -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1300 30 7.20 3.00 9.3 2.00 38 9.6 12.0 <0.1 2.0 78 68

07-02-97 1225 -- -- -- -- -- 34 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1400 42 9.80 4.30 11.0 2.40 39 6.8 15.0 .1 6.6 84 79

09-16-97 1045 -- -- -- -- -- 46 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1105 -- -- -- -- -- 37 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1045 39 8.70 4.10 12.0 2.10 18 21.0 13.0 <.1 6.4 98 79

02-06-98 0900 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0815 40 9.40 4.00 16.0 2.30 22 19.0 21.0 <.1 6.0 106 91

06-29-98 1235 -- -- -- -- -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1020 -- -- -- -- -- 42 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1000 81 19.0 8.10 34.0 3.10 65 28.0 48.0 .2 8.7 198 188

11-19-98 1030 82 19.0 8.30 32.0 2.80 61 30.0 48.0 .1 5.2 207 182

02-18-99 1345 23 5.40 2.40 8.0 1.90 15 9.9 10.0 <.1 4.8 71 52

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 oC, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
28

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

02-19-97 1318 -- 86 -- 11.4 6.4 760 100 23 -- 9.6 36 4.5

06-10-97 1620 170.97 116 -- 27.6 8.1 760 15 5.4 0.54 8.4 31 4.0

07-02-97 1350 170.79 112 34.0 32.5 7.8 760 -- -- .56 7.5 -- 2.4

08-19-97 1515 169.46 153 33.9 31.3 8.6 760 20 6.9 .38 7.1 34 7.1

09-16-97 1300 169.29 192 36.5 31.4 8.9 760 -- -- .35 9.2 -- 6.2

11-20-97 1430 169.50 206 17.0 11.9 7.6 760 -- -- .50 10.6 -- 3.4

02-03-98 1215 170.86 123 15.0 11.9 6.7 763 50 13 .40 8.6 24 3.1

02-06-98 0925 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 169.55 164 25.0 27.9 7.1 763 10 4.7 .50 7.2 23 2.7

06-29-98 1350 -- 188 36.7 32.5 8.8 761 -- -- -- 10.3 -- 8.4

07-28-98 1315 169.16 238 38.5 33.1 8.9 762 -- -- .40 9.6 -- --

09-09-98 1330 168.17 365 32.0 30.0 8.5 761 10 4.8 .30 9.2 18 5.3

11-19-98 1710 -- 297 -- 16.2 6.9 760 10 4.8 .60 9.9 <10 2.3

02-18-99 1530 170.53 88 20.0 15.3 7.0 755 70 7.4 .35 9.7 30 --

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 o

C )

 Air 

temperature

(

oC)

Water 

temperature (oC)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 oC 

(mg/L)

--
29

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)--continued

02-19-97 1318 -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1620 29 6.70 3.00 8.7 1.90 22 8.7 12.0 <0.1 1.7 76 56

07-02-97 1350 -- -- -- -- -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1515 40 9.30 4.10 11.0 2.30 47 7.0 15.0 .1 6.4 90 83

09-16-97 1300 -- -- -- -- -- 44 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1430 -- -- -- -- -- 37 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1215 30 7.10 3.00 12.0 1.90 15 -- 15.0 <.1 6.8 84 --

02-06-98 0925 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 37 8.70 3.60 16.0 2.30 23 18.0 21.0 <.1 5.6 100 89

06-29-98 1350 -- -- -- -- -- 25 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1315 -- -- -- -- -- 44 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1330 71 17.0 7.00 27.0 2.70 65 24.0 40.0 .1 4.8 173 162

11-19-98 1710 71 17.0 7.00 27.0 2.70 48 24.0 40.0 .1 4.8 173 151

02-18-99 1530 23 5.50 2.20 7.7 1.90 16 9.3 9.6 <.1 4.7 68 51

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
30

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

02-19-97 1345 -- 78 -- 10.1 6.4 760 120 28 -- 8.5 44 2.2

06-10-97 1635 170.97 124 -- 30.7 8.8 760 20 5.3 0.55 9.3 32 4.5

07-02-97 1450 170.79 118 36.0 31.0 6.8 760 -- -- .58 3.9 -- 2.4

08-19-97 1600 169.46 153 33.9 30.0 7.3 760 10 6.7 .35 5.1 30 6.6

09-16-97 1315 169.29 189 36.5 31.0 9.0 760 -- -- .35 9.5 -- 5.8

11-20-97 1445 169.50 211 17.0 11.7 7.5 760 -- -- .60 9.9 -- 3.2

02-03-98 1415 170.86 137 17.0 11.9 6.5 762 50 20 .40 8.7 22 2.9

02-06-98 0935 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 169.55 167 25.0 27.6 6.8 763 10 4.2 .50 6.8 24 2.2

06-29-98 1420 -- 202 36.7 31.0 8.4 761 -- -- .35 11.1 -- 7.3

07-28-98 1345 169.16 224 38.5 32.3 9.3 762 -- -- .40 9.3 -- --

09-10-98 0830 168.08 290 32.0 23.0 6.7 763 5 4.6 .60 1.7 23 1.2

11-19-98 1730 -- 286 -- 15.5 7.2 760 10 4.8 .60 8.6 20 2.2

02-18-99 1550 170.53 86 20.0 14.6 6.8 755 60 7.7 .30 9.2 -- --

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (o

C)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 o

C 

(mg/L)

--
31

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--continued

02-19-97 1345 -- -- -- -- -- 11 -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1635 30 6.90 3.00 9.9 2.00 25 9.5 13.0 <0.1 2.0 72 61

07-02-97 1450 -- -- -- -- -- 30 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1600 40 9.10 4.10 11.0 2.20 43 6.8 15.0 .1 6.4 90 80

09-16-97 1315 -- -- -- -- -- 44 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1445 -- -- -- -- -- 38 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1415 32 7.30 3.30 13.0 2.10 15 16.0 18.0 <.1 7.5 96 77

02-06-98 0935 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 37 8.70 3.80 16.0 2.30 22 18.0 21.0 <.1 5.1 102 88

06-29-98 1420 -- -- -- -- -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1345 -- -- -- -- -- 43 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-10-98 0830 66 15.0 6.90 29.0 2.90 54 18.0 40.0 .1 7.3 168 152

11-19-98 1730 69 16.0 7.10 28.0 2.70 46 25.0 42.0 .1 5.7 176 154

02-18-99 1550 21 4.80 2.10 7.0 1.70 15 9.2 9.4 <.1 5.4 69 49

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
32

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)

02-19-97 1710 -- 78 -- 10.1 6.5 760 120 28 -- 8.3 31 2.9

06-11-97 1345 171.00 127 -- 28.3 -- 760 15 <1.0 0.54 8.7 32 5.7

07-02-97 1715 170.79 123 35.0 32.1 8.2 760 -- -- .57 8.1 -- 2.3

08-19-97 1800 169.46 153 33.0 30.5 8.2 760 15 7 .38 7.2 31 3.9

09-16-97 1535 169.29 194 39.0 31.4 9.2 760 -- -- .35 12.2 -- 8.2

11-20-97 1715 169.50 211 15.0 11.5 7.5 760 -- -- .65 10.5 -- 3.1

02-04-98 0845 170.90 134 7.0 11.4 6.5 763 50 17 .40 8.2 23 2.2

02-06-98 1025 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .35 -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 169.55 168 38.0 29.2 8.2 763 10 2.4 .55 8.8 14 3.3

06-29-98 1610 -- 184 36.7 32.6 8.9 761 -- -- .38 10.3 -- 9.2

07-28-98 1545 169.16 220 39.4 32.9 8.9 762 -- -- .40 10.3 -- --

09-09-98 1600 168.17 349 32.0 30.0 8.4 761 5 2.3 .30 8.9 21 5.2

11-20-98 1015 -- 283 -- 15.5 7.2 768 15 4.6 .60 9.0 21 --

02-19-99 1000 170.55 91 11.5 13.9 6.8 765 70 8.1 .40 9.2 36 6.4

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (o

C)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 o

C 

(mg/L)

--
33

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)--continued

02-19-97 1710 21 4.70 2.20 7.9 1.90 13 9.8 12.0 <0.1 5.3 62 52

06-11-97 1345 30 7.00 3.00 10.0 1.80 27 9.5 13.0 <.1 2.2 96 63

07-02-97 1715 -- -- -- -- -- 31 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1800 42 9.40 4.40 12.0 2.30 38 7.3 16.0 .1 6.4 88 81

09-16-97 1535 -- -- -- -- -- 48 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1715 -- -- -- -- -- 38 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0845 30 7.00 3.10 13.0 2.10 14 15.0 18.0 <.1 7.8 94 75

02-06-98 1025 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 37 8.70 3.80 17.0 2.30 22 18.0 22.0 <.1 5.0 112 90

06-29-98 1610 -- -- -- -- -- 25 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1545 -- -- -- -- -- 39 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1600 80 19.0 8.00 32.0 3.10 64 28.0 48.0 .2 8.6 200 185

11-20-98 1015 68 16.0 6.90 27.0 2.70 46 24.0 41.0 .1 5.6 173 151

02-19-99 1000 23 5.30 2.30 8.1 2.0 14 9.6 10.0 <.1 4.7 70 50

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 oC, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
34

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)

02-19-97 1428 -- 87 -- 10.9 6.3 759 120 26 -- -- 27 1.5

06-11-97 0950 171.00 122 -- 27.5 6.7 760 20 5.2 0.53 7.1 35 5.4

07-02-97 1525 170.79 118 36.0 31.0 7.0 760 -- -- .44 6.9 -- 4.0

08-19-97 1640 169.46 148 34.0 30.0 7.0 760 10 3 .52 5.9 23 3.0

09-16-97 1400 169.29 178 35.0 25.9 8.5 760 -- -- .95 6.2 -- 3.5

11-20-97 1545 169.50 147 16.0 10.4 7.1 760 -- -- .90 9.4 -- 1.8

02-03-98 1510 170.86 120 17.0 11.8 6.2 762 70 22 .40 6.1 39 --

02-06-98 0955 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 169.55 165 25.0 26.7 7.0 763 10 2.3 .85 8.6 20 1.5

06-29-98 1450 -- 190 36.7 31.0 7.4 761 -- -- .70 4.4 -- 8.1

07-28-98 1430 169.16 202 39.4 29.2 7.4 762 -- -- .50 1.0 -- --

09-09-98 1350 168.17 -- 32.0 29.0 8.2 761 5 1.6 .35 8.2 21 5.0

11-20-98 0800 -- 184 -- 15.0 6.4 768 50 7.9 .60 4.4 <10 --

02-18-99 1635 170.53 109 20.0 14.7 6.8 756 70 -- .45 8.0 -- --

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 o

C )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (o

C)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 oC 

(mg/L)
35

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)--continued

02-19-97 1428 21 4.6 2.20 7.2 2.00 13 10.0 10.0 <0.1 5.4 76 49

06-11-97 0950 29 6.50 3.00 9.8 2.00 34 8.5 12.0 <.1 2.6 70 65

07-02-97 1525 -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1640 38 8.40 4.10 12.0 1.20 34 6.5 15.0 .1 2.6 74 70

09-16-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- 41 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1545 -- -- -- -- -- 34 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1510 28 6.40 2.80 12.0 2.00 16 -- 15.0 <.1 7.4 90 --

02-06-98 0955 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 36 8.50 3.70 17.0 .90 24 14.0 22.0 <.1 1.8 102 82

06-29-98 1450 -- -- -- -- -- 30 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1430 -- -- -- -- -- 64 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1350 68 16.0 6.70 28.0 2.60 62 21.0 38.0 .1 8.0 -- 158

11-20-98 0800 42 9.80 4.30 17.0 3.00 32 15.0 24.0 <.1 5.7 122 99

02-18-99 1635 -- -- -- -- -- 17 -- -- -- -- -- --

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
36

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)

02-19-97 1530 -- 91 -- 11.5 6.1 760 120 22 -- 6.4 32 1.2

06-11-97 1030 171.00 132 -- 27.0 6.8 760 20 1.0 0.58 7.6 33 6.2

07-02-97 1540 170.79 145 36.0 30.6 6.2 760 -- -- .76 4.3 -- 6.1

08-19-97 1645 169.46 151 34.0 29.1 6.6 760 15 1.2 .60 2.7 24 6.7

09-16-97 1420 169.29 199 35.0 26.4 6.8 760 -- -- .10 4.8 -- 6.3

11-20-97 1600 169.50 260 16.0 10.9 6.7 760 -- -- .75 8.7 -- 4.3

02-03-98 1530 170.86 269 17.0 12.3 6.4 762 70 22 .35 7.0 26 2.0

02-06-98 1000 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .40 -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 169.55 222 25.0 27.0 6.7 763 20 2.8 .95 7.0 26 1.4

06-29-98 1505 -- 259 36.7 31.0 8.6 761 -- -- .74 9.1 -- 7.9

07-29-98 0800 169.10 256 29.5 30.0 6.6 763 -- -- .63 .1 -- --

09-10-98 0915 168.08 262 32.0 24.0 7.0 763 5 7.6 .70 3.4 26 2.6

11-20-98 0830 -- 91 -- 14.5 6.1 768 70 12 .55 2.1 42 --

02-19-99 0824 170.55 182 11.5 13.0 6.3 765 60 2.2 .80 5.8 29 2.5

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (oC)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 o

C 

(mg/L)

--
37

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)--continued

02-19-97 1530 21 4.60 2.40 8.4 2.00 13 11.0 12.0 <0.1 5.8 76 54

06-11-97 1030 31 7.30 3.00 12.0 1.90 25 9.5 17.0 <.1 3.0 98 69

07-02-97 1540 -- -- -- -- -- 34 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1645 40 8.80 4.30 15.0 2.00 41 5.2 23.0 <.1 5.5 96 88

09-16-97 1420 -- -- -- -- -- 42 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1530 60 13.0 6.60 27.0 2.10 21 32.0 41.0 <.1 9.1 166 144

02-06-98 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 46 10.0 5.10 24.0 1.70 35 12.0 35.0 <.1 1.9 134 111

06-29-98 1505 -- -- -- -- -- 41 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-29-98 0800 -- -- -- -- -- 58 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-10-98 0915 58 13.0 6.20 26.0 2.80 63 8.7 38.0 .1 5.9 154 139

11-20-98 0830 21 4.60 2.20 8.8 2.20 14 11.0 11.0 <.1 7.2 -- 56

02-19-99 0824 40 8.60 4.40 19.0 2.10 24 18.0 26.0 <.1 3.0 117 96

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 oC, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
38

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)

02-19-97 1647 -- 70 -- 11.8 6.3 760 100 26 -- 8.1 32 1.9

06-11-97 1300 171.00 129 -- 28.2 6.8 760 20 <1.0 0.42 7.2 32 3.9

07-02-97 1650 170.79 119 35.0 32.3 6.7 760 -- -- .43 7.0 -- 2.9

08-19-97 1750 169.46 159 33.0 30.8 7.0 760 20 8.3 .35 5.3 26 5.0

09-16-97 1517 169.29 189 35.0 32.2 9.1 760 -- -- .35 10.5 -- 7.9

11-20-97 1700 169.50 207 15.0 12.0 7.3 760 -- -- .70 10.0 -- 2.7

02-04-98 0945 170.90 150 20.0 11.1 6.6 764 60 15 .40 7.6 24 2.2

02-06-98 1015 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .50 -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 169.55 171 38.0 29.5 8.3 763 10 6.8 .40 9.0 17 4.2

06-29-98 1600 -- 193 36.7 31.0 8.9 761 -- -- .30 12.2 -- 9.6

07-28-98 1500 169.16 206 39.4 34.9 9.1 762 -- -- .30 10.5 -- --

09-09-98 1530 168.17 298 32.0 30.0 9.0 761 5 3.7 .25 12.9 26 8.1

11-20-98 0930 -- 152 -- 15.6 6.7 768 70 11 .55 7.9 27 --

02-19-99 0930 170.55 133 11.5 13.2 6.7 765 70 8.0 .60 7.4 27 2.9

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 o

C )

 Air 

temperature

(

oC)

Water 

temperature (oC)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 oC 

(mg/L)

--
39

 Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)--continued

02-19-97 1647 18 4.10 2.00 7.5 1.70 12 12.0 8.8 -- 6.2 60 50

06-11-97 1300 30 7.00 3.00 11.0 1.80 24 9.4 15.0 <0.1 2.8 96 65

07-02-97 1650 -- -- -- -- -- 28 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1750 40 9.10 4.10 13.0 2.20 37 7.7 16.0 .1 6.1 86 81

09-16-97 1517 -- -- -- -- -- 45 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1700 -- -- -- -- -- 36 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0945 33 7.60 3.50 17.0 2.00 -- 19.0 20.0 <.1 8.6 106 89

02-06-98 1015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 37 8.50 3.80 17.0 2.20 23 17.0 23.0 <.1 4.3 102 90

06-29-98 1600 -- -- -- -- -- 24 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-28-98 1500 -- -- -- -- -- 36 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-09-98 1530 68 16.0 6.70 28.0 2.80 55 19.0 41.0 .1 9.0 172 156

11-20-98 0930 35 8.00 3.60 15.0 2.40 22 17.0 20.0 <.1 6.5 112 86

02-19-99 0930 27 6.20 2.90 13.0 1.80 19 15.0 14.0 <.1 6.3 87 71

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 o

C, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
40

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)

02-19-97 1653 -- 102 -- 10.9 6.5 760 80 20 -- 5.9 30 1.3

06-11-97 1110 171.00 129 -- 27 6.4 760 30 <1.0 0.53 5.6 32 4.3

07-02-97 1630 170.79 120 35.0 30.4 6.5 760 -- -- .62 7.0 -- 2.5

08-19-97 1740 169.46 151 33.0 28.9 6.6 760 15 2.6 .65 2.1 20 7.1

09-16-97 1500 169.29 181 35.0 31.9 8.8 760 -- -- .45 8.4 -- 5.5

11-20-97 1620 169.50 180 16.0 10.4 6.9 760 -- -- .80 11.5 -- .9

02-04-98 0930 170.90 245 20.0 10.6 6.4 764 50 8.9 .90 5.5 23 .5

02-06-98 1010 170.93 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .90 -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 169.55 173 38.0 27.4 6.6 763 10 2.0 .85 7.2 27 2.8

06-29-98 1545 -- 208 36.7 26.0 7.0 761 -- -- .90 1.5 -- 2.9

07-29-98 0840 169.10 221 38.8 29.2 6.7 763 -- -- .42 .3 -- --

09-10-98 1030 168.08 268 32.0 23.0 7.2 763 5 2.5 .60 3.1 21 1.2

11-20-98 0910 -- 103 -- 14.9 6.2 768 70 13 .55 2.5 18 --

02-19-99 0950 170.55 101 11.5 12.8 6.3 765 70 3.2 .90 5.4 33 2.3

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μS/cm at 25 oC, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; oC, degrees Celsius; mm, millimeters; 

NTU, nephelometric turbidity units; mg/L, milligrams per liter; --, no data; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown]

Date Time

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Specific 

conductance 

(μS/cm at 

25 oC )

 Air 

temperature

(

o

C)

Water 

temperature (oC)

 pH, 

water, 

whole, 

field 

(standard 

units)

Barometric 

pressure 

(mm of 

Mercury)

 Color 

(platinumcobalt 

units)

Turbidity 

(NTU)

Transparency, 

Secchi 

disk 

(meters)

Oxygen, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Chemical 

oxygen 

demand, 

high level 

(mg/L)

Biochemical 

oxygen 

demand, 5-day 

at 20 o

C 

(mg/L)

--
41

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)--continued

02-19-97 1653 19 4.20 2.00 6.7 1.80 12 10.0 8.8 <0.1 5.6 58 47

06-11-97 1110 30 6.90 3.00 12.0 1.90 24 9.1 15.0 <.1 2.9 112 65

07-02-97 1630 -- -- -- -- -- 30 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1740 37 8.50 3.90 12.0 2.10 36 6.2 16.0 <.1 4.6 84 75

09-16-97 1500 -- -- -- -- -- 42 -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-97 1620 -- -- -- -- -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0930 48 10.0 5.60 27.0 2.00 18 28.0 41.0 <.1 8.5 150 133

02-06-98 1010 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 38 8.80 3.90 17.0 2.20 26 -- 23.0 <.1 1.7 100 --

06-29-98 1545 -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- -- -- -- -- --

07-29-98 0840 -- -- -- -- -- 45 -- -- -- -- -- --

09-10-98 1030 46 11.0 4.60 -- 2.40 51 13.0 39.0 .1 6.6 160 --

11-20-98 0910 25 5.60 2.70 9.3 2.40 13 13.0 12.0 <.1 8.2 87 62

02-19-99 0950 24 5.30 2.50 9.6 1.90 16 10.0 13.0 <.1 1.3 72 53

Date Time

Hardness, 

total 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Calcium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Ca)

Magnesium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Mg)

Sodium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Na)

Potassium, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

K)

Alkalinity, 

fixed 

endpoint 

titration field 

(mg/L as 

CaCO3)

Sulfate, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SO4)

Chloride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

Cl)

Fluoride, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

F)

Silica, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as 

SiO2)

Solids, 

residue 

on 

evaporation at 

180 oC, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Solids, 

sum of 

constituents, 

dissolved 

(mg/L)

Table 2. Physical and chemical-related properties and major inorganic chemical constituents in water from sites at Cross Lake, 

Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
42

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

02-19-97 1135 0.04 <0.010 0.79 0.52 <0.02 <0.020 <0.01 <0.010 0.030 <0.020 0.020 <0.010

06-10-97 1350 E.10 E.072 E.78 E.39 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 E.030 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1245 .03 .026 1.0 .45 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 .010

08-19-97 1440 .02 .012 1.3 .34 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .110 .040 .030 <.010

09-16-97 1135 .09 .060 1.2 .40 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 .020 <.010 <.010

11-20-97 1340 .07 <.010 .79 .34 -- .040 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-03-98 1125 .05 <.010 .67 .41 .1 .060 <.01 <.010 .050 .030 .010 <.010

05-28-98 0845 .05 <.010 .61 .26 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1300 <.01 .044 .87 .39 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .020 .020

07-28-98 1040 <.01 .022 .96 .38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 <.010 <.010

09-09-98 1045 .07 .035 .86 <.20 -- .020 .02 .020 .060 <.020 <.010 <.010

11-19-98 1540 .06 .016 .60 .31 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .050 .020 <.010 <.010

02-18-99 1425 .02 .012 .65 .43 -- .030 <.01 <.010 .060 .040 .020 .020

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)

02-19-97 1155 0.08 .010 .85 .44 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .020 <.010

06-10-97 1430 E.04 E.032 E.72 E1.9 <.02 <.020 <.00 <.010 <.020 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1410 .03 .030 .85 .38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 <.010 <.010

08-19-97 1830 .02 .014 1.1 .27 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .120 .050 .020 <.010

09-16-97 1600 .02 .022 1.0 .39 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .020 .010 <.010
43

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

11-20-97 1400 .07 .043 .73 .46 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .040 .030 <.010 <.010

02-03-98 1145 .040 .012 .70 .38 .1 .060 <.01 <.010 .050 .020 <.010 <.010

05-28-98 0905 .07 <.010 .58 .26 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1315 .01 .028 .81 .38 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .020 .010

07-28-98 1110 .02 .011 .87 .38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .050 <.020 <.010 <.010

09-09-98 1130 .06 .028 1.0 .24 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 <.020 .010 <.010

11-19-98 1605 .03 .013 .87 .42 <.02 <.020 .01 <.010 .040 .020 <.010 <.010

02-18-99 1500 .02 <.010 .78 .39 -- .020 <.01 <.010 .060 .040 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3) 

02-19-97 1039 .06 .036 .75 .46 .1 .060 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 .030 .010

06-10-97 1300 E.04 E.030 E.82 E.33 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1225 .05 -- -- -- <.02 <.020 -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1400 .03 .023 1.5 .31 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .120 .020 .030 .010

09-16-97 1045 .08 .016 1.5 .41 <.02 .030 <.01 <.010 .080 .030 <.010 <.010

11-20-97 1105 .10 .016 .88 .46 .1 .060 <.01 <.010 .060 <.020 .020 <.010

02-03-98 1045 .08 .052 .86 .51 .1 .090 <.01 <.010 .080 .040 .030 .010

05-28-98 0815 .06 .010 .70 .30 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1235 .01 .034 1.1 .67 <.02 .030 <.01 <.010 .050 <.020 .020 .020

07-28-98 1020 .03 <.010 1.2 .35 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 <.020 .020 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
44

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--Continued

09-09-98 1000 .08 .036 .92 .31 -- .020 .02 .018 .120 <.020 .020 <.010

11-19-98 1030 .07 .014 .86 .59 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .030 <.010 <.010

02-18-99 1345 .02 <.010 .65 .40 -- .040 <.01 <.010 .080 .040 .020 .020

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

02-19-97 1318 .12 .010 .89 .49 -- .040 .01 <.01 .030 <.020 .030 <.010

06-10-97 1620 E.05 E.033 E.98 E.38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 E.020 <.020 E.020 E.010

07-02-97 1350 .03 .021 1.0 .57 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .010 .010

08-19-97 1515 .02 .013 1.2 .36 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .090 .040 .030 <.010

09-16-97 1300 .03 .028 1.2 .47 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 .030 <.010 <.010

11-20-97 1430 .08 .012 .74 .36 .1 .050 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-03-98 1215 .10 .040 .86 .39 -- .040 <.01 <.010 .050 .020 .020 <.010

05-28-98 0945 .08 .010 .75 .28 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1350 -- .028 1.1 .45 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 .020 .010

07-28-98 1315 .03 .014 1.1 .33 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 <.020 .010 <.010

9-09-98 1330 .03 .034 1.2 .33 <.02 .020 .01 .020 .070 <.020 .010 <.010

11-19-98 1710 .08 .014 -- .37 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .020 <.010 <.010

02-18-99 1530 .07 <.010 .83 .47 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 .040 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

02-19-97 1345 .05 0.010 .77 .52 .1 .040 .02 <.010 .040 <.020 .040 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
45

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--Continued

06-10-97 1635 E.04 E.032 E.97 E.36 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1450 .10 .110 .88 .55 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

09-16-97 1315 .04 .025 1.4 .44 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 .030 .010 <.010

11-20-97 1445 .10 .016 .78 .36 .1 .070 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-03-98 1415 .09 .038 .95 .54 .1 .070 <.01 <.010 .060 .030 .010 <.010

05-28-98 1005 .09 .014 .71 .27 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1420 .02 .023 1.0 .43 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .010 .010

07-28-98 1345 .02 <.010 1.2 .36 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 .050 .020 <.010

09-10-98 0830 .03 .024 .68 .59 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .050 <.020 .010 <.010

11-19-98 1730 .05 .016 .90 .66 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .050 .030 <.010 <.010

02-18-99 1550 .02 <.010 .77 .41 -- .020 <.01 <.010 .070 .040 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)

02-19-97 1710 .06 .011 .78 .56 .1 .040 .01 <.010 .030 <.020 .040 <.010

06-11-97 1345 E.05 E.035 E.97 E.36 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 E.020 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1715 .03 .031 .83 .42 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .030 .020 <.010 <.010

08-19-97 1600 .01 .010 1.2 .22 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .090 .040 .030 <.010

08-19-97 1800 .02 .012 1.3 .24 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .120 .070 .030 <.010

09-16-97 1535 .02 .026 1.3 .47 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 .030 .020 <.010

11-20-97 1715 .00 .024 .75 .33 .1 .050 <.01 <.010 .040 <.020 <.010 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
46

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)--Continued

02-04-98 0845 .08 .038 .71 .45 .1 .070 <.01 <.010 .060 .020 <.010 <.010

05-28-98 1515 .10 <.010 .76 .31 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1610 -- .028 1.0 .46 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .010 .010

07-28-98 1545 .02 .010 .98 .37 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 <.020 <.010 <.010

09-09-98 1600 .04 .026 1.3 <.20 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .090 <.020 .020 <.010

11-20-98 1015 .06 .018 .98 .59 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .050 .030 <.010 <.010

02-19-99 1000 .04 .011 .80 .44 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .030 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)

02-19-97 1428 .06 .038 .88 .50 -- .040 .01 <0.010 .050 <.020 .040 .020

06-11-97 0950 E.07 E.056 E1.0 E.70 -- E.040 E.01 <.010 E.060 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1525 .04 .022 .95 .45 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .050 <.020 .010 <.010

08-19-97 1640 .01 .012 .71 .41 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 .050 .020 <.010

09-16-97 1400 .02 .020 .71 .46 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 .030 .010 .010

11-20-97 1545 .08 .010 .65 .53 .1 .120 <.01 <.010 .060 .040 .040 .030

02-03-98 1510 .04 .032 .80 .54 .1 .060 <.01 <.010 .080 .040 .050 .020

05-28-98 1100 .04 <.010 .52 .35 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1450 .02 .013 .68 .39 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 .030 .030

07-28-98 1430 .01 .010 1.2 .77 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .020 .030 .010

09-09-98 1350 .03 .022 1.2 .24 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 <.020 .020 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
47

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)--Continued

11-20-98 0800 .10 .055 .96 .71 -- .030 <.01 <.010 .080 .040 .030 .010

02-18-99 1635 .01 <.010 .67 .43 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 .050 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)

02-19-97 1530 .04 .030 .66 .51 <.02 .040 .02 <.010 .030 <.020 .040 .010

06-11-97 1030 E.04 E.034 E.87 E.42 <.02 <.020 <.01 <0.010 <.020 <.020 E.020 E.010

07-02-97 1540 .03 .022 .97 .57 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 <.020 .030 .010

08-19-97 1645 .01 .014 .60 .51 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 .060 <.010 <.010

09-16-97 1420 .01 .014 .71 .55 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .040 .020 <.010 <.010

11-20-97 1600 .04 .020 .58 .44 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-03-98 1530 .04 .027 .68 .36 .1 .070 <.01 <.010 .060 .030 .030 <.010

05-28-98 1115 .08 <.010 .67 .41 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1505 .04 .022 1.6 .60 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 .020 .020

07-29-98 0800 .05 .030 1.3 .75 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .100 <.020 .030 <.010

09-10-98 0915 .03 .024 1.1 .52 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 <.020 .020 <.010

11-20-98 0830 .07 .048 .97 .68 <.02 <.020 .01 <.010 .140 .050 .020 <.010

12-19-99 0824 .03 <.010 .69 .42 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .090 .030 .030 .020

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)

02-19-97 1647 .10 .072 .77 .53 .1 .070 .01 <.010 .030 <.020 .020 .010

06-11-97 1300 E.06 E.048 E.83 E.50 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 E.030 <.020 E.020 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
48

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)--Continued

07-02-97 1650 .02 .020 .84 .44 <.02 .030 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 .010 <.010

08-19-97 1750 .02 .014 1.1 .34 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .090 .050 .020 <.010

09-16-97 1517 .02 .028 1.3 .48 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .070 .040 .010 .010

11-20-97 1700 .08 .035 .66 .41 .1 .080 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-04-98 0945 .09 .060 .77 .38 .1 .070 <.01 <.010 .050 .020 .020 <.010

05-28-98 1445 .06 <.010 .89 .31 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1600 .02 .014 1.1 1.3 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .030 .040 .020 .020

07-28-98 1500 .02 <.010 1.6 .56 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 <.020 .020 <.010

09-09-98 1530 .05 .022 1.5 .40 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .110 <.020 .030 <.010

11-20-98 0930 .14 .042 1.0 .69 .1 .050 .01 <.010 .070 .050 .020 <.010

02-19-99 0930 .05 .022 .84 .49 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .060 .040 .040 .020

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)

02-19-97 1653 .07 .032 .64 .46 -- .040 .01 <.010 .030 <.020 .030 <.010

06-11-97 1110 E.09 E.082 E.82 E.50 -- E.030 <.01 <.010 E.050 <.020 E.020 <.010

07-02-97 1630 .03 .031 .85 .78 <.02 .020 <.01 <.010 .030 <.020 <.010 <.010

08-19-97 1740 .02 .018 .99 .43 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .110 .060 .020 .010

09-16-97 1500 .05 .032 1.3 .38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .080 .020 .010 <.010

11-20-97 1620 .04 .018 .51 .38 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .020 <.020 <.010 <.010

02-04-98 0930 .03 .024 .76 .42 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .040 .030 .020 <.010

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
49

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)--Continued

05-28-98 1400 .07 <.010 .70 .35 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 <.020 <.020 <.010 <.010

06-29-98 1545 .07 .310 .78 .68 <.02 .410 <.01 .220 .030 <.020 .030 .020

07-29-98 0840 .13 .018 3.5 .71 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .410 .020 .080 <.010

09-10-98 1030 .07 .028 1.2 .48 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .200 <.020 .010 <.010

11-20-98 0910 .10 <.010 1.0 .64 2.00 .020 <.01 <.010 .050 .020 .040 .010

02-19-99 0950 .02 .014 .78 .43 <.02 <.020 <.01 <.010 .070 .040 .040 .020

Table 5. Concentrations of nutrients in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. mg/L, milligrams per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; E, estimated value]

Date Time

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

total

(mg/l

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia, 

dissolved

(mg/L 

as N) 

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic, 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

ammonia +

organic,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen, 

NO2+NO3,

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

NO2+NO3,

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

total

(mg/L

as N)

Nitrogen,

nitrite 

dissolved

(mg/L

as N)

Phosphorus,

total

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus,

 ortho, total 

(mg/L

as P)

Phosphorus, 

ortho,

dissolved

(mg/L

as P)
50

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μg/L, micrograms per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

 Date Time

Arsenic,

total

(μg/L

as As)

Arsenic,

dissolved

(μg/L

as As)

Beryllium, 

total

(μg/L

as Be)

Beryllium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Be)

Cadmium, 

total (μg/L 

as Cd)

Cadmium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cd)

Chromium, 

total

(μg/L

as Cr

Chromium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cr)

Copper,

total (μg/L 

as Cu)

Copper, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cu)

Iron, total

(μg/L

as Fe)

 Iron,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Fe)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

06-10-97 1350 <1 1.3 <0.50 <0.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 8.0 6.3 310 120 

02-03-98 1125 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 3.4 2.9 520 80 

05-28-98 0845 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 4.0 2.0 280 -- 

11-19-98 1540 <1 1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 3.6 1.8 1.8 120 -- 

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)

06-10-97 1430 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 8.5 6.4 230 80 

02-03-98 1145 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 3.2 4.8 630 100 

05-28-98 0905 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.7 1.8 270 -- 

11-19-98 1605 <1 1.3 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.4 1.2 110 -- 

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3) 

06-10-97 1300 1 1.3 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 5.4 3.6 380 120 

02-03-98 1045 1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 11.0 2.5 1,200 170 

05-28-98 0815 1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 3.2 1.6 440 10

11-19-98 1030 <1 1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 <1.0 290 -- 
51

 Date Time Lead, total

(μg/L

as Pb)

Lead,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Pb)

Manganese, total

(μg/L

as Mn)

Manganese,

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Mn)

Mercury, 

total recoverable

 (μg/L as 

Hg)

Mercury, 

dissolved

 (μg/L

as Hg)

Nickel,

total

(μg/L

as Ni)

Nickel,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Ni)

Selenium,

total

(μg/L

as Se)

Selenium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Se)

Zinc,total

(μg/L

as Zn)

Zinc,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Zn)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)--Continued

06-10-97 1350 <1 <1.0 360 7.2 <.10 <.10 <1 1.2 <1.0 <1.0 <1 3

02-03-98 1125 <1 <1.0 69 8.7 -- <.10 2 1.3 <1.0 <1.0 3 <1

05-28-98 0845 <1 <1.0 190 .8 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 <1

11-19-98 1540 <1 <1.0 120 .4 <.10 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 11 7

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

06-10-97 1430 <1 <1.0 150 4.2 <.10 <.10 <1 1.60 <1.0 <1.0 <1 1

02-03-98 1145 <1 <1.0 68 11.0 <.10 <.10 2 2.40 <1.0 <1.0 3 1

05-28-98 0905 <1 <1.0 190 1.0 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 4 <1

11-19-98 1605 <1 <1.0 110 .2 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 3

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--Continued

06-10-97 1300 <1 <1.0 160 7.1 <.10 <.10 <1 1.90 <1.0 <1.0 1 <1

02-03-98 1045 2 <1.0 130 60.0 -- <.10 4 2.20 <1.0 <1.0 8 3

05-28-98 0815 1 <1.0 320 1.0 <.10 <.10 2 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 6 1

11-19-98 1030 <1 <1.0 150 2.7 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 8 2

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued
52

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

06-10-97 1620 1 1.4 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.9 2.2 510 220 

02-03-98 1215 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 2.3 690 150 

05-28-98 0945 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 <1.0 330 10 

09-09-98 1330 <1 1.1 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.3 <1.0 380 60 

11-19-98 1710 <1 1.1 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.3 <1.0 380 60 

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

06-10-97 1635 <1 1.3 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 4.0 2.5 430 170 

02-03-98 1415 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 2.1 760 150 

05-28-98 1005 <1 1.1 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 <1.0 410 10 

11-19-98 1730 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 3.6 <1.0 460 70 

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)

06-11-97 1345 <1 1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.9 2.4 470 190 

02-04-98 0845 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.9 -- 830 170

05-28-98 1515 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.0 1.3 260 10

11-20-98 1015 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 1 <1.0 2.1 <1.0 530 70 

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μg/L, micrograms per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

 Date Time

Arsenic,

total

(μg/L

as As)

Arsenic,

dissolved

(μg/L

as As)

Beryllium, 

total

(μg/L

as Be)

Beryllium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Be)

Cadmium, 

total (μg/L 

as Cd)

Cadmium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cd)

Chromium, 

total

(μg/L

as Cr

Chromium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cr)

Copper,

total (μg/L 

as Cu)

Copper, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cu)

Iron, total

(μg/L

as Fe)

 Iron,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Fe)
53

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)--Continued

06-10-97 1620 <1 <1.00 180 22.0 <.10 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 <1 <1 

02-03-98 1215 <1 <1.00 73 33.0 <.10 <.10 2 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 4 1 

05-28-98 0945 <1 3.00 150 .7 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 <1 

09-09-98 1330 2 <1.00 80 1.5 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 3 

11-19-98 1710 2 <1.00 80 1.5 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 3 

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--Continued

06-10-97 1635 2 <1.00 150 7.1 .10 <.10 <1 1.60 <1.0 <1.0 7 <1 

02-03-98 1415 <1 <1.00 110 57.0 <.10 <.10 2 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 4 1 

05-28-98 1005 3 <1.00 240 1.0 <.10 <.10 2 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 4 <1 

11-19-98 1730 <1 <1.00 81 2.6 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 6 3 

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport (site 6)--Continued

06-11-97 1345 <1 <1.00 190 26.0 .10 .10 <1 1.00 <1.0 <1.0 <1 <1 

02-04-98 0845 <1 <1.00 100 37.0 <.10 <.10 2 1.60 <1.0 <1.0 4 1 

05-28-98 1515 <1 <1.00 150 .5 <.10 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 2 

11-20-98 1015 <1 <1.00 100 1.5 <.10 <.10 2 1.10 <1.0 <1.0 2 <1 

 Date Time Lead, total

(μg/L

as Pb)

Lead,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Pb)

Manganese, total

(μg/L

as Mn)

Manganese,

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Mn)

Mercury, 

total recoverable

 (μg/L as 

Hg)

Mercury, 

dissolved

 (μg/L

as Hg)

Nickel,

total

(μg/L

as Ni)

Nickel,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Ni)

Selenium,

total

(μg/L

as Se)

Selenium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Se)

Zinc,total

(μg/L

as Zn)

Zinc,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Zn)

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued
54

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)

06-11-97 0950 <1 1.4 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.3 1.5 600 190

02-03-98 1510 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 1.3 2.7 1.3 990 270 

05-28-98 1100 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.3 <1.0 280 60 

11-20-98 0800 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.7 1.1 820 230

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8) 

06-11-97 1030 <1 1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.8 1.0 830 230 

02-03-98 1530 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 1 <1.0 2.4 3.4 1,100 160

05-28-98 1115 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 480 90

11-20-98 0830 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.8 1.1 1,400 590 

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)

06-11-97 1300 1 1.2 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.5 1.0 690 240 

02-04-98 0945 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.6 1.2 850 150 

05-28-98 1445 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 8 8.1 1.8 <1.0 410 20 

11-20-98 0930 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 2 <1.0 1.6 1.5 830 250 

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μg/L, micrograms per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

 Date Time

Arsenic,

total

(μg/L

as As)

Arsenic,

dissolved

(μg/L

as As)

Beryllium, 

total

(μg/L

as Be)

Beryllium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Be)

Cadmium, 

total (μg/L 

as Cd)

Cadmium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cd)

Chromium, 

total

(μg/L

as Cr

Chromium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cr)

Copper,

total (μg/L 

as Cu)

Copper, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cu)

Iron, total

(μg/L

as Fe)

 Iron,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Fe)
55

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)--Continued

96-11-97 0950 1 <1.00 140 16.0 .10 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 2 <1 

02-03-98 1510 <1 <1.00 65 51.0 <.10 <.10 3 2.40 <1.0 <1.0 5 3 

05-28-98 1100 <1 <1.00 77 15.0 <.10 <.10 2 1.00 <1.0 1.0 3 <1

11-20-98 0800 <1 <1.00 220 200 <.10 <.10 2 1.20 <1.0 <1.0 5 -- 

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)--Continued 

06-11-97 1030 <1 <1.00 290 190 <.10 <.10 <1 1.40 <1.0 <1.0 1 <1 

02-03-98 1530 1 <1.00 120 110 <.10 <.10 4 3.20 <1.0 <1.0 6 3 

05-28-98 1115 <1 <1.00 160 34.0 <.10 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 2 1 

11-20-98 0830 <1 <1.00 240 170 <.10 <.10 3 1.80 <1.0 <1.0 8 4 

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)--Continued

06-11-97 1300 <1 <1.00 210 41.0 <.10 <.10 <1 1.60 <1.0 <1.0 2 <1 

02-04-98 0945 <1 <1.00 130 95.0 <.10 <.10 2 2.30 <1.0 <1.0 3 <1

05-28-98 1445 <1 <1.00 190 6.1 <.10 <.10 1 <1.00 <1.0 1.0 2 <1 

11-20-98 0930 <1 <1.00 53 35.0 <.10 <.10 3 1.60 <1.0 <1.0 3 2 

 Date Time Lead, total

(μg/L

as Pb)

Lead,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Pb)

Manganese, total

(μg/L

as Mn)

Manganese,

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Mn)

Mercury, 

total recoverable

 (μg/L as 

Hg)

Mercury, 

dissolved

 (μg/L

as Hg)

Nickel,

total

(μg/L

as Ni)

Nickel,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Ni)

Selenium,

total

(μg/L

as Se)

Selenium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Se)

Zinc,total

(μg/L

as Zn)

Zinc,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Zn)

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued
56

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)

06-11-97 1110 <1 1.3 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 2.6 <1.0 680 150 

02-04-98 0930 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.1 1.6 920 170 

05-28-98 1400 <1 1.2 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 <1 <1.0 1.2 <1.0 350 70 

11-20-98 0910 <1 <1.0 <.50 <.50 <1.00 <1.00 2 <1.0 2.2 1.0 1,100 370 

Table 6. Concentrations of minor elements in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1997-99--Continued

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. μg/L, micrograms per liter; <, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

 Date Time

Arsenic,

total

(μg/L

as As)

Arsenic,

dissolved

(μg/L

as As)

Beryllium, 

total

(μg/L

as Be)

Beryllium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Be)

Cadmium, 

total (μg/L 

as Cd)

Cadmium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cd)

Chromium, 

total

(μg/L

as Cr

Chromium, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cr)

Copper,

total (μg/L 

as Cu)

Copper, 

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Cu)

Iron, total

(μg/L

as Fe)

 Iron,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Fe)

 Date Time Lead, total

(μg/L

as Pb)

Lead,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Pb)

Manganese, total

(μg/L

as Mn)

Manganese,

dissolved 

(μg/L

as Mn)

Mercury, 

total recoverable

 (μg/L as 

Hg)

Mercury, 

dissolved

 (μg/L

as Hg)

Nickel,

total

(μg/L

as Ni)

Nickel,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Ni)

Selenium,

total

(μg/L

as Se)

Selenium, 

dissolved

(μg/L

as Se)

Zinc,total

(μg/L

as Zn)

Zinc,

dissolved

(μg/L

as Zn)

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)--Continued

06-11-97 1110 <1 <1.00 180 80.0 <.1 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 2 2 

02-04-98 0930 <1 <1.00 90 84.0 .1 .10 3 2.40 <1.0 <1.0 3 2 

05-28-98 1400 <1 <1.00 74 14.0 <.1 <.10 <1 <1.00 <1.0 <1.0 3 1 

11-20-98 0910 <1 <1.00 190 160 <.1 <.10 4 1.30 <1.0 <1.0 4 3 
57

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

02-19-97 1135 -- -- 0.7 <0.1 -- 11 -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1350 -- -- 6.4 .3 98 -- <0.01 <0.01 0.05 <0.010 <.1

08-19-97 1440 -- -- 31.0 1.0 -- 13 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1135 <0.1 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1125 -- -- 11.0 <.1 7.0 9.2 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 -- -- 10.0 .7 7.3 7.1 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1045 -- -- 35.0 2.6 6.7 11 -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1540 -- -- 15.0 E.5 6.4 8.4 <.01 <.01 .01 <.010 <.1

02-18-99 1425 -- -- 7.2 .5 8.7 11 -- -- -- -- --
58

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)--Continued

02-19-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1350 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 .01

08-19-97 1440 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1125 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1540 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1425 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
59

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)--Continued

02-19-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1350 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1440 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1125 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1540 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-18-99 1425 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)--Continued

02-19-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1350 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1440 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1135 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1125 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0845 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1540 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1425 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
61

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

02-19-97 1155 -- -- 1.1 <.1 -- 12 -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1430 -- -- 10.0 .5 93 12 <.01 <.01 .04 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1830 -- -- 32.0 .9 8.5 12 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1600 <.1 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1145 -- -- 14.0 E.4 16 9.5 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 -- -- 17.0 .8 6.5 6.8 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1130 -- -- 39.0 2.5 7.2 11 -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1605 -- -- 16.0 E.2 6.6 9.0 <.01 <.01 .01 <.010 <.1

02-18-99 1500 -- -- 8.6 .6 8.7 12 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
62

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

02-19-97 1155 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1430 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1145 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1130 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1605 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
63

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

02-19-97 1155 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1430 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1145 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

9-09-98 1130 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1605 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-18-99 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
64

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)--Continued

02-19-97 1155 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1430 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1145 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0905 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

9-09-98 1130 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1605 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
65

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)

02-19-97 1039 -- -- E.4 <.1 -- 13 -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1300 -- -- 13.0 .6 90 -- <.01 <.01 .05 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1400 -- -- 32.0 .8 8.2 11 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1045 <.1 6.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1045 -- -- 3.2 <.1 10 14 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0815 -- -- 15.0 .6 7.2 7.5 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1000 -- -- 49.0 3.0 7.5 16 -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1030 -- -- 18.0 E.5 6.8 8.9 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

02-18-99 1345 -- -- 5.3 .3 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
66

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--Continued

02-19-97 1039 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1300 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- <.1 -- --

08-19-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1045 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0815 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1030 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
67

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--Continued

02-19-97 1039 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1300 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 -- -- <.010 <.010 <.010 -- <.01

08-19-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0815 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1030 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-18-99 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
68

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)--Continued

02-19-97 1039 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1300 <1 -- <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 -- <.1 <.1 -- <.01 --

08-19-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1045 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

5-28-98 0815 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1030 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
69

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

02-19-97 1318 -- -- 2.9 .1 -- 12 -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1620 -- -- 9.0 .3 19 -- <.01 <.01 .08 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1515 -- -- 25.0 .5 9.1 9.8 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1300 <.1 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1215 -- -- 7.6 <.1 11 9.7 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 -- -- 19.0 .6 7.5 7.5 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1330 -- -- 34.0 1.0 8.7 14 -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1710 -- -- 11.0 E.2 7.9 10 <.01 <.01 .01 <.010 <.1

02-18-99 1530 -- -- 5.7 .2 9.3 11 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
70

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)--Continued

02-19-97 1318 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1620 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 .01

08-19-97 1515 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1300 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1215 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1330 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1710 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 E.01

02-18-99 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
71

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)--Continued

02-19-97 1318 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1620 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1515 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1300 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1215 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1330 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1710 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-18-99 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
72

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)--Continued

02-19-97 1318 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1620 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1515 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1300 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1215 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 0945 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1330 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1710 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-18-99 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
73

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

02-19-97 1345 -- -- E.3 <.1 -- 15 -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1635 -- -- 9.4 .1 130 -- <.01 <.01 .05 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1600 -- -- 46.0 1.7 8.6 8.8 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1315 <.1 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1415 -- -- 11.0 <.1 8.7 11 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 -- -- 24.0 1.1 7.0 7.5 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-10-98 0830 -- -- 38.0 5.4 9.2 13 -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1730 -- -- 13.0 .7 8.4 11 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
74

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--Continued

02-19-97 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1635 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1315 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1415 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1730 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
75

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--Continued

02-19-97 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1635 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1315 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1415 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1730 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
76

Cross Lake at Hickman’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)--Continued

02-19-97 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-10-97 1635 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1315 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1415 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1005 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-19-98 1730 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
77

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport (site 6)

02-19-97 1710 -- -- .6 <.1 -- 15 -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1345 -- -- 8.6 .3 240 -- <.01 <.01 .05 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1800 -- -- 26.0 .6 8.7 14 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1535 <.1 1.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0845 -- -- 4.3 E.1 9.4 12 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 -- -- 21.0 1.0 6.8 7.7 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1600 -- -- 44.0 2.1 8.5 14 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 1015 -- -- 15.0 .5 8.9 12 <.01 <.01 .01 <.010 <.1

02-19-99 1000 -- -- 10.0 .5 9.2 -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
78

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 6)--Continued

02-19-97 1710 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1345 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- <.01 <.1 <.01 .01

08-19-97 1800 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1535 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0845 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 1015 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
79

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 6)--Continued

02-19-97 1710 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1345 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1800 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1535 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0845 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 1015 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-19-99 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
80

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 6)--Continued

02-19-97 1710 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1345 <1 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1800 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1535 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0845 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1515 <1 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1600 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 1015 <1 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 1000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
81

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 7)

02-19-97 1428 -- -- <.1 <.1 -- 15 -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 0950 -- -- 11.0 .4 53 13 -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1640 -- -- 11.0 .6 9.0 12 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1400 <.1 63 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1510 -- -- 2.1 <.1 12 14 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 -- -- 6.4 .2 8.0 7.2 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1350 -- -- 44.0 1.4 8.2 15 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0800 -- -- 3.9 .1 11 14 <.01 <.01 .05 <.010 <.1

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
82

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 7)--Continued

02-19-97 1428 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 0950 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1640 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1510 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1350 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0800 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 .01

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
83

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 7)--Continued

02-19-97 1428 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 0950 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

8-19-97 1640 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1510 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1350 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0800 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
84

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 7)--Continued

02-19-97 1428 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 0950 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

08-19-97 1640 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1510 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1100 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1350 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0800 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
85

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 8)

02-19-97 1530 -- -- E.2 <.1 -- 14 -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1030 -- -- 18.0 .9 150 13 <.01 <.01 .03 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1645 -- -- 5.0 .5 11 12 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1420 <.1 140 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1530 -- -- 1.5 <.1 -- 18 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 -- -- 5.2 <.1 9.9 9.9 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.1

09-10-98 0915 -- -- 30.0 E.5 9.6 14 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0830 -- -- 1.6 <.1 14 15 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.1

02-19-99 0824 -- -- 1.0 <.1 9.9 12 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
86

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 8)--Continued

02-19-97 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1030 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1645 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1420 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0915 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0830 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0824 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
87

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 8)--Continued

02-19-97 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1030 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1645 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1420 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0915 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0830 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-19-99 0824 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
88

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport, La. (site 8)--Continued

02-19-97 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1030 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1645 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1420 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-03-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1115 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 0915 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0830 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0824 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
89

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport, La. (site 9)

02-19-97 1647 -- -- .5 <.1 -- 14 -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1300 -- -- 15.0 .6 86 13 <.01 <.01 .04 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1750 -- -- 13.0 .3 8.1 9.8 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1517 <.1 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0945 -- -- 3.4 <.1 13 11 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 -- -- 26.0 .8 7.4 8.8 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-09-98 1530 -- -- 50.0 1.0 10 17 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0930 -- -- 12.0 E.1 13 16 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

02-19-99 0930 -- -- 3.4 .2 9.7 11 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
90

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport, La. (site 9)--Continued

02-19-97 1647 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1300 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 .01

08-19-97 1750 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1517 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0945 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0930 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0930 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
91

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport, La. (site 9)--Continued

02-19-97 1647 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1300 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1750 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1517 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0945 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0930 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-19-99 0930 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
92

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport, La. (site 9)--Continued

02-19-97 1647 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1300 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1750 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1517 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0945 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1445 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-09-98 1530 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0930 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0930 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
93

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 10)

02-19-97 1653 -- -- E.3 <.1 -- 15 -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1110 -- -- 13.0 1.1 110 12 <.01 <.01 .03 <.010 <.1

08-19-97 1740 -- -- 18.0 .4 8.5 9.7 -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1500 <.1 50 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0930 -- -- 2.3 .1 8.7 9.5 -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 -- -- 7.8 .6 8.7 8.3 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

09-10-98 1030 -- -- 11.0 1.2 9.5 12 -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0910 -- -- 1.8 <.1 13 13 <.01 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.1

02-19-99 0950 -- -- 3.0 .1 10 11 -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999

[All sites are in Louisiana. Site numbers are the map numbers shown in figure 3. g/kg, grams per kilogram; μg/L, micrograms per liter; mg/L, milligrams per liter; 

<, actual value is known to be less than the value shown; --, no data; E, estimated value]

Date Time

 Carbon, 

inorganic,

bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Carbon, 

total, bottom 

material 

(g/kg as C)

Chlorophyll a, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Chlorophyll b, 

phytoplankton, 

chromatographic 

(μg/L)

Carbon, 

organic, 

dissolved 

(mg/L as C)

Carbon, 

organic, 

total

 (mg/L as C)

2,4-DP, 

total 

(μg/L)

 2,4,5-

T, total 

(μg/L)

 2,4-D, 

total 

(μg/L)

 Aldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

 PCB,

 total 

(μg/L)

--Continued
94

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 10)--Continued

02-19-97 1653 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1110 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1740 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0930 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 1030 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0910 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.1 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0950 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued 

February 1997 to February 1999

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

 Aroclor, 

1016 PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1221 

PCB, 

total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1232 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1242 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1248 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1254 

PCB, total 

(μg/L)

Aroclor, 

1260 PCB, 

total (μg/L)

Chlorpyrifos, 

total 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Chlordane, 

total 

 (μg/L)

 DEF, total 

(μg/L)

Diazinon, 

total 

(μg/L)
95

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 10)--Continued

02-19-97 1653 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1110 <.010 -- <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

08-19-97 1740 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0930 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 1030 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0910 <.010 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.02 <.01

02-19-99 0950 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

[GM/KG, grams per kilogram; μg/L, microsiemens per liter; --, no data]

Date Time

Dieldrin, 

total 

(μg/L)

Disulfoton, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Endosulfan 

I, total 

(μg/L)

 Endrin, 

unfiltered, 

water 

recoverable 

(μg/L)

Ethion, 

total 

(μg/L)

Fonofos

(dyfonate), 

(μg/L)

 Heptachlor

epoxide, 

total (μg/L)

Heptachlor, 

total (μg/L)

Lindane, 

total 

(μg/L)

Malathion, 

total (μg/L)

Methoxychlor, 

total (μg/L)
96

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport, La. (site 10)--Continued

02-19-97 1653 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06-11-97 1110 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.02 <.01 <.01

08-19-97 1740 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09-16-97 1500 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02-04-98 0930 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05-28-98 1400 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

09-10-98 1030 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

11-20-98 0910 <1 <.01 <.01 <.010 <.010 <.010 <.01 <.1 <.1 <.01 <.01 <.01

02-19-99 0950 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Table 8. Concentrations of organic chemical constitutents in water from sites at Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 

February 1997 to February 1999--Continued

Date Time Toxaphene, 

total (μg/L)

Methyl 

parathion, 

total (μg/L)

 Mirex, 

total 

(μg/L)

 P,P'-DDD, 

unfiltered 

recoverable (μg/L)

P,P'-DDE, 

total (μg/L)

P,P'-DDT, 

unfiltered 

(μg/L)

Parathion, 

total

 (μg/L)

 PCN,

 total

 (μg/L)

Perthane, 

total

 (μg/L)

Phorate, 

total 

(μg/L)

Silvex, 

total 

(μg/L)

Carbophenothion, water, 

unfiltered,

total (μg/L)
97

Table 10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999

[K, results based on colony count outside the acceptance range (non-ideal colony count); <, actual value is 

known to be less than the value shown; --, no data]

Bacteria

Date Time Fecal coliform 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Fecal streptococcus 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Cross Lake Spillway on Cross Lake, at Shreveport (site 1)

2-19-97 1135 68 130

6-10-97 1350 K13 K5

7- 2-97 1245 K18 K4

8-19-97 1440 K1 <2

9-16-97 1135 K8 K9

11-20-97 1340 K10 K4

2- 3-98 1125 150 330

2 -6-98 0915 K19 27

5-28-98 0845 <4 K12

6-29-98 1300 K1 <1

7-28-98 1040 K6 K4

9- 9-98 1045 -- K4

11-19-98 1540 K20 K2

2-18-99 1425 K8 K3

Cross Lake at Willow Point, at Shreveport (site 2)

2-19-97 1155 80 83

6-10-97 1430 <2 <1

7- 2-97 1410 K5 K3

8-19-97 1830 K4 K3

9-16-97 1600 K3 <1

11-20-97 1400 K4 <1

2- 3-98 1145 60 K12

2- 6-98 0910 K28 35

5-28-98 0905 K4 K4

6-29-98 1315 K4 K1

7-28-98 1110 K2 K1

9- 9-98 1130 -- K8

11-19-98 1605 K11 K1

2-18-99 1500 K7 K3
98

Cross Lake at Hatcher’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 3)

2-19-97 1039 67 120

6-10-97 1300 32 46

7- 2-97 1225 28 K7

8-19-97 1400 <46 <13

9-16-97 1045 24 K20

11-20-97 1105 K28 K5

2- 3-98 1045 K580 K1,700

2- 6-98 0900 33 26

5-28-98 0815 K16 K24

6-29-98 1235 27 K5

7-28-98 1020 K4 K2

9- 9-98 1000 -- K10

11-19-98 1030 47 K32

2-18-99 1345 K24 K7

Cross Lake at Johnson’s Arm, at Shreveport (site 4)

2-19-97 1318 78 150

6-10-97 1620 K20 K13

7- 2-97 1350 K15 K1

8-19-97 1515 K2 K2

9-16-97 1300 K9 K1

11-20-97 1430 K8 K4

2- 3-98 1215 K9 K11

2- 6-98 0925 K9 2

5-28-98 0945 K20 K12

6-29-98 1350 K2 K2

7-28-98 1315 K3 K6

9- 9-98 1330 -- <2

11-19-98 1710 K44 K12

2-18-99 1530 K7 K4

Bacteria

Date Time Fecal coliform 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Fecal streptococcus 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Table 10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
99

Cross Lake at Hickman‘s Arm, at Shreveport (site 5)

2-19-97 1345 150 160

6-10-97 1635 68 K18

7- 2-97 1450 K22 K4

8-19-97 1600 55 K32

9-16-97 1315 K17 38

11-20-97 1445 K10 K8

2- 3-98 1415 130 190

2- 6-98 0935 63 42

5-28-98 1005 K24 K40

6-29-98 1420 K17 K3

7-28-98 1345 K9 K4

9-10-98 0830 K14 K21

11-19-98 1730 36 K24

2-18-99 1550 K24 K8

Cross Lake at Twin Bird Islands, at Shreveport (site 6)

2-19-97 1710 180 120

6-11-97 1345 5 <2

7- 2-97 1715 K16 <1

8-19-97 1800 K1 K12

9-16-97 1535 <1 <1

11-20-97 1715 K16 <1

2- 4-98 0845 25 K5

2- 6-98 1025 K31 K3

5-28-98 1515 K1 K2

6-29-98 1610 <1 K1

7-28-98 1545 <1 K8

9- 9-98 1600 -- <2

11-20-98 1015 38 K18

2-19-99 1000 K8 K10

Bacteria

Date Time Fecal coliform 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Fecal streptococcus 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Table 10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
100

Cross Lake at Page Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 7)

2-19-97 1428 K40 K47

6-11-97 0950 <1 K410

7- 2-97 1525 23 K11

8-19-97 1640 K4 K1

9-16-97 1400 K1 <1

11-20-97 1545 K2 <1

2- 3-98 1510 K340 170

2- 6-98 0955 K4 K8

5-28-98 1100 <1 K4

6-29-98 1450 K2 K6

7-28-98 1430 K4 23

9- 9-98 1350 K6 K8

11-20-98 0800 K24 K25

2-18-99 1635 K18 K2

Cross Lake at Cross Bayou Cove, at Shreveport (site 8)

2-19-97 1530 K40 K12

6-11-97 1030 <1 K3

7- 2-97 1540 78 K2

8-19-97 1645 40 40

9-16-97 1420 K18 K3

11-20-97 1600 K11 K6

2- 3-98 1530 470 270

2- 6-98 1000 K31 26

5-28-98 1115 <2 <2

6-29-98 1505 K19 41

7-29-98 0800 K8 K4

9-10-98 0915 K2 48

11-20-98 0830 K9 K8

2-19-99 0824 K18 K3

Bacteria

Date Time Fecal coliform 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Fecal streptococcus 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Table 10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued
101

Cross Lake at Fortney Bayou, at Shreveport (site 9)

2-19-97 1647 48 60

6-11-97 1300 <1 8

7- 2-97 1650 24 K3

8-19-97 1750 <2 K2

9-16-97 1517 K16 <1

11-20-97 1700 K2 K4

2- 4-98 0945 K17 K10

2- 6-98 1015 K12 K9

5-28-98 1445 K2 K4

6-29-98 1600 K1 K1

7-28-98 1500 K9 K8

9- 9-98 1530 -- <2

11-20-98 0930 41 K17

2-19-99 0930 K10 K4

Cross Lake at Goat Island, at Shreveport (site 10)

2-19-97 1653 20 K6

6-11-97 1110 <1 K11

7- 2-97 1630 K6 K2

8-19-97 1740 K1 K5

9-16-97 1500 K1 K11

11-20-97 1620 K4 K5

2- 4-98 0930 K10 K5

2- 6-98 1010 K10 K2

5-28-98 1400 <1 <1

6-29-98 1545 <1 K6

7-29-98 0840 <1 100

9-10-98 1030 K4 140

11-20-98 0910 K15 K19

2-19-99 0950 K36 K4

Bacteria

Date Time Fecal coliform 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Fecal streptococcus 

(colonies per 100 milliliters)

Table 10. Fecal coliform and fecal streptococcus bacteria concentrations in water from sites at 

Cross Lake, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, February 1997 to February 1999--Continued