Residences (number, proximity of homes to the shore, average age of homes, lawns close to the shore, use of lawn treatment services, are there town sewers, etc.)

Roads (stormwater and other direct runoff into the water, are there catchment basin )

Animals and livestock (number of domestic pets, horses, or other livestock)

Business and agriculture (number of activities, farm or bog acreage, direct use of the water from the water body, outflow to the water body, etc.)