Davis (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°49'21", Longitude 82°17'13"

Period of record: 7 sampling dates; May 20, 1998 to December 21, 1998

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tsala Apopka

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation and limestone consisting of skeletons of fossils in a silt to sand size matrix of the Ocala Limestone Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Hernando Hammock and Tsala Apopka Basin divisions of the Ocala Uplift District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 7 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

16

21

27

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

810

940

1070

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

7.4

13.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.0

4.6

6.0

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999

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