Down (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°30'16", Longitude 81°31'40"

Period of record: 57 sampling dates; October 17, 1993 to November 21, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 872 acres / 353 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Doctor Phillips Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Apopka Hills subdivision of the Apopka Upland division of the Central Lake District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 4 months sampled:
 
pH
6.6
Sulfate (mg/L)
56.8
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
5.1
Calcium (mg/L)
9.8
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
220
Magnesium (mg/L)
31.8
Color (Pt-Co units)
5
Sodium (mg/L)
14.2
Chloride (mg/L)
28.4
Potassium (mg/L)
8.9
Silicon (mg/L)
0.1
   

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 57 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
6
8
13
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
290
390
540
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
1.0
3.3
7.3
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
7.3
10.6
19.0

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 3 stations for total phosphorus (TP, µg/L), total nitrogen (TN, µg/L), chlorophyll (CHL, µg/L) and Secchi depth (SECCHI, ft) during 1999:

Date
TP (µg/L)
TN (µg/L)
CHL (µg/L)
SECCHI (ft
Feb-28-99
9
370
2.0
7.3
Mar-30-99
7
350
2.0
9.3
Apr-30-99
9
330
2.0
8.7
May-30-99
9
350
2.7
12.3
Jun-27-99
8
340
2.0
9.7
Jul-30-99
8
420
2.0
12.7
Sep-30-99
8
380
2.5
11.7
Nov-21-99
7
360
2.0
10.0
         
1999 Average
8
360
2.1
10.2

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