Anoka (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°34'50", Longitude 81°30'45"

Period of record: 7 sampling dates; June 15, 1999 to December 21, 1999

Surface area (Dickinson et al. 1982): 50 acres / 20 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southern Lake Wales Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales Ridge division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

22.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

114

Color (Pt-Co units)

10

Chloride (mg/L)

12.0

 

 

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)

5

7

8

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

360

480

670

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.7

3.4

4.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

8.3

12.1

14.7

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

Jun-15-99

8

450

3.0

8.3

Jul-15-99

5

450

3.0

13.0

Aug-20-99

7

360

4.0

13.3

Sep-17-99

5

380

3.0

14.7

Oct-22-99

8

670

4.0

13.0

Nov-20-99

6

630

2.7

11.0

Dec-21-99

8

390

4.0

11.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

7

480

3.4

12.1

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