Arnold (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°31'51", Longitude 81°20'29"

Period of record: 45 sampling dates; December 16, 1990 to December 12, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 27 acres / 11 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando 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 Orlando Promontory division of the Central Lake District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

8.1

Sulfate (mg/L)

31.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

16.3

Calcium (mg/L)

14.7

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

191

Magnesium (mg/L)

4.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

8

Sodium (mg/L)

9.5

Chloride (mg/L)

20.7

Potassium (mg/L)

4.7

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 45 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

10

31

57

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

350

720

1300

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

33.7

85.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.5

4.0

9.3

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

Jan-18-99

57

900

53.7

2.2

Feb-22-99

40

750

29.7

3.0

Mar-31-99

34

950

37.0

2.5

May-03-99

23

450

14.7

5.5

Jun-03-99

11

440

1.0

8.5

Jul-04-99

14

480

14.3

7.7

Aug-01-99

10

420

12.0

4.5

Sep-03-99

13

490

17.7

4.3

Oct-04-99

16

510

16.7

5.2

Nov-03-99

15

540

7.3

9.3

Dec-12-99

18

450

22.7

7.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

23

580

20.6

5.5

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