Belmont (LeonCounty)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°33'1", Longitude 84°10'45"

Period of record: 45 sampling dates; February 27, 1993 to November 21, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tifton/Tallahassee Uplands

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 Tallahassee Red Hills subdivision of the State Line Hills division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

8.1

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

11.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

44

Color (Pt-Co units)

44

Chloride (mg/L)

8.5

 

 

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)

22

47

92

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

590

1380

2980

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.0

30.9

89.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

0.5

2.7

4.3

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-26-99

49

1420

41.3

.

Feb-28-99

41

1200

20.3

3.1

Mar-21-99

42

1550

27.3

2.8

Apr-24-99

57

2150

87.7

1.5

May-22-99

38

1500

18.7

2.8

Jun-20-99

51

1900

32.0

1.9

Jul-21-99

41

1230

23.0

2.8

Aug-22-99

52

1900

62.7

2.0

Sep-21-99

91

2840

89.3

.

Oct-23-99

92

2980

73.7

.

Nov-21-99

72

2860

53.3

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

57

1960

48.1

2.2

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