Big Red Fish (Walton County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°20'15", Longitude 86°11'31"

Period of record: 12 sampling dates; July 27, 1998 to November 13, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Gulf Coast Lowlands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by beach and dune sand with silty sand, silt, and clay of the Biloxi Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Coastal Strip division of the Apalachicola Delta District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

39.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

12193

Color (Pt-Co units)

25

Chloride (mg/L)

790.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 12 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

5

10

17

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

50

180

330

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.3

4.8

13.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

4.6

7.0

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

Jan-24-99

9

210

4.3

3.2

Mar-21-99

8

240

3.3

4.0

Apr-11-99

9

110

2.3

4.3

May-22-99

8

150

3.0

3.7

Jul-05-99

13

190

5.5

4.7

Aug-29-99

14

200

6.0

4.3

Oct-24-99

7

150

3.0

7.0

Nov-13-99

11

160

3.0

6.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

10

180

3.8

4.7

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