Bockus (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°35'5", Longitude 84°13'9"

Period of record: 55 sampling dates; February 27, 1993 to December 26, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 40 acres / 16 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by granular sand and clayey sand with some clay lenses of the Hawthorne Formation and gravel, sand and clay of the Citronelle 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.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 55 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

10

19

34

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

300

420

640

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

5.1

12.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.8

5.9

8.5

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-15-99

17

410

3.7

.

Mar-13-99

22

320

4.7

.

Apr-24-99

21

380

3.0

.

May-16-99

18

380

4.3

.

Jun-20-99

16

520

5.0

.

Jul-24-99

21

460

4.7

6.8

Aug-21-99

17

490

6.3

.

Sep-26-99

21

440

9.7

5.2

Nov-21-99

17

460

6.7

.

Dec-26-99

16

500

4.0

6.8

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

19

440

5.2

6.3

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