Bugg Springs (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°45'13", Longitude 81°54'16"

Period of record: 122 sampling dates; January 3, 1990 to December 15, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Webster Dry Plain

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Webster Limestone Plains division of the Ocala Uplift District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

7.6

Sulfate (mg/L)

6.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

121.5

Calcium (mg/L)

45.5

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

271

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

3

Sodium (mg/L)

5.0

Chloride (mg/L)

8.5

Potassium (mg/L)

1.0

Silicon (mg/L)

9.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 122 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

49

75

115

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

260

680

1020

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

0.5

12.9

74.5

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.0

20.3

44.0

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 2 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-14-99

82

750

2.5

29.0

Feb-14-99

76

650

3.0

26.0

Mar-15-99

75

610

8.0

18.0

Apr-14-99

78

580

13.5

16.0

May-14-99

61

420

10.5

11.0

Jun-12-99

70

600

19.5

9.0

Jun-15-99

71

590

17.5

9.8

Aug-13-99

84

590

59.0

8.0

Sep-16-99

82

630

15.5

15.5

Oct-15-99

58

620

21.0

39.0

Nov-14-99

68

610

1.0

40.0

Dec-15-99

80

720

2.0

32.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

74

610

14.4

21.1

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