Black Creek (Walton County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°26'52", Longitude 86°4'46"

Period of record: 5 sampling dates; July 21, 1999 to December 15, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by fine sand and silt with lenses of gravel and clay of the Apalachicola paleo-cuspate delta and alluvial plain.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Delta Plain 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

5.1

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

0.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

36

Color (Pt-Co units

173

Chloride (mg/L)

12.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 5 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

8

12

22

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

190

310

410

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

4.8

10.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.4

4.2

6.3

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

Jul-21-99

14

410

3.7

2.4

Aug-10-99

22

410

10.7

3.0

Sep-19-99

9

260

6.0

4.0

Nov-21-99

8

190

1.0

5.3

Dec-15-99

9

250

2.7

6.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

12

310

4.8

4.2

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