Cascade (Leon County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 30°25'10", Longitude 84°21'38"
Period of record: 11 sampling dates; September 17, 1988 to June 28, 1990
Surface area : No data available.
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Gulf Coast Lowlands
Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):
The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene and 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.
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 11 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
5 |
16 |
39 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
570 |
680 |
980 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
2.5 |
8.3 |
33.0 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
1.5 |
2.4 |
4.0 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.