Chipco (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°37'44", Longitude 81°53'32"

Period of record: 101 sampling dates; May 2, 1990 to December 19, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 33 acres / 13 hectacres    (Bathymetric Map)

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Trail Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation and coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Interlachen Sand Hills division of the Central Lake District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 101 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
3
8
28
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
150
260
490
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
1.0
4.7
32.7
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
5.1
11.7
19.4

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
Mar-28-99
8
320
3.3
12.5
Apr-16-99
8
330
3.0
12.3
May-23-99
9
360
2.3
12.2
Jun-20-99
9
290
4.0
10.3
Jul-25-99
7
270
3.0
12.5
Aug-19-99
9
330
4.3
10.6
Sep-24-99
12
440
7.7
11.7
Oct-15-99
10
360
8.0
9.0
Dec-19-99
11
380
7.3
8.0
         
1999 Average
9
340
4.8
11.0

Chipco (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 16, 1991

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
8
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
2
Average lake depth (m)
4

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
100
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
100
rush family Juncaceae
80
respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata
60
cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba
20
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
10
red root Lachnanthes caroliniana
10

Chipco (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 1998

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
34
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
62
Average lake depth (m)
5

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
100
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
90
red ludwigia Ludwigia repens
80
bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis
80
St. John's wort Hypericum spp.
80
water-shield Brasenia schreberi
70
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
60
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
60
southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
50
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
30
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
30
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata
10
dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata
10
salt-bush Baccharis spp.
10
bald cypress Taxodium distichum
10

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