Christie (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°26'26", Longitude 81°24'21"

Period of record: 15 sampling dates; September 21, 1998 to November 20, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Kissimmee Valley division of the Eastern Flatwoods District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.1

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

28.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

128

Color (Pt-Co units)

26

Chloride (mg/L)

17.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 15 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

12

17

25

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

570

780

1040

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

10.3

16.9

31.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.0

4.4

5.8

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

Jan-18-99

18

600

19.0

5.3

Feb-20-99

25

840

20.0

4.8

Mar-13-99

22

800

21.7

4.2

Apr-24-99

22

720

11.7

4.3

May-22-99

21

890

14.0

3.7

Jun-16-99

22

890

12.3

3.7

Jul-16-99

18

800

14.3

4.0

Aug-15-99

14

850

18.3

3.3

Sep-19-99

16

1040

31.7

3.0

Oct-19-99

12

920

25.0

4.0

Nov-20-99

16

820

11.3

5.8

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

19

830

18.1

4.2

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