Commiston (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°8'51", Longitude 82°27'17"

Period of record: 26 sampling dates; November 11, 1997 to December 11, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

6.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

14.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

4.8

Calcium (mg/L)

5.7

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

129

Magnesium (mg/L)

2.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

72

Sodium (mg/L)

13.0

Chloride (mg/L)

29.0

Potassium (mg/L)

2.9

Silicon (mg/L)

0.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 26 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

12

24

35

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

730

860

1050

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.3

13.3

66.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.8

5.9

7.3

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

Jan-12-99

18

780

7.0

5.3

Feb-13-99

21

900

12.0

6.7

Mar-12-99

19

850

9.7

6.4

Apr-11-99

17

780

5.0

5.9

May-16-99

12

800

2.3

6.7

Jun-10-99

19

760

10.0

6.3

Jul-07-99

22

740

5.0

5.8

Aug-14-99

21

730

8.0

5.9

Sep-13-99

21

880

11.3

4.2

Oct-09-99

23

940

16.7

5.3

Nov-07-99

18

1000

9.0

6.9

Dec-11-99

25

920

8.3

4.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

20

840

8.7

5.8

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