Cranes Roost (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°40'2", Longitude 81°23'8"

Period of record: 52 sampling dates; August 17, 1995 to December 29, 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 Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 52 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

17

38

77

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

330

590

1110

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

11.8

42.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.0

5.1

10.3

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-24-99

61

540

10.7

2.7

Feb-21-99

52

570

11.3

2.8

Mar-21-99

61

550

9.7

2.8

Apr-30-99

61

570

8.7

3.0

May-23-99

46

610

6.3

3.2

Jun-20-99

70

760

16.7

2.2

Jul-18-99

40

500

12.0

3.8

Aug-29-99

42

480

16.0

3.7

Sep-29-99

37

570

13.7

3.5

Oct-29-99

36

680

21.7

3.7

Nov-26-99

37

1110

16.7

3.8

Dec-29-99

54

1090

7.7

4.8

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

50

670

12.6

3.3

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