Crescent (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°30'20", Longitude 81°46'26"

Period of record: 21 sampling dates; May 9, 1990 to June 11, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 20 acres / 8 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Clermont Uplands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Groveland Karst division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 3 months sampled:

pH

6.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

12.6

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

4.4

Calcium (mg/L)

4.4

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

81

Magnesium (mg/L)

8.9

Color (Pt-Co units)

15

Sodium (mg/L)

7.7

Chloride (mg/L)

14.2

Potassium (mg/L)

1.7

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 21 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

4

9

11

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

450

600

750

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

2.5

4.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

7.0

9.7

12.5

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-13-99

6

610

2.0

10.0

Feb-18-99

11

600

1.7

7.5

Apr-09-99

11

740

2.0

7.0

May-04-99

11

600

2.0

8.0

Jun-11-99

10

750

3.0

9.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

10

660

2.1

8.3

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