Crystal (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°8'1", Longitude 82°28'36"

Period of record: 21 sampling dates; January 28, 1998 to December 29, 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.0

Sulfate (mg/L)

25.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

12.0

Calcium (mg/L)

13.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

177

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

47

Sodium (mg/L)

12.0

Chloride (mg/L)

27.0

Potassium (mg/L)

4.0

Silicon (mg/L)

0.4

 

 

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)

12

18

27

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

730

860

1090

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.3

7.3

13.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.0

6.6

8.2

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-28-99

20

880

9.3

6.3

Feb-27-99

20

900

5.3

7.8

Mar-30-99

21

850

4.7

8.2

Apr-28-99

18

810

4.0

6.5

May-24-99

16

910

4.3

7.5

Jun-30-99

15

820

5.7

6.8

Jul-31-99

12

840

5.7

8.0

Aug-31-99

16

870

10.7

7.7

Sep-30-99

14

930

11.3

6.3

Oct-30-99

17

920

.

.

Nov-30-99

19

810

6.0

6.3

Dec-29-99

15

1090

9.3

6.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

17

890

6.9

7.1

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