DeForest (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°46'58", Longitude 81°18'35"

Period of record: 6 sampling dates; October 14, 1996 to March 18, 1997

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 10 acres / 4 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Crescent City/DeLand Ridges

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 6 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

18

24

29

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

710

840

930

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

7.0

11.1

19.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.7

5.9

7.0

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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