Eckles (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°3'19", Longitude 82°28'17"

Period of record: 41 sampling dates; June 9, 1996 to December 19, 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.5

Sulfate (mg/L)

11.7

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

36.0

Calcium (mg/L)

18.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

214

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

16

Sodium (mg/L)

16.3

Chloride (mg/L)

32.0

Potassium (mg/L)

1.8

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 41 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

16

26

39

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

600

940

1380

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.0

16.4

88.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.4

5.1

9.2

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-16-99

25

890

14.3

4.0

Feb-14-99

26

950

14.0

3.9

Mar-21-99

27

920

15.3

4.6

Apr-18-99

33

1180

17.3

3.1

May-16-99

24

1190

30.0

3.4

Jun-13-99

35

1210

21.7

3.3

Jul-09-99

21

1220

25.7

2.4

Aug-15-99

22

1380

27.0

2.6

Sep-18-99

25

1250

21.3

2.8

Oct-17-99

27

1230

21.7

3.7

Nov-21-99

30

1290

20.0

4.2

Dec-19-99

32

1350

20.0

3.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

27

1170

20.7

3.5

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