Fairview (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°35'34", Longitude 81°24'13"

Period of record: 28 sampling dates; December 15, 1990 to December 23, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 401 acres / 162 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

8.1

Sulfate (mg/L)

14.5

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

52.2

Calcium (mg/L)

22.1

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

173

Magnesium (mg/L)

10.1

Color (Pt-Co units)

5

Sodium (mg/L)

9.6

Chloride (mg/L)

13.6

Potassium (mg/L)

2.4

Silicon (mg/L)

0.1

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 28 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

19

25

47

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

530

790

1120

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

10.5

23.5

44.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

4.0

5.0

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 4 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

Apr-02-99

27

830

21.3

3.7

May-17-99

24

970

22.7

3.4

Jun-05-99

21

870

19.3

4.7

Jul-05-99

25

670

21.0

4.6

Aug-07-99

20

700

23.3

4.5

Sep-11-99

22

800

26.7

4.2

Oct-31-99

22

800

29.3

3.7

Nov-26-99

24

920

31.7

3.8

Dec-23-99

31

910

.

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

24

830

24.4

4.1

Fairview (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 11, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

8

Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)

2

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

not sampled

Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

not sampled

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

not sampled

Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)

not sampled

Average lake depth (m)

4

Frequency that plant species occur in 0 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

not sampled

 

Fairview (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 1994

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

6

Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)

1

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.4

Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.4

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.7

Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)

30

Average lake depth (m)

4

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

tapegrass

Vallisneria americana

80

cat-tail

Typha spp.

60

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

60

willow

Salix spp.

50

torpedograss

Panicum repens

50

duck-potato

Sagittaria lancifolia

30

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

30

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

30

respuinata bladderwort

Utricularia resupinata

30

elephant-ear

Colocasia esculenta

20

wax myrtle

Myrica cerifera

20

alligator-weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

10

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

10

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

10

dwarf arrowhead

Sagittaria subulata

10

flat-sedge

Cyperus odoratus

10

stonewort

Nitella spp.

10

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

10

bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

10

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