Fannie (Polk County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°3'42", Longitude 81°41'27"

Period of record: 72 sampling dates; June 30, 1990 to September 5, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 829 acres / 335 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Winter Haven/Lake Henry Ridges

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 Winter Haven 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.8

Sulfate (mg/L)

41.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

38.9

Calcium (mg/L)

11.7

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

352

Magnesium (mg/L)

9.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

59

Sodium (mg/L)

38.8

Chloride (mg/L)

50.6

Potassium (mg/L)

15.8

Silicon (mg/L)

1.8

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 72 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

40

84

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

540

970

1590

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.7

24.1

72.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

0.7

2.6

6.0

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-10-99

16

680

8.7

6.0

Feb-05-99

28

660

10.3

4.0

Mar-06-99

22

560

10.3

4.2

Apr-03-99

25

810

8.7

3.8

May-09-99

30

840

17.3

3.0

Jun-06-99

25

910

21.3

3.5

Jul-05-99

28

610

11.0

4.0

Aug-08-99

30

830

.

.

Sep-05-99

25

760

20.3

2.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

25

740

13.5

3.9

Fannie (Polk County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 1993

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

46

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

4

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

7.1

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

4.1

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

8.4

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

451

Average lake depth (m)

2

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

cat-tail

Typha spp.

100

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

90

duck-potato

Sagittaria lancifolia

70

willow

Salix spp.

70

common salvinia

Salvinia rotundifolia

60

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

60

hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

60

water-lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

50

elephant-ear

Colocasia esculenta

50

green algae

Chlorphyta

50

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

40

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

40

torpedograss

Panicum repens

40

American lotus

Nelumbo lutea

30

coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

30

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

30

Baldwin flat sedge

Cyperus globulosus

30

alligator-weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

20

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

20

common duckweed

Lemna minor

10

giant bulrush

Scirpus californicus

10

para grass

Brachiaria mutica

10

soft rush

Juncus effusus

10

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