Fanny (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°33'35", Longitude 81°59'5"

Period of record: 86 sampling dates; March 28, 1990 to May 16, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 100 acres / 40 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the St. John’s Offset division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

4.6

Sulfate (mg/L)

11.2

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

0.0

Calcium (mg/L)

2.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

78

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

5

Sodium (mg/L)

7.5

Chloride (mg/L)

12.5

Potassium (mg/L)

1.0

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 86 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

2

5

11

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

40

130

280

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

2.7

9.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.1

10.4

17.0

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

Mar-17-99

7

210

2.0

17.0

Apr-16-99

11

270

3.0

.

May-16-99

7

210

2.0

12.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

8

230

2.3

14.5

Fanny (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1991

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

44

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

7

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.3

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

3.5

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.2

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

40

Average lake depth (m)

3

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

100

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

100

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

90

Florida bladderwort

Utricularia floridana

70

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

50

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

10

water-moss

Fontinalis spp.

10

green algae

Chlorphyta

10

Fanny (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 16, 1997

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

98

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

49

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

7.0

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

2.5

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

3.7

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

40

Average lake depth (m)

3

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

100

variable-leaf milfoil

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

100

purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

100

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

100

St. John's wort

Hypericum spp.

100

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

90

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

80

sawgrass

Cladium jamaicense

80

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

70

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

50

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

50

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

40

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

40

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

20

dwarf arrowhead

Sagittaria subulata

20

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

20

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

10

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

10

water-moss

Fontinalis spp.

10

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

10

torpedograss

Panicum repens

10

Florida bladderwort

Utricularia floridana

10

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