Floral City (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°45'31", Longitude 82°16'60"

Period of record: 45 sampling dates; November 20, 1995 to December 8, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 158 acres / 64 hectacres     Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tsala Apopka

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by limestone consisting of skeletons of fossils in a silt to sand size matrix of the Ocala Limestone Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Tsala Apopka Basin division of the Ocala Uplift District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:
 
pH 7.4  Sulfate (mg/L)
0.4
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) 47.2  Calcium (mg/L)
20.0
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) 144  Magnesium (mg/L)
1.6
Color (Pt-Co units) 157  Sodium (mg/L)
5.7
Chloride (mg/L) 14.4  Potassium (mg/L)
1.0
Silicon (mg/L) 1.3    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 45 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
17
34
85
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
610
920
1350
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
1.3
13.0
53.7
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
1.9
3.5
5.3

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-20-99
17
750
3.3
3.5
Feb-26-99
22
760
5.7
4.7
Apr-06-99
22
770
4.7
4.5
May-03-99
35
950
10.7
4.0
Jun-01-99
40
1140
39.3
2.6
Jul-05-99
28
690
17.3
3.8
Aug-05-99
28
860
17.0
3.6
Sep-07-99
25
790
14.0
3.5
Oct-07-99
18
750
12.3
4.1
Nov-08-99
18
650
8.0
4.4
Dec-08-99
20
680
9.0
4.6
         
1999 Average
25
800
12.8
3.9

Floral City (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
12
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
5.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
76
Average lake depth (m)
3

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

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
100
common salvinia Salvinia rotundifolia
90
alligator-weed Alternanthera philoxeroides
90
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
90
parrot's-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
70
smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides
70
para grass Brachiaria mutica
50
common duckweed Lemna minor
40
elephant-ear Colocasia esculenta
40
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
40
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
30
sedge family Cyperaceae
30
torpedograss Panicum repens
30
water-lettuce Pistia stratiotes
20
cat-tail Typha spp.
20
knot grass Paspalum distichum
20
water hemlock Cicuta mexicana
20
water-aloe Stratiotes aloides
10
duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia
10
water spinach Ipomoea aquatica
10
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
10
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
10
willow Salix spp.
10
bald cypress Taxodium distichum
10
elderberry Sambucus canadensis
10

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