Florence (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWA TCH Water Chemistry Summary

 

Location: Latitude 28°37'44", Longitude 81°17'30"

Period of record: 5 sampling dates; June 21, 1999 to November 21, 1999

Surface area (Dickinson et al. 1982): 28 acres / 11 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.1

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

9.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

156

Color (Pt-Co units)

8

Chloride (mg/L)

22.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 5 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

12

14

16

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

380

450

490

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.7

7.0

12.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.2

8.0

12.2

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

Jun-21-99

12

380

3.7

12.2

Jul-25-99

13

480

4.7

6.5

Aug-29-99

16

420

5.0

7.7

Oct-10-99

14

460

9.7

7.3

Nov-21-99

15

490

12.0

6.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

14

450

7.0

8.0