Florida (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°40'28", Longitude 81°21'51"

Period of record: 50 sampling dates; June 17, 1995 to December 19, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 24 acres / 10 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.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 50 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

24

52

124

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

570

800

1720

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.0

18.5

106.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.8

4.6

8.5

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-25-99

51

810

3.0

8.5

Feb-25-99

41

920

39.3

3.0

Mar-25-99

31

1010

9.0

7.6

Apr-26-99

27

770

11.7

6.7

May-17-99

29

750

10.0

5.4

Jun-15-99

30

740

10.7

5.4

Jul-10-99

26

700

10.7

5.0

Aug-14-99

26

690

9.0

5.4

Sep-11-99

29

800

11.7

4.3

Oct-11-99

55

860

9.0

3.7

Nov-28-99

70

1070

4.0

3.2

Dec-19-99

67

1040

6.0

3.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

40

850

11.2

5.1

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