Griffin North (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°54'9", Longitude 81°50'31"

Period of record: 25 sampling dates; May 18, 1995 to December 24, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Central Valley

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 Central Lakes division of the Central Lake District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 25 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

43

95

134

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

2160

3650

4960

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

31.0

230.0

401.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

0.6

1.1

2.9

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-12-99

100

3860

238.0

0.8

Feb-11-99

114

4080

320.7

0.8

Mar-07-99

119

4490

285.3

0.8

Apr-12-99

125

4960

380.3

0.8

May-30-99

128

4870

401.3

0.6

Jun-10-99

112

4550

367.3

0.8

Jul-05-99

72

3810

230.7

1.4

Aug-10-99

82

4780

303.3

0.8

Sep-25-99

73

4100

223.3

0.8

Oct-19-99

82

4190

242.3

0.8

Nov-08-99

77

3850

211.0

0.8

Dec-24-99

134

3350

219.0

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

101

4240

285.2

0.8

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