Hampton (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°46'57", Longitude 82°17'4"

Period of record: 50 sampling dates; November 20, 1995 to December 11, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.3

Sulfate (mg/L)

0.2

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

46.2

Calcium (mg/L)

11.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

134

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.7

Color (Pt-Co units)

111

Sodium (mg/L)

6.5

Chloride (mg/L)

14.8

Potassium (mg/L)

0.8

Silicon (mg/L)

1.9

 

 

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)

10

27

52

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

650

890

1240

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

11.6

46.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.7

3.6

6.2

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

Jan-21-99

14

710

7.3

6.2

Feb-20-99

17

650

6.3

5.4

Mar-17-99

14

700

4.7

5.3

Apr-12-99

16

760

5.0

6.1

May-15-99

23

840

10.0

4.5

Jun-27-99

19

820

10.7

4.4

Jul-15-99

17

770

9.0

4.9

Aug-24-99

20

830

14.0

4.9

Sep-27-99

20

870

17.7

3.3

Oct-23-99

15

790

12.0

4.5

Nov-23-99

16

670

10.3

4.2

Dec-11-99

15

730

6.7

5.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

17

760

9.5

4.9

Hampton (Citrus County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

14

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

5

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.7

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

2.1

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.4

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

57

Average lake depth (m)

2

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

80

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

80

common duckweed

Lemna minor

70

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

70

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

70

alligator-weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

50

parrot's-feather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

50

American lotus

Nelumbo lutea

50

cat-tail

Typha spp.

50

water-lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

40

water spinach

Ipomoea aquatica

40

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

40

coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

40

wax myrtle

Myrica cerifera

40

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

40

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

40

azolla

Azolla caroliniana

30

willow

Salix spp.

30

torpedograss

Panicum repens

30

southern naiad

Najas guadalupensis

20

southern water-grass

Hydrochloa caroliniensis

20

giant duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

10

golden-club

Orontium aquaticum

10

bladderwort family

Lentibulariaceae

10

flat-sedge

Cyperus odoratus

10

para grass

Brachiaria mutica

10

knot grass

Paspalum distichum

10

bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

10

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