Hewitt (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°32'32", Longitude 81°55'35"

Period of record: 14 sampling dates; April 11, 1990 to September 24, 1991

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 97 acres / 39 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the St. John’s Offset division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

5.3

Sulfate (mg/L)

7.5

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

0.0

Calcium (mg/L)

2.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

51

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

7

Sodium (mg/L)

5.0

Chloride (mg/L)

8.3

Potassium (mg/L)

1.0

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 14 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

4

8

19

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

110

170

280

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

4.5

12.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.4

8.4

12.7

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

 

Hewitt (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 20, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

0

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

0

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.1

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

1.5

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.9

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

34

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

90

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

70

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

70

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

70

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

70

St. John's wort

Hypericum spp.

60

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

50

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

50

sawgrass

Cladium jamaicense

50

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

50

para grass

Brachiaria mutica

40

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

40

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

20

dwarf arrowhead

Sagittaria subulata

20

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

20

water-moss

Fontinalis spp.

10

soft rush

Juncus effusus

10

pipewort

Eriocaulon spp.

10

red root

Lachnanthes caroliniana

10

respuinata bladderwort

Utricularia resupinata

10

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