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. Johns 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 |