Higgenbotham (Putnam County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 29°33'42", Longitude 81°58'8"
Period of record: 119 sampling dates; March 28, 1990 to December 11, 1999
Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 50 acres / 20 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 3 months sampled:
|
pH |
5.7 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
5.2 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
0.4 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
1.9 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
55 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
1.0 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
7 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
6.1 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
11.7 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
0.9 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
0.2 |
|
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Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 119 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
4 |
7 |
16 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
260 |
460 |
750 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
1.0 |
4.0 |
14.3 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
3.2 |
10.5 |
17.0 |
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-08-99 |
7 |
660 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
|
Feb-19-99 |
8 |
570 |
2.0 |
8.3 |
|
Mar-12-99 |
7 |
600 |
2.0 |
8.2 |
|
Apr-11-99 |
10 |
520 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
|
May-22-99 |
9 |
470 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
|
Jun-24-99 |
7 |
420 |
2.7 |
11.3 |
|
Jul-09-99 |
7 |
420 |
2.0 |
10.0 |
|
Aug-14-99 |
8 |
370 |
3.3 |
9.7 |
|
Sep-04-99 |
9 |
400 |
4.0 |
9.0 |
|
Oct-23-99 |
8 |
430 |
3.0 |
10.7 |
|
Nov-12-99 |
7 |
450 |
2.7 |
12.7 |
|
Dec-11-99 |
6 |
370 |
2.7 |
14.0 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
1999 Average |
8 |
470 |
2.7 |
9.7 |
Higgenbotham (Putnam County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on August 3, 1993
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
34 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
2 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
5.1 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
1.7 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
1.8 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
36 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
3 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
100 |
|
pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
100 |
|
wax myrtle |
Myrica cerifera |
100 |
|
maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
100 |
|
buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
90 |
|
Florida bladderwort |
Utricularia floridana |
90 |
|
banana-lily |
Nymphoides aquatica |
80 |
|
sawgrass |
Cladium jamaicense |
80 |
|
rush fuirena |
Fuirena scirpoidea |
80 |
|
lemon bacopa |
Bacopa caroliniana |
70 |
|
St. John's wort |
Hypericum spp. |
60 |
|
southern cutgrass |
Leersia hexandra |
50 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
20 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
10 |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
10 |
|
yellow-eyed grass |
Xyris spp. |
10 |
|
bald cypress |
Taxodium distichum |
10 |
|
bog button |
Lachnocaulon spp. |
10 |