Holly Forest (Alachua County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°38'54", Longitude 82°23'16"

Period of record: 10 sampling dates; January 30, 1999 to October 23, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Northern Peninsula Karst Plains

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by clayey sand and clay with sandy to clayey limestone of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the San Felasco Hammock subdivision of the Northern Peninsual Slopes division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.5

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

117.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

307

Color (Pt-Co units)

48

Chloride (mg/L)

16.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 10 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

58

241

385

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

780

1240

2210

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.3

52.5

215.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.5

2.8

3.5

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-30-99

298

940

3.3

.

Feb-20-99

235

980

28.0

.

Mar-21-99

336

1100

15.3

.

Apr-18-99

385

1110

13.7

.

May-24-99

324

1150

26.3

3.5

Jun-19-99

326

2020

170.7

1.5

Jul-01-99

253

2210

215.3

2.5

Aug-14-99

114

1050

23.7

3.5

Sep-18-99

81

1060

10.3

.

Oct-23-99

58

780

18.3

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

241

1240

52.5

2.8

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