Iamonia (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°38'1", Longitude 84°14'48"

Period of record: 25 sampling dates; June 3, 1992 to November 22, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tifton/Tallahassee Uplands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Tallahassee Red Hills subdivision of the State Line Hills division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 5 months sampled:

pH

5.8

Sulfate (mg/L)

3.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

3.1

Calcium (mg/L)

1.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

20

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.8

Color (Pt-Co units)

32

Sodium (mg/L)

1.8

Chloride (mg/L)

3.8

Potassium (mg/L)

0.3

Silicon (mg/L)

0.8

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 25 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

8

16

24

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

280

470

760

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

7.1

17.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.0

4.4

8.0

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-29-99

11

290

4.7

4.3

Mar-23-99

18

470

4.3

8.0

Apr-27-99

12

450

5.0

3.7

May-28-99

14

460

3.0

2.3

Jun-30-99

13

450

6.5

4.0

Jul-29-99

13

460

3.7

3.0

Aug-31-99

20

530

7.7

3.3

Sep-29-99

22

760

5.0

3.3

Nov-22-99

12

330

5.0

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

15

470

5.0

4.2

Iamonia (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 27, 1993

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

88

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

29

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.4

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

2.7

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

5.4

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

645

Average lake depth (m)

2

Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

97

bladderwort

Utricularia foliosa

97

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

93

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

90

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

87

water spikerush

Eleocharis elongata

83

willow

Salix spp.

80

soft rush

Juncus effusus

80

Baldwin flat sedge

Cyperus globulosus

80

purple fanwort

Cabomba pulcherrima

77

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

77

common arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

73

grass family

Gramineae

70

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

53

American lotus

Nelumbo lutea

50

water-shield

Brasenia schreberi

47

frog's-bit

Limnobium spongia

37

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

37

yellow-eyed grass

Xyris spp.

30

bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

27

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

23

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

17

para grass

Brachiaria mutica

17

floating water-hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

13

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

13

common salvinia

Salvinia rotundifolia

10

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

10

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

10

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

10

torpedograss

Panicum repens

10

Illinois pondweed

Potamogeton illinoensis

7

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

7

slender naiad

Najas minor

3

green fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita

3

variableleaf pondweed

Potamogeton diversifolius

3

barnyard grass

Echinochloa crusgalli

3

elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

3

jointed flat sedge

Cyperus haspan

3

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