Jessamine (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°28'52", Longitude 81°23'10"

Period of record: 45 sampling dates; May 17, 1993 to September 18, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 306 acres / 124 hectacres

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

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 Orlando Promontory 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.8

Sulfate (mg/L)

17.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

43.6

Calcium (mg/L)

17.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

184

Magnesium (mg/L)

21.7

Color (Pt-Co units)

5

Sodium (mg/L)

14.0

Chloride (mg/L)

20.6

Potassium (mg/L)

3.8

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 45 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

18

25

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

570

880

1340

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.3

19.5

37.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.6

4.1

8.7

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

Feb-18-99

15

570

10.0

5.0

Sep-18-99

17

1150

18.0

2.6

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

16

860

14.0

3.8

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