KCC 14 (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°30'59", Longitude 84°12'29"

Period of record: 7 sampling dates; March 4, 1999 to December 20, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by granular sand and clayey sand with some clay lenses 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 1 month sampled:

pH

6.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

25.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

65

Color (Pt-Co units)

33

Chloride (mg/L)

5.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 7 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

86

186

292

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

730

1130

1570

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

35.5

77.4

160.5

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.5

1.9

2.5

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

Mar-04-99

152

930

41.0

2.0

Apr-23-99

114

880

35.5

.

Jun-01-99

244

1100

62.7

1.9

Jul-01-99

292

1450

120.5

1.9

Sep-24-99

276

1570

160.5

1.5

Nov-08-99

140

1260

84.5

1.5

Dec-20-99

86

730

37.0

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

186

1130

77.4

1.9

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