KCC 4 (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°30'58", Longitude 84°13'8"

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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)

15.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

55

Color (Pt-Co units)

24

Chloride (mg/L)

6.0

 

 

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)

75

152

388

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

290

840

2040

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

27.5

108.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

0.9

1.3

1.7

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

Mar-04-99

121

1310

43.3

1.5

Apr-22-99

388

2040

108.0

0.9

Jun-01-99

154

910

15.3

1.6

Jul-01-99

158

520

9.0

.

Sep-24-99

82

480

13.7

.

Nov-08-99

75

290

1.7

.

Dec-20-99

84

360

1.7

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

152

840

27.5

1.3

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