Kingswood (Alachua County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°40'49", Longitude 82°24'19"

Period of record: 9 sampling dates; June 9, 1996 to March 10, 1997

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.5

Sulfate (mg/L)

0.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

6.8

Calcium (mg/L)

4.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

71

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.1

Color (Pt-Co units)

45

Sodium (mg/L)

7.2

Chloride (mg/L)

16.4

Potassium (mg/L)

0.5

Silicon (mg/L)

0.7

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 9 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

25

35

42

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

650

740

940

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

5.0

17.9

49.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.3

5.6

7.0

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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