Kirkland (Lake County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 28°26'46", Longitude 81°48'23"
Period of record: 59 sampling dates; December 2, 1990 to February 21, 1998
Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 284 acres / 115 hectacres
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Clermont Uplands
Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):
The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.
Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):
The water body lies in the Groveland Karst division of the Central Lake District.
Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.
Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:
|
pH |
6.4 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
25.7 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
2.0 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
5.5 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
151 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
4.0 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
7 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
8.8 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
21.0 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
6.0 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
0.2 |
|
|
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 59 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
3 |
7 |
12 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
180 |
330 |
490 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
0.5 |
2.1 |
5.0 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
7.2 |
11.1 |
13.5 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
Kirkland (Lake County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 1992
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
0 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
0 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
1.5 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.5 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.9 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
48 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
2 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
100 |
|
St. John's wort |
Hypericum spp. |
100 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
80 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
80 |
|
bog-moss |
Mayaca fluviatilis |
80 |
|
red ludwigia |
Ludwigia repens |
70 |
|
lemon bacopa |
Bacopa caroliniana |
70 |
|
rush fuirena |
Fuirena scirpoidea |
70 |
|
banana-lily |
Nymphoides aquatica |
40 |
|
pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
40 |
|
sawgrass |
Cladium jamaicense |
40 |
|
fragrant water-lily |
Nymphaea odorata |
30 |
|
variable-leaf milfoil |
Myriophyllum heterophyllum |
30 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
10 |
|
purple bladderwort |
Utricularia purpurea |
10 |
|
water primrose |
Ludwigia octovalvis |
10 |