Lindley (Volusia County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°2'57", Longitude 81°16'59"

Period of record: 21 sampling dates; July 16, 1991 to July 17, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 27 acres / 11 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Crescent City/DeLand Ridges

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the St. John’s Offset division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

6.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

2.8

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

182

Color (Pt-Co units)

15

Chloride (mg/L)

18.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 21 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

11

15

19

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

470

580

730

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

5.1

11.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.5

8.7

12.3

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

19

650

3.3

9.7

Apr-06-99

16

560

4.0

8.2

May-14-99

19

600

3.3

7.5

Jun-16-99

19

700

5.3

7.3

Jul-17-99

16

620

6.0

7.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

18

630

4.4

8.1

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