Little Fairview (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°35'20", Longitude 81°23'17"

Period of record: 86 sampling dates; February 24, 1991 to December 23, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 88 acres / 36 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.7

Sulfate (mg/L)

10.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

30.0

Calcium (mg/L)

10.5

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

136

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

13

Sodium (mg/L)

10.0

Chloride (mg/L)

16.5

Potassium (mg/L)

2.5

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 86 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

26

42

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

520

770

1100

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

21.8

52.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.4

3.8

6.7

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

Jan-21-99

25

860

29.3

3.0

Feb-25-99

25

770

25.3

3.0

Mar-25-99

26

680

19.7

3.0

Apr-29-99

27

690

18.3

3.0

May-25-99

22

700

16.0

3.5

Jun-25-99

23

680

24.3

3.0

Jul-27-99

23

780

14.7

3.5

Aug-23-99

23

940

26.7

3.0

Sep-23-99

35

900

42.3

3.0

Oct-25-99

28

850

37.3

3.0

Nov-29-99

31

890

43.0

2.7

Dec-23-99

.

.

47.0

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

26

800

28.7

3.1

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