Little Mary (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°0'10", Longitude 81°38'44"

Period of record: 35 sampling dates; May 11, 1990 to March 8, 1993

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Apopka Upland

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Mount Dora Ridge subdivision of the Apopka Upland 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.6

Sulfate (mg/L)

19.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

5.7

Calcium (mg/L)

5.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

110

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

8

Sodium (mg/L)

6.0

Chloride (mg/L)

12.5

Potassium (mg/L)

4.5

Silicon (mg/L)

0.4

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 35 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

7

14

21

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

480

680

960

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

9.4

19.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.0

6.6

9.5

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.


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