Little Spirit (Polk County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 27°59'43", Longitude 81°46'53"
Period of record: 10 sampling dates; October 27, 1991 to May 13, 1993
Surface area : No data available.
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Winter Haven/Lake Henry Ridges
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 Winter Haven Karst 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 |
7.3 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
46.7 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
31.0 |
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
297 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
27 |
Chloride (mg/L) |
36.0 |
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 10 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
18 |
24 |
31 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
700 |
780 |
850 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
2.0 |
4.9 |
7.5 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
8.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
Little Spirit (Polk County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on May 13, 1993
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
65 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
30 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
8.8 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
19.3 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.0 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
71 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
3 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
80 |
|
floating water-hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
60 |
|
cat-tail |
Typha spp. |
60 |
|
common salvinia |
Salvinia rotundifolia |
40 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
40 |
|
Baldwin flat sedge |
Cyperus globulosus |
40 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
20 |