Little Wilson (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°8'48", Longitude 82°29'34"

Period of record: 16 sampling dates; April 3, 1998 to December 13, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

4.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

51.0

Calcium (mg/L)

21.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

250

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.6

Color (Pt-Co units)

49

Sodium (mg/L)

22.0

Chloride (mg/L)

42.8

Potassium (mg/L)

2.5

Silicon (mg/L)

1.4

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 16 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

24

44

91

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

580

890

1320

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.7

21.7

44.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.4

4.8

7.1

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-05-99

32

580

5.3

6.0

Mar-07-99

26

650

9.7

5.3

Apr-04-99

24

650

4.7

5.5

May-03-99

35

790

9.0

5.2

Jun-05-99

42

870

33.0

5.3

Jul-05-99

40

890

29.0

4.3

Sep-05-99

38

980

32.7

4.0

Oct-02-99

41

1320

.

2.4

Nov-08-99

25

990

.

5.3

Dec-13-99

26

1000

6.3

7.1

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

33

870

16.2

5.0

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