Long (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°39'42", Longitude 81°11'20"

Period of record: 66 sampling dates; December 21, 1991 to July 8, 1998

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 69 acres / 28 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 Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District. 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 66 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

10

20

39

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

480

610

920

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

0.7

8.5

34.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.0

6.5

10.7

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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