Lost (Polk County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°48'57", Longitude 81°28'44"

Period of record: 13 sampling dates; December 6, 1998 to December 12, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Lake Wales Ridge Transition

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales Ridge division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 13 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

24

38

64

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

870

1120

1440

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

22.7

69.7

144.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.0

1.6

2.0

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-02-99

24

950

22.7

1.7

Feb-14-99

27

870

32.7

1.5

Mar-13-99

36

1080

50.3

1.5

Apr-11-99

39

1040

83.3

1.5

May-01-99

55

1190

144.3

1.4

Jun-13-99

30

1130

53.0

1.7

Jul-05-99

27

910

52.3

2.0

Aug-07-99

27

1140

57.3

2.0

Sep-04-99

24

1300

32.5

1.5

Oct-02-99

38

1440

89.3

1.5

Nov-14-99

45

1150

101.7

1.0

Dec-12-99

64

1130

97.0

1.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

36

1110

68.0

1.6

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