Lucy (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°36'4", Longitude 81°51'5"

Period of record: 11 sampling dates; February 21, 1998 to February 27, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 335 acres / 136 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Clermont Uplands

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 Groveland 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

4.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

4.3

Calcium (mg/L)

4.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

112

Magnesium (mg/L)

2.6

Color (Pt-Co units)

95

Sodium (mg/L)

10.0

Chloride (mg/L)

27.8

Potassium (mg/L)

4.0

Silicon (mg/L)

1.6

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 11 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

9

14

17

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

690

800

920

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.7

4.9

8.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.8

3.2

4.5

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

Feb-27-99

11

690

3.7

4.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

11

690

3.7

4.5

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