Maitland (Orange County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 28°36'51", Longitude 81°21'5"
Period of record: 5 sampling dates; September 24, 1990 to January 30, 1991
Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 451 acres / 183 hectacres
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge
Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):
The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation and coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.
Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):
The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory division of the Central Lake District.
Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.
Numbers reported below are the average for 3 months sampled:
|
pH |
7.7 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
16.4 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
68.7 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
28.3 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
205 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
17.4 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
4 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
8.8 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
15.9 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
3.6 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
0.2 |
|
|
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 5 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
21 |
26 |
28 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
640 |
920 |
1060 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
11.7 |
21.2 |
30.7 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
3.8 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.