Mattie (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°23'28", Longitude 84°8'45"

Period of record: 5 sampling dates; May 16, 1999 to October 10, 1999

Surface area (Dickinson et al. 1982): 3 acres / 1 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Tifton/Tallahassee Uplands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by granular sand and clayey sand with some clay lenses of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Tallahassee Red Hills subdivision of the State Line Hills 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.2

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

12.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

51

Color (Pt-Co units)

72

Chloride (mg/L)

10.0

 

 

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)

29

42

58

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

400

570

800

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

12.7

29.9

56.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.1

1.5

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

May-16-99

29

400

12.7

2.0

Jun-23-99

45

530

16.0

1.3

Jul-17-99

36

520

29.3

1.8

Aug-23-99

42

620

35.0

1.1

Oct-10-99

58

800

56.7

1.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

42

580

29.9

1.5

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