Mid (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°3'29", Longitude 82°28'25"

Period of record: 11 sampling dates; September 17, 1996 to December 12, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.2

Sulfate (mg/L)

17.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

25.3

Calcium (mg/L)

15.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

318

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

32

Sodium (mg/L)

37.3

Chloride (mg/L)

65.3

Potassium (mg/L)

2.6

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

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)

37

52

79

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

850

990

1250

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

13.0

21.3

36.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.3

3.2

4.4

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

Apr-18-99

58

1070

23.3

2.5

Jun-19-99

66

1080

36.0

3.2

Dec-12-99

49

1250

22.0

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

58

1130

27.1

2.9

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