Miles Kale (Marion County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°28'40", Longitude 81°58'59"

Period of record: 38 sampling dates; October 22, 1988 to December 9, 1991

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Trail Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the St. John’s Offset division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 38 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

4

10

19

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

190

270

430

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

3.5

17.5

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.5

7.5

11.9

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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