Molly (Volusia County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 81°18'4", Longitude 29°4'8"

Period of record: 10 sampling dates; March 4, 1999 to December 8, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Crescent City/DeLand Ridges

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Crescent City-Deland Ridge 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.6

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

23.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

164

Color (Pt-Co units)

16

Chloride (mg/L)

30.8

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 10 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

22

32

42

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

730

870

1040

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

5.7

16.1

27.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.2

4.6

6.5

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

Mar-04-99

22

850

18.0

4.1

Apr-05-99

37

960

5.7

5.4

May-06-99

31

830

9.3

5.3

Jun-09-99

30

780

9.3

5.0

Jul-07-99

25

730

8.3

6.5

Aug-10-99

33

900

24.7

4.0

Sep-07-99

32

890

18.0

4.7

Oct-07-99

31

840

18.3

4.0

Nov-05-99

42

920

22.0

3.9

Dec-08-99

42

1040

27.7

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

32

870

16.1

4.6

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