Morris (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°36'54", Longitude 81°58'22"

Period of record: 16 sampling dates; June 13, 1998 to December 30, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 67 acres / 27 hectacres

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 Interlachen Sand Hills 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.1

Sulfate (mg/L)

5.1

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

1.5

Calcium (mg/L)

2.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

41

Magnesium (mg/L)

0.7

Color (Pt-Co units)

10

Sodium (mg/L)

4.0

Chloride (mg/L)

7.2

Potassium (mg/L)

0.3

Silicon (mg/L)

0.1

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 16 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

8

14

36

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

220

330

630

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

7.0

34.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.2

7.9

11.3

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

Jan-09-99

10

300

3.0

7.8

Feb-07-99

8

220

2.3

11.3

Mar-20-99

8

240

1.3

9.3

Apr-15-99

12

290

1.7

10.8

Jun-21-99

14

320

4.0

7.7

Jul-29-99

13

290

4.3

7.7

Aug-28-99

13

380

7.0

6.2

Sep-30-99

15

340

6.7

6.7

Nov-06-99

14

360

6.7

7.5

Dec-30-99

11

340

5.3

6.5

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

12

310

4.2

8.1

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