Overstreet (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°31'45", Longitude 84°15'24"

Period of record: 58 sampling dates; January 14, 1991 to December 30, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 127 acres / 51 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by granular sand and clayey sand with some clay lenses of the Hawthorne Formation and gravel, sand and clay of the Citronelle 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

5.9

Sulfate (mg/L)

1.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

1.6

Calcium (mg/L)

1.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

19

Magnesium (mg/L)

0.4

Color (Pt-Co units)

8

Sodium (mg/L)

1.8

Chloride (mg/L)

4.9

Potassium (mg/L)

0.1

Silicon (mg/L)

0.1

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 58 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

2

11

17

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

150

280

430

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

3.3

8.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

9.0

13.5

18.0

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

Jan-21-99

16

240

6.7

15.0

Feb-22-99

13

230

3.7

14.0

Mar-11-99

13

430

4.0

14.3

Apr-14-99

12

330

2.0

11.0

May-24-99

11

260

1.7

13.0

Jun-24-99

11

210

2.0

14.0

Jul-28-99

9

210

1.3

15.0

Aug-23-99

10

260

3.3

15.7

Sep-23-99

11

270

2.7

16.3

Oct-28-99

10

230

5.0

14.0

Nov-15-99

11

230

4.0

13.0

Dec-30-99

12

280

7.3

13.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

11

270

3.6

14.1

Overstreet (Leon County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

.

Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)

.

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.8

Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

5.8

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

5.3

Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)

133

Average lake depth (m)

.

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

100

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

100

frog's-bit

Limnobium spongia

90

purple fanwort

Cabomba pulcherrima

90

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

80

variable-leaf milfoil

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

80

purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

80

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

80

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

60

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

50

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides

50

cone-spur bladderwort

Utricularia gibba

50

strap-leaf sag

Sagittaria kurziana

30

wax myrtle

Myrica cerifera

30

coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

20

para grass

Brachiaria mutica

20

giant spikerush

Eleocharis interstincta

20

common arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

10

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

10

cat-tail

Typha spp.

10

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

10

water primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

10

flat-sedge

Cyperus odoratus

10

red root

Lachnanthes caroliniana

10

yellow-eyed grass

Xyris spp.

10

bulrush spp.

Juncus spp.

10

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