Peacock (Suwannee County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 30°14'21", Longitude 82°53'52"

Period of record: 8 sampling dates; August 14, 1991 to March 11, 1992

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Northern Peninsula Karst Plains

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types dominated by terrace deposits of surface sand over clayey sand and clay with basal deposits of limestone of the preglacial Pleistocene and phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Wellborn Hills subdivision of the Wellborn Uplands division of the Ocala Uplift District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 8 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

70

84

99

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

950

1290

1470

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

7.3

39.3

106.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.1

4.3

6.8

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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