Peanut Pond (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°55'42", Longitude 81°38'46"

Period of record: 54 sampling dates; July 6, 1995 to December 8, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Mount Dora Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Central Lakes division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 54 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

5

19

40

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

330

710

1470

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.0

12.0

100.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.0

7.1

11.9

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-07-99

13

750

5.0

10.3

Feb-07-99

13

820

9.3

8.8

Mar-06-99

15

720

9.0

7.7

Apr-06-99

13

700

12.0

5.3

May-06-99

25

710

19.7

4.5

Jun-01-99

17

460

5.3

6.7

Jul-05-99

12

460

5.0

7.2

Aug-06-99

11

460

3.0

9.7

Sep-06-99

13

460

3.3

9.0

Oct-09-99

14

470

7.0

8.0

Nov-09-99

18

760

6.3

8.8

Dec-08-99

17

740

7.7

8.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

15

630

7.7

7.9

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