Pearl (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°16'58", Longitude 81°21'39"

Period of record: 20 sampling dates; October 26, 1994 to February 15, 1997

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 66 acres / 27 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southern Lake Wales Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales Ridge division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 20 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

1

4

6

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

570

730

980

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

1.7

3.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

10.3

18.6

24.5

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.


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