Pocket (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°25'14", Longitude 81°30'48"

Period of record: 64 sampling dates; October 15, 1993 to November 28, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 126 acres / 51 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Doctor Phillips Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is a mixture of two major types the phosphatic sand of the Hawthorne Formation and coastal sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Kissimmee Valley division of the Eastern Flatwoods District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 64 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

7

12

19

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

350

500

810

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

5.4

17.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.0

9.2

14.0

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-16-99

13

480

5.0

8.0

Mar-20-99

14

530

4.0

7.0

May-28-99

15

610

4.3

8.3

Jul-16-99

12

640

7.7

9.0

Aug-22-99

11

600

10.3

7.0

Oct-30-99

14

590

8.3

7.2

Nov-28-99

17

650

7.0

8.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

13

590

6.7

7.8

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