Price (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°35'52", Longitude 81°10'30"

Period of record: 13 sampling dates; January 11, 1997 to October 18, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Eastern Flatlands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Holopaw-Indian Town Ridges and Swales division of the Eastern Flatwoods District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.0

Sulfate (mg/L)

4.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

6.1

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

142

Color (Pt-Co units)

12

Chloride (mg/L)

32.4

Silicon (mg/L)

0.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 13 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

5

8

9

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

290

360

430

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

2.2

4.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

11.8

13.7

15.7

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

Feb-20-99

8

390

1.0

.

Mar-20-99

5

400

1.0

.

May-16-99

6

390

2.3

.

Jun-15-99

8

370

2.0

.

Jul-18-99

9

350

2.3

.

Aug-18-99

9

400

2.3

.

Sep-25-99

8

430

2.3

12.3

Oct-18-99

8

340

2.7

.

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

8

390

2.0

12.3

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