Purdum Pond (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°49'37", Longitude 81°47'38"

Period of record: 13 sampling dates; September 26, 1996 to October 2, 1997

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Central Valley

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.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.9

Sulfate (mg/L)

0.4

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

84.0

Calcium (mg/L)

20.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

256

Magnesium (mg/L)

8.2

Color (Pt-Co units)

11

Sodium (mg/L)

10.3

Chloride (mg/L)

25.9

Potassium (mg/L)

6.1

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

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)

6

12

16

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

470

640

940

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

3.6

8.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.0

7.4

9.5

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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