Red Bug (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°39'4", Longitude 81°17'28"

Period of record: 4 sampling dates; December 23, 1991 to April 23, 1992

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 28 acres / 11 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

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 Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District. 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 4 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

20

24

26

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

640

660

680

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

5.0

6.6

9.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

4.3

5.4

7.3

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

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