Redwater (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°20'52", Longitude 81°23'57"

Period of record: 68 sampling dates; May 29, 1991 to December 8, 1998

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 73 acres / 30 hectacres      Bathymetric Map

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

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.
 
 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:
 
pH
8.7
 Sulfate (mg/L)
42.3
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
28.3
 Calcium (mg/L)
17.3
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
261
 Magnesium (mg/L)
10.3
Color (Pt-Co units)
13
 Sodium (mg/L)
8.7
Chloride (mg/L)
29.0
 Potassium (mg/L)
8.9
Silicon (mg/L)
0.4
    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 68 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
9
16
31
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
550
990
2230
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
5.0
21.7
64.3
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
1.5
5.2
12.5

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
 
 

Redwater (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
26
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
40
Average lake depth (m)
3

 

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica
70
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
60
torpedograss Panicum repens
60
cat-tail Typha spp.
50
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
50
respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata
50
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
40
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
40
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
40
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
40
duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia
30
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
30
common salvinia Salvinia rotundifolia
20
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
20
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
20
bald cypress Taxodium distichum
20
salt-bush Baccharis spp.
10
umbrella sedge Cyperus alternifolius
10
giant spikerush Eleocharis interstincta
10

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