Saddlebags (Highlands County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 27°17'41", Longitude 81°21'16"
Period of record: 15 sampling dates; March 26, 1996 to July 12, 1998
Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 23 acres / 9 hectacres
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southern Lake Wales Ridge
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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 2 months sampled:
|
pH |
7.6 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
76.3 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
24.5 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
22.8 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
360 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
11.8 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
5 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
9.1 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
30.5 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
14.0 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
1.0 |
|
|
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 15 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
5 |
7 |
9 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
740 |
1370 |
1890 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
2.0 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
9.8 |
13.3 |
16.8 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.