Sebring (Highlands County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 27°31'38", Longitude 81°29'9"
Period of record: 45 sampling dates; June 19, 1995 to December 18, 1999
Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 508 acres / 206 hectacres
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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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 5 months sampled:
|
pH |
5.9 |
Sulfate (mg/L) |
10.4 |
|
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
2.3 |
Calcium (mg/L) |
3.2 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
69 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
4.8 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
121 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
6.0 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
12.4 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
1.2 |
|
Silicon (mg/L) |
1.4 |
|
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Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 45 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
22 |
47 |
78 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
450 |
650 |
1000 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
5.0 |
13.2 |
40.3 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
1.1 |
2.2 |
4.0 |
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 |
|
Jan-15-99 |
49 |
590 |
8.7 |
2.1 |
|
Feb-15-99 |
44 |
670 |
10.3 |
2.1 |
|
Mar-15-99 |
44 |
610 |
12.0 |
2.5 |
|
Apr-18-99 |
48 |
640 |
5.0 |
1.9 |
|
May-16-99 |
45 |
700 |
8.3 |
1.7 |
|
Jun-16-99 |
33 |
500 |
7.7 |
3.5 |
|
Jul-14-99 |
29 |
480 |
9.7 |
2.8 |
|
Aug-18-99 |
32 |
710 |
27.7 |
2.0 |
|
Sep-15-99 |
35 |
760 |
40.3 |
2.3 |
|
Oct-18-99 |
54 |
840 |
11.0 |
1.5 |
|
Nov-14-99 |
58 |
1000 |
7.0 |
1.8 |
|
Dec-18-99 |
66 |
900 |
5.7 |
1.1 |
|
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|
|
1999 Average |
45 |
700 |
12.8 |
2.1 |
Sebring (Highlands County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 1996
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
24 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
7 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
3.3 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.1 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.7 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
103 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
2 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
cat-tail |
Typha spp. |
90 |
|
maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
90 |
|
water primrose |
Ludwigia octovalvis |
80 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
70 |
|
wax myrtle |
Myrica cerifera |
70 |
|
smartweed |
Polygonum hydropiperoides |
60 |
|
common salvinia |
Salvinia rotundifolia |
50 |
|
pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
50 |
|
red root |
Lachnanthes caroliniana |
50 |
|
common duckweed |
Lemna minor |
40 |
|
baby-tears |
Micranthemum umbrosum |
40 |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
40 |
|
Baldwin flat sedge |
Cyperus globulosus |
40 |
|
floating water-hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
30 |
|
cone-spur bladderwort |
Utricularia gibba |
30 |
|
stonewort |
Nitella spp. |
30 |
|
rush fuirena |
Fuirena scirpoidea |
30 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
20 |
|
melaleuca |
Melaleuca quinquenervia |
20 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
10 |
|
bacopa |
Bacopa monnieri |
10 |
|
para grass |
Brachiaria mutica |
10 |
|
torpedograss |
Panicum repens |
10 |
|
musk-grass |
Chara spp. |
10 |