Secret (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°40'26", Longitude 81°19'42"

Period of record: 28 sampling dates; May 30, 1996 to November 9, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 5 acres / 2 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 28 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

19

28

43

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

400

610

1000

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.3

19.2

35.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

4.4

7.0

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-21-99

26

710

11.3

3.8

Feb-25-99

24

570

12.0

6.0

Mar-25-99

20

550

4.3

7.0

Apr-30-99

19

630

15.0

4.0

May-31-99

34

1000

28.7

2.5

Jun-29-99

43

760

32.7

3.0

Jul-22-99

31

610

12.7

4.3

Aug-10-99

32

590

19.7

3.2

Sep-17-99

35

700

16.7

4.0

Oct-25-99

27

610

18.7

4.0

Nov-09-99

24

560

16.7

5.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

29

660

17.1

4.3

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