Seminole (Pasco County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°10'41", Longitude 82°34'29"

Period of record: 96 sampling dates; June 9, 1991 to November 29, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Keystone Lakes

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by argillaceous to sandy impure limestone of the Tampa Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Land-O-Lakes subdivision of the Tampa Plain division of the Ocala Uplift District.

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.1

Sulfate (mg/L)

10.6

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

7.6

Calcium (mg/L)

7.9

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

139

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.9

Color (Pt-Co units)

35

Sodium (mg/L)

13.3

Chloride (mg/L)

27.4

Potassium (mg/L)

2.3

Silicon (mg/L)

0.8

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 96 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

13

25

49

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

640

900

1370

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

8.7

22.5

40.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.0

3.9

5.8

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-07-99

38

800

29.7

3.0

Jan-30-99

38

780

27.7

3.5

Mar-04-99

38

890

29.0

2.5

Mar-29-99

33

850

14.3

3.0

Apr-29-99

25

870

16.7

3.5

May-26-99

29

980

20.0

3.0

Jul-01-99

25

1110

36.7

2.5

Jul-27-99

23

1010

29.0

2.8

Aug-30-99

21

930

25.7

3.0

Sep-28-99

21

1350

40.0

2.0

Nov-01-99

24

1040

33.0

2.5

Nov-29-99

27

1110

31.3

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

28

980

27.7

2.9

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