Summit (Polk County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°59'53", Longitude 81°41'47"

Period of record: 4 sampling dates; October 29, 1991 to June 9, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 68 acres / 28 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Winter Haven/Lake Henry Ridges

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Winter Haven Karst division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 4 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

26

31

38

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

840

930

1000

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

18.3

27.1

37.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.7

3.4

3.7

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

May-04-99

28

840

18.3

3.7

Jun-09-99

26

990

37.0

2.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

27

920

27.7

3.2

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