Sybelia (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°37'39", Longitude 81°22'16"

Period of record: 9 sampling dates; January 17, 1991 to December 26, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 84 acres / 34 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 1 month sampled:

pH

7.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

25.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

154

Color (Pt-Co units)

10

Chloride (mg/L)

20.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 9 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

22

27

32

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

430

670

930

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

12.3

20.2

26.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

3.4

4.4

5.2

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

Jun-30-99

29

670

24.3

3.9

Jul-25-99

25

740

17.7

3.4

Aug-30-99

22

820

21.0

4.2

Sep-29-99

28

560

26.0

4.8

Oct-30-99

25

540

20.0

4.3

Nov-30-99

25

430

12.3

4.9

Dec-26-99

25

450

17.0

5.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

26

600

19.8

4.4

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