Taylor 2 (Hillsborough County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°8'57", Longitude 82°30'29"

Period of record: 18 sampling dates; December 21, 1996 to November 21, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Land-O-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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.2

Sulfate (mg/L)

0.5

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

6.7

Calcium (mg/L)

4.6

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

77

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.2

Color (Pt-Co units)

95

Sodium (mg/L)

7.2

Chloride (mg/L)

17.0

Potassium (mg/L)

1.3

Silicon (mg/L)

1.5

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 18 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

20

37

70

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

490

690

1080

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

8.7

31.3

78.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.7

3.1

5.0

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

Apr-25-99

43

760

25.0

2.2

Jul-18-99

33

710

17.3

3.3

Oct-18-99

70

1080

78.0

1.7

Nov-21-99

33

800

24.7

1.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

45

840

36.2

2.2

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