Trout (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°38'49", Longitude 81°30'28"

Period of record: 30 sampling dates; May 21, 1996 to December 22, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 137 acres / 55 hectacres     Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southern Lake Wales Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales Ridge division of the Central Lake District.
 
 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:
 
pH
6.3
 Sulfate (mg/L)
23.8
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
1.9
 Calcium (mg/L)
3.9
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
128
 Magnesium (mg/L)
6.0
Color (Pt-Co units)
11
 Sodium (mg/L)
7.4
Chloride (mg/L)
15.3
 Potassium (mg/L)
4.0
Silicon (mg/L)
0.2
    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 30 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
9
17
23
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
350
450
730
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
2.0
7.4
18.0
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
6.3
9.6
15.7

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
Jan-30-99
19
540
13.0
6.3
Mar-19-99
19
410
4.7
7.2
Jun-20-99
16
490
5.5
10.0
Sep-29-99
16
470
6.3
8.5
Nov-20-99
18
500
13.7
6.7
Dec-22-99
17
520
7.3
8.3
         
1999 Average
17
490
8.4
7.8

 

Trout (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
14
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
5.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
19.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
75
Average lake depth (m)
5

 

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
floating water-hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes
100
cat-tail Typha spp.
100
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
100
Baldwin flat sedge Cyperus globulosus
100
torpedograss Panicum repens
90
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
60
common salvinia Salvinia rotundifolia
40
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
40
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
30
red ludwigia Ludwigia repens
20
smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides
20
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
20
jointed flat sedge Cyperus haspan
20
. Juncus megacephalus
20
water spinach Ipomoea aquatica
10
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
10
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
10
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
10
willow Salix spp.
10
para grass Brachiaria mutica
10
red root Lachnanthes caroliniana
10
yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp.
10

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