Trout (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°52'0", Longitude 81°40'56"

Period of record: 81 sampling dates; February 11, 1993 to December 16, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 102 acres / 41 hectacres

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Central Valley

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 Central Lakes 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.0

Sulfate (mg/L)

11.3

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

15.0

Calcium (mg/L)

9.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

142

Magnesium (mg/L)

3.6

Color (Pt-Co units)

164

Sodium (mg/L)

14.7

Chloride (mg/L)

29.5

Potassium (mg/L)

4.3

Silicon (mg/L)

4.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 81 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

74

176

366

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

1110

1610

3360

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.3

65.3

350.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.1

1.8

2.8

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-20-99

227

1740

36.3

2.2

Feb-17-99

256

1580

55.0

2.3

Mar-17-99

238

1640

44.3

2.0

Apr-19-99

314

1510

54.0

1.5

May-24-99

271

1580

67.3

2.0

Jun-19-99

366

1470

84.0

1.5

Jul-15-99

259

1450

72.3

1.5

Aug-14-99

209

1730

72.3

1.5

Oct-12-99

196

1710

59.7

1.3

Nov-18-99

161

1650

14.7

1.5

Dec-16-99

169

1680

16.3

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

242

1610

52.4

1.7

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