Twin (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°46'4", Longitude 81°59'52"

Period of record: 41 sampling dates; August 24, 1996 to December 20, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Interlachen Sand Hills 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.7

Sulfate (mg/L)

2.7

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

3.9

Calcium (mg/L)

2.2

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

48

Magnesium (mg/L)

0.8

Color (Pt-Co units)

6

Sodium (mg/L)

4.4

Chloride (mg/L)

8.6

Potassium (mg/L)

0.4

Silicon (mg/L)

0.2

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 41 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

8

11

17

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

190

280

380

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.3

4.4

11.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.0

9.1

14.7

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-20-99

10

300

5.3

10.0

Feb-20-99

11

270

6.3

8.2

Mar-21-99

9

280

5.3

9.0

Apr-20-99

14

280

5.7

7.5

May-22-99

13

270

3.0

9.5

Jun-22-99

10

320

3.7

9.4

Jul-20-99

8

320

2.3

10.0

Aug-20-99

13

380

6.0

9.0

Sep-23-99

13

340

8.7

6.5

Oct-22-99

15

370

8.3

7.0

Nov-20-99

12

340

5.0

7.1

Dec-20-99

11

360

4.3

8.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

12

320

5.3

8.5

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