Verona (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°35'52", Longitude 81°29'49"

Period of record: 22 sampling dates; January 18, 1998 to December 13, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

7.5

Sulfate (mg/L)

12.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

31.0

Calcium (mg/L)

11.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

117

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.8

Color (Pt-Co units)

10

Sodium (mg/L)

3.8

Chloride (mg/L)

9.3

Potassium (mg/L)

1.8

Silicon (mg/L)

0.3

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 22 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

7

12

22

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

200

320

480

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.7

5.7

12.7

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

9.5

13.6

19.0

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

Jan-24-99

17

310

8.3

13.3

Feb-21-99

13

330

7.0

15.3

Mar-27-99

17

280

5.7

13.7

Apr-25-99

10

280

3.3

11.7

May-22-99

10

270

2.7

14.0

Jun-30-99

10

300

3.0

13.7

Sep-08-99

7

230

4.0

14.7

Oct-13-99

8

200

4.0

17.7

Nov-10-99

8

360

3.0

19.0

Dec-13-99

10

440

6.3

16.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

11

300

4.7

14.9

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