Viola (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°36'47", Longitude 81°29'43"

Period of record: 3 sampling dates; June 10, 1999 to September 24, 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.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 3 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

5

6

7

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

420

530

640

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

4.0

4.6

5.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

9.3

11.7

13.7

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

Jun-10-99

5

520

4.0

13.7

Aug-18-99

7

420

4.3

12.0

Sep-24-99

6

640

5.3

9.3

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

6

530

4.6

11.7

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