Waumpi (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°37'55", Longitude 81°19'50"

Period of record: 22 sampling dates; March 25, 1998 to December 21, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District.

 

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)

31

74

117

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

570

1030

1460

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

3.3

39.4

84.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.5

2.3

3.8

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-17-99

97

1130

78.0

1.7

Feb-20-99

84

1140

44.0

2.0

Mar-21-99

95

1260

.

1.8

Apr-11-99

116

1170

48.3

2.3

May-15-99

67

910

19.0

2.5

Jun-15-99

80

930

31.3

2.2

Jul-18-99

69

1020

43.7

2.3

Aug-14-99

78

1070

32.3

2.1

Sep-12-99

86

1460

69.7

1.5

Oct-17-99

68

1090

12.3

3.8

Nov-20-99

38

910

15.3

.

Dec-21-99

56

960

29.0

2.7

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

78

1090

38.5

2.3

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