White Sand (Clay County)

White Sand (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°48'42", Longitude 81°58'35"

Period of record: 8 sampling dates; April 22, 1991 to May 19, 1992

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.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 8 months sampled:

	Minimum	Average	Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)	7	9	11
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)	180	220	280
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)	1.0	2.8	4.3
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)	2.4	6.9	8.8

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

White Sand (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)	56
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)	22
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)	0.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)	0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)	0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)	222
Average lake depth (m)	1

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.