Winona (Lake County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°32'51", Longitude 81°45'57"

Period of record: 48 sampling dates; April 29, 1992 to December 22, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Clermont Uplands

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered clayey sand and granular sand of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Groveland Karst 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

6.9

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

13.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

126

Color (Pt-Co units)

63

Chloride (mg/L)

26.0

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 48 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

7

13

20

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

460

610

1140

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

2.0

5.5

18.5

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

5.4

9.5

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

Jan-09-99

15

690

6.0

7.2

Feb-08-99

13

650

7.0

6.3

Mar-20-99

16

600

3.3

8.2

Apr-22-99

14

660

3.3

7.7

May-17-99

14

680

5.0

7.3

Jun-30-99

17

730

9.7

6.0

Jul-20-99

7

670

5.0

7.2

Aug-07-99

16

760

9.0

6.8

Sep-28-99

17

650

8.7

6.9

Oct-30-99

17

640

7.7

6.7

Dec-22-99

12

590

6.7

8.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

14

670

6.5

7.1

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