Winyah (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°34'40", Longitude 81°22'4"

Period of record: 72 sampling dates; January 23, 1991 to December 7, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 17 acres / 7 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by phosphatic sand, silty sand, and clay of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Orlando Promontory 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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

8.5

Sulfate (mg/L)

11.8

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

48.0

Calcium (mg/L)

19.3

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

163

Magnesium (mg/L)

2.5

Color (Pt-Co units)

26

Sodium (mg/L)

7.8

Chloride (mg/L)

14.5

Potassium (mg/L)

2.0

Silicon (mg/L)

0.9

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 72 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

22

65

115

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

480

860

2530

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

8.3

45.8

117.3

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

1.8

2.9

5.8

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-19-99

38

480

22.7

4.0

Feb-09-99

44

640

35.3

3.0

May-04-99

22

650

21.7

2.0

Aug-31-99

67

730

40.3

2.3

Sep-23-99

85

860

44.3

3.4

Oct-05-99

74

800

59.3

2.5

Nov-09-99

60

710

43.3

3.0

Dec-07-99

46

650

35.7

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

55

690

37.8

2.9

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