Wise (Orange County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°21'35", Longitude 81°37'60"

Period of record: 5 sampling dates; April 20, 1999 to August 28, 1999

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Osceola Slope

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 5 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

12

17

22

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

450

520

580

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.7

3.8

9.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

3.5

4.0

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

Apr-20-99

22

580

3.3

.

May-24-99

19

450

2.0

.

Jun-24-99

15

580

1.7

4.0

Jul-27-99

12

460

3.0

2.5

Aug-28-99

16

550

9.0

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

17

520

3.8

3.5

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