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Lemon Bay Watershed

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Explore general as well as scientific information about the movement, chemistry and biology of area surface and ground water environments.

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Water Quality

The following data are summarized as seasonal average values for lake and river sampling locations located within the watershed. While these data are useful to serve as a general picture of watershed health, these data must be viewed with caution because these samples have been taken from ecologically different water resources.

Rivers:
Samples from most rivers located in this watershed are averaged as part of these data summaries.
Season Total Nitrogen Nitrate (NO3) Total Phosphorus Orthophosphate Number of Sample Stations Number of Samples
JAN-MAR 2024 1,090 ug/l No Data Available 250 ug/l No Data Available 14 14
OCT-DEC 2023 908 ug/l No Data Available 181 ug/l No Data Available 15 28
JUL-SEP 2023 1,566 ug/l No Data Available 257 ug/l No Data Available 17 38
APR-JUN 2023 1,085 ug/l No Data Available 361 ug/l No Data Available 16 41
JAN-MAR 2023 680 ug/l No Data Available 112 ug/l No Data Available 6 13
OCT-DEC 2022 1,345 ug/l No Data Available 297 ug/l No Data Available 13 35
JUL-SEP 2022 3,541 ug/l No Data Available 326 ug/l No Data Available 20 54
APR-JUN 2022 1,422 ug/l No Data Available 291 ug/l No Data Available 20 50
JAN-MAR 2022 1,288 ug/l No Data Available 473 ug/l 0.27 mg/l 20 57
Five Year Seasonal Graph No Data Available
Five Year Graph of All Samples No Data Available

Source(s): Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Network, LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Coastal Creeks, FDEP Charlotte Harbor Aquatic/Buffer Preserves Sampling Data, FDEP South District Sampling Data, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, USGS National Water Information System, FDEP - Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, FDEP - South Regional Operations Center, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Florida LAKEWATCH

Lakes:
Samples from most lakes located in this watershed are averaged as part of these data summaries.
Season Total Nitrogen Nitrate (NO3) Total Phosphorus Orthophosphate Number of Sample Stations Number of Samples
JAN-MAR 2024 2,630 ug/l No Data Available 158 ug/l No Data Available 2 2
OCT-DEC 2023 2,822 ug/l No Data Available 159 ug/l No Data Available 2 4
JUL-SEP 2023 2,233 ug/l No Data Available 69 ug/l No Data Available 5 15
APR-JUN 2023 3,597 ug/l No Data Available 239 ug/l No Data Available 5 12
JAN-MAR 2023 2,338 ug/l No Data Available 32 ug/l No Data Available 3 9
OCT-DEC 2022 2,424 ug/l No Data Available 105 ug/l No Data Available 5 12
JUL-SEP 2022 3,172 ug/l No Data Available 94 ug/l No Data Available 9 23
APR-JUN 2022 4,728 ug/l No Data Available 176 ug/l No Data Available 12 24
JAN-MAR 2022 3,298 ug/l No Data Available 185 ug/l No Data Available 9 24
Five Year Seasonal Graph No Data Available No Data Available
Five Year Graph of All Samples No Data Available

Source(s): LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, Sarasota County Coastal Creeks, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Florida LAKEWATCH

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    Groundwater Quantity: Aquifer Resource Indicator

    Southwest Florida Water Management District calculates the Aquifer Resource Indicator (ARI) for their three groundwater regions each month. The ARI was created to provide the public with a gauge of groundwater levels in their area, so they can develop an understanding of the severity and cycles of drought and recovery. The three regions include: North (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, and Sumter counties), Central (Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk counties), and South (Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, and Sarasota counties). Learn More about the Aquifer Resource Indicator >>

    To determine the ARI for a region, each well is compared weekly to its respective low-normal value and the difference is calculated. The weekly differences are reduced to a monthly value for all monitoring wells within a region, and the resulting ARI value represents how far water levels in the aquifer must rise or fall to reach their respective low-normal values.

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    Source: SWFWMD Hydrologic Data Section Data


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      Stream Flow and Levels

      Stream level and flow data for the Lemon Bay Watershed. Learn More about Stream Flow »

      River Flows Whole River Range Flows Data by Segment Levels Whole River Range Levels Data By Segment
      Gottfried Creek In the past 30 days
      NO DATA
      Recent river flow data is unavailable.
        No data table or graph available
      In the past 30 days
      down Average water levels are lower than they have been historically.
      Forked Creek In the past 30 days
      NO DATA
      Recent river flow data is unavailable.
        No data table or graph available
      In the past 30 days
      down Average water levels are lower than they have been historically.
      Alligator Creek In the past 30 days
      NO DATA
      Recent river flow data is unavailable.
        No data table or graph available
      In the past 30 days
      down Average water levels are lower than they have been historically.

      Source(s): Not Available

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