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Lochloosa Lake
Lochloosa Lake
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Location	Alachua County, Florida
Coordinates	29°31′00.296″N 82°07′14.19″W / 29.51674889°N 82.1206083°W / 29.51674889; -82.1206083
Type	lake
Primary outflows	Cross Creek
Surface area	6,100 acres (2,500 ha)
Max. depth	10 feet (3.0 m)

Lochloosa Lake is a lake about 5,700 acres (2,300 ha) in area in Alachua County, Florida, near Hawthorne, and is up to 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. It is drained by Cross Creek into Orange Lake. It is largely surrounded by the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area and is a Fish Management Area. Lochloosa Creek is its largest tributary. The lake is noted for bass and crappie fishing.

The lake has become choked with weeds such as hydrilla. The water level in the lake varies by up to 10 feet (3.0 m). The variation in water level is healthy for the lake, and the Orange Creek Basin Advisory Council decided to not try to force a stable water level.

References

1. "What's Happening on My Lake". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
2. "Lochloosa Lake" (PDF). Alachua County, Florida. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
3. "Orange Creek Basin". St. Johns River Water Management District. August 13, 2015. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
4. "Lake Lochloosa". St. Johns River Water Management District. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
5. "Lochloosa Lake". Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
6. Morales, Christina (June 30, 2017). "Find Out Florida: Will Lochloosa Lake Water Levels Ever Return?". WUFT5. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

External links

• Lochloosa Lake County Park (Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission)

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