Lake Iamonia
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| Location | Leon County, Florida |
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| Lake type | prairie lake; Oligotrophic to Mesotrophic |
| Catchment area | 101 sq mi (260 km²) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 7 mi (11 km) |
| Max. width | 2 mi (3 km) |
| Surface area | 5,757 acres (23 km²) |
| Surface elevation | 95 ft (29 m) |
Lake Iamonia is a large prairie lake in northern Leon County, Florida.
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[edit] Origin of Name
Lake Iamonia is prounced "I-monia" and is named after a Seminole town “Hiamonee,” which was located on the banks of the Ochlockonee River.
[edit] Location
The lake is located in the Red Hills Region and is approximately 5,757 acres (23 km²) in size and is 7 miles (11 km) long and up to 2 miles (3 km) wide. It has a drainage basin of roughly 101 square miles (260 km). (Wagner and Musgrove, 1983).
[edit] Details
Lake Iamonia is classified as oligotrophic to mesotrophic with a Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) of 31200. The lake is 95 feet (29 m) above sea level and the sink basin, located on the northern shore of Lake Iamonia, has a surface area of 19.52 acres. Its maximum depth is 40 feet (12 m).
The volume of water in the lake is affected by water in its own drainage basin and by water from the Ochlockonee River and rainfall in Southwestern Georgia. The flooding of this river re-filled the entire body of the dried lake within 3 days in February 2008. The eastern end of Lake Iamonia is oligotrophic which makes it one of the cleanest lakes in Leon County.
County Road 12 runs along the northern part of the lake. Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy is perched on the north side of the lake. The eastern side comes near US 319, the south side is bordered by the developments of Killearn Lakes Plantation and Luna Pines. The west side comes near State Road 155 (N. Meridian Road).
The lake is surrounded by 4000 acres (16 km²) of land under conservation easement.
In the mid 1800s, Lake Iamonia had Burgesstown Plantation, Pine Hill Plantation, Oaklawn Plantation and G.W. Holland Plantation surrounding it. During dry periods which naturally occurred in cycles, a few plantation owners would take advantage of the exposed land and wealth of grasses and vegetation which took hold in the nutrient rich lake bottom and graze their cattle and sheep on the lake.[1]
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[edit] Sources
- ^ Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.
