Lochloosa Lake Explained

Lochloosa Lake
Location:	Alachua County, Florida
Type:	lake
Outflow:	Cross Creek
Pushpin Map:	Florida#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of Lochloosa Lake in Florida, USA.

Lochloosa Lake is a lake about in area in Alachua County, Florida, about south of Hawthorne, and is up to deep.^[1] 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 fishing.^{[2] [3] [4]}

, the lake has not returned to levels seen before a drought in 2012. The lake has become choked with weeds such as hydrilla. The water level in the lake varies by up to . 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.^[5]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lochloosa Lake. Alachua County, Florida. December 1, 2018.
2. Web site: Orange Creek Basin. August 13, 2015. St. Johns River Water Management District. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129112806/http://www.sjrwmd.com/orangecreek/index.html. November 29, 2016. December 1, 2018.
3. Web site: Lake Lochloosa. St. Johns River Water Management District. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052144/http://www.sjrwmd.com/watershedfacts/factPages/LOL.html. June 5, 2014. December 1, 2018.
4. Web site: Lochloosa Lake. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. December 1, 2018.
5. Web site: Find Out Florida: Will Lochloosa Lake Water Levels Ever Return?. Morales. Christina. June 30, 2017. WUFT5. December 1, 2018.