Lake Iamonia is a large lake in northern Leon County, Florida. The lake is located in the Red Hills Region. The lake is approximately 5757 acres (8.9 sq. miles) in size and is seven miles long and up to two miles wide. It has a drainage basin of roughly 101 square miles. (Wagner and Musgrove, 1983). The lake is 95 feet above sea leel and is classified as Oligotrophic to Mesotrophic. The Sink Basin, located on the northern shore of Lake Iamonia has a surface area of 19.52 acres at 95 ft, and a maximum depth of 40 feet. Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... An Oligotrophic refers to any environment which offers little to sustain life. ... Mesotrophic is a term applied to clear water lakes and ponds with beds of submerged aquatic plants and medium levels of nutrients. ...
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 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 N. Meridian Road. U.S. Highway 319 is a spur of U.S. Highway 19. ...
The lake is surrounded by 4000 acres of land under conservation easment.
Latitude: 30.633120 Longitude: -84.177674 Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 31200
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