Lake Miccosukee, Jefferson County, Florida

Lake Miccosukee is a large swampy prairie lake in northern Jefferson County, Florida, USA, located east of the settlement of Miccosukee. A Prairie Lake is a somewhat shallow lake that will empty naturally during dry periods allowing a variety of land plants to flourish in the rich nutrients on the lake bottom. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Miccosukee is an historical small unincorporated community in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States of America at the junction of County Road 59 (Veterans Memorial Drive) and County Road 151 (Moccasin Gap Road). ...

Characteristics

Lake Miccosukee forms the northern border between Jefferson and Leon Counties. The lake is controlled by an active sink hole lolcated in the northern end and water represents the actual surface of the Floridan Aquifer as the caverns beneath the sink reach into the aquifer. Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... A special type of sinkhole - formed by rainwater leaking through the pavement and carrying dirt into a ruptured sewer pipe Sinkholes, also known as sinks, dolines (in Slavic languages dolina means valley), and cenotes, are formed by the collapse of cave roofs and are a feature of landscapes that are... The Floridan aquifer underlies portions of five states. ...

History

Early history

Lake Miccosukee was a natural prairie lake prior to the settlement by caucasians. Thousands of years ago, the lake connected directly with the St. Marks River on the south end. Today, that connection is underground and reappears above ground in Wakulla County. The shores of the lake attracted ancient Paleoindians and the Apalachee later on. From the 1830s to 1860 the land around the lake was home to a few cotton plantations. A Prairie Lake is a somewhat shallow lake that will empty naturally during dry periods allowing a variety of land plants to flourish in the rich nutrients on the lake bottom. ... The St. ... Wakulla County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. ... Apalachee were an Indian tribe that lived in Florida. ... Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... A sugarcane plantation at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2005 A plantation is a large tract of monoculture, as a tree plantation, a cotton plantation, a tea plantation or a tobacco plantation. ...

Later history

Lake Miccosukee's descriptions have changed through time, particularly in regard to coverage of the lake's surface with aquatic plants. Like Lake Lafayette and Lake Iamonia in Leon County, this was a prairie lake. In 1876, a plant-clogged Lake Miccosukee was described as being covered by maidencane, monocotyledonous and white bonnets. In 1914, a large amount of open water was noted, the lake was said to be covered with water to a depth of 2 to 5 feet. The southern end had grass and button bushes projecting above the water. Aerial photographs taken in 1976 and 1988 show a plant-clogged lake. Only 19.4% of the lake was open water. Aquatic plants, also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes. ... Upper Lake Lafayette, Lake Lafayette, Piney Z Lake and Alford Arm in Tallahassee, Florida. ... Lake Iamonia, Leon County, Florida. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... An area of grass-like plants Grass generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant in the family Poaceae, botanically regarded as true grasses. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Around the late 1940s, aquatic plant coverage of the lake's surface varied as the basin periodically emptied and refilled on a 10 year cycle. This is a natural cycle for lakes of this type in northern Florida such as Lake Iamonia and Lake Jackson in Leon County. As aquatic vegetation grew back, more and more of the lake's surface gradually became overgrown with plant life. More extensive restoration could have created deep areas within the lake and future open water habitats, but permits could not be obtained form the Forestry Service to allow fires to burn the muck deposits within the lake. There was concern that smoke from the fires could cause traffic accidents on Highway 90 which crosses the lake system at its south end. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Lake Jackson is a lake on the north side of Tallahassee in Leon County. ...

In 1954, an earthen dike, concrete spillway, and gate was built around the sinkhole to keep the lake from drying naturally as it had done in previous years as a prairie lake. At the southern end of the lake, a wooden weir was built to keep the water from disappearing into the Lloyd Sink. Between 1954 and 1988, the lake was stabilized to the point that it only drained twice. Water level stabilization accelerates the aging process of lake by allowing build-up of excess plant life, sediment, and muck created from dying plant life. By the late 1990s the lake was almost completely covered with plant life and in essence turning the lake in to a marsh good for alligators and waterfowl but poor for sport fishing. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The bridge and weir mechanism at Sturminster Newton on the River Stour, Dorset. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... Species Alligator mississippiensis Alligator sinensis An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. ... Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Angling. ...

Restoration

In 1999, a drought struck northern Florida and part of the lake was allowed to drain in to the aquifer. The lake was excavated in many places and most of the lake bottom was burned during the drawdown to get rid of the muck. Restoration provides for healthy populations of fish and other wild life. Further restoration could have occurred creating deeper areas within the lake. The Florida Forestry Service could not obtain fire permits with concerns of traffic accidents on nearby U.S. Highway 90. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... The excavates are a major line of protists, often known as Excavata. ... Muck can refer to several different things: Cross between a man and a duck A type of soil: Muck (soil) An island in Scotland: Muck, Scotland The kayak club of NUIM: MUCK, NUIM Kayak Club Other meanings: To sort out the rich ore from the poor rock in an underground... United States Highway 90 is an east-west United States highway. ...

Recreation

Lake Miccosukee provides some of the finest duck hunting in north Florida and has great scenic beauty. One endangered species of plant exists in only three places in the world. The Miccosukee Gooseberry (Ribes echinellum) can be found on two places on the shores of Lake Miccosukee. // Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae For other uses, see Duck (disambiguation). ...