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Lake Munson
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LocationLeon County, Florida
Coordinates30°22′08″N 84°18′29″W / 30.3689°N 84.3081°W / 30.3689; -84.3081
TypeImpoundment
Primary inflowsMunson Slough
Primary outflowsMunson Slough
Catchment area69.3 mi (179.5 km)
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area255 acres (103 ha)
SettlementsTallahassee

Lake Munson is a shallow reservoir on the southeast side of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida.

Historically known as Munson's Mill Pond as early as the 1840s, in 1950 a permanent dam was constructed. From 1934 to 1984, Lake Munson received outflow from the Tallahassee waste water system, leading in 1982 to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection classifying the lake as hypereutrophic and as the seventh most degraded lake in Florida.

Cypress and willow trees line the lake, and egrets, wood storks, and limpkin are often found foraging along the shoreline, often on invasive apple snails. Bass fishing in the lake can be excellent, and a boat ramp is provided at the Gil A. Waters Lake Munson Preserve Park, with another located at the dam.

See also

References

  1. ^ McGlynn, Sean E. (2003). "Lake Munson" (PDF). Leon County Lakes Ecology. Section 8. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. J. van Dyke, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, personal communication, In: Benson, A. J. 2008. Pomacea insularum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <"NAS - Species FactSheet". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2014-02-14.> Revision Date: 8/14/2007.
  3. Candrian, Andrea (22 April 2008). "Lake Munson Preserve Renamed". WCTV. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  4. "Lake Munson". Visit Tallahassee. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

External links

Lakes of the Munson Slough/St. Augustine Branch system
Upstream
Lake Henrietta
 Lake Munson
 Downstream
Eight Mile Pond


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