Lake Okahumpka

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Lake Okahumpka
Okahumkee Lake
West Lake Okahumpka [1]
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Lake Okahumpka
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Lake Okahumpka
Location Wildwood, Florida, United States
Coordinates 28°49′33″N82°00′20″W / 28.82583°N 82.00556°W / 28.82583; -82.00556
Surface elevation56 feet (17 m)
References [1]

Lake Okahumpka is a freshwater lake in Wildwood, Florida, United States. Lake Okahumpka Park is along part of its shoreline. [2] In 1980, the United States Geological Survey reported on the hydrology of Lake Okahumpka and Lake Deaton area. [3]

The lake is east of Wildwood on the south side of State Road 44. The lake has been treated for hydrilla. Ring neck ducks have been hunted from its shores. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Lake Okahumpka". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lake Okahumpka Park". Sumter County, FL. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Simonds, Edward P.; German, E. R. (November 8, 1980). "Hydrology of the Lake Deaton and Lake Okahumpka area, Northeast Sumter County, Florida". Open-File Report. doi: 10.3133/ofr80733 – via pubs.er.usgs.gov.
  4. ↑ Kesterson, Steve (April 5, 1995). "THE SHOCKING TRUTH: WEED REMOVAL HAS LAKE OKAHUMPKA ON THE MEND". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 8, 2020.


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