Lake Suggs NEON - United States of America

Suggs Lake is primarily surface water dominated, although it does interact with the regional aquifer to some extent. This lake lies within a greater flow through wetland complex. Inflow lies on the SW part of the lake with a smaller inflow from the E edge of the lake. Outflow is through the NW part of the lake as part of the greater wetland complex. Suggs Lake is classified as a seepage lake dominated by groundwater flow with the local aquifer, but it is also fed by the local surface and subsurface flow through the wetland complex. There is no discernible inflow or outflow to Suggs Lake, although there is some evidence of water inflow from the south western edge of the lake with a flow pattern to the N and NW. Suggs Lake is a seepage lake and due to its formation by solution processes, there is a strong link between the lake and the groundwater. In areas where the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer system is at a higher altitude than the water table of the surficial aquifer that overlies it, water moves upward toward the land surface. These areas are referred to as discharge areas or areas of artesian flow.