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Lake Annie, view west from dock, 13 September 1988. Photo by Nancy Deyrup.

Lake Annie, Highlands County, Florida
FACT SHEET

compiled by
Fred E. Lohrer, Archbold Biological Station  send e-mail
September 1990, Internet publication, October 1998,  last revised 14 February 2007


  • Location: Florida, Highlands County, Lake Placid, 9.7 km (6 mi.) South
  • Latitude (dock): 27 degrees, 12 minutes, 35 seconds North
  • Longitude (dock): 81 degrees, 20 minutes, 57 seconds West
  • T,R,S: Township 38S, Range 30E, Sections 5,6; Township 37S, Range 30E, Sections 30,31
  • USGS maps: Childs 7.5', Fort Pierce 1:250,000
  • Size: 36.6 ha (90 acres)
  • Mean high water line: 33.7 m (111 feet)
  • Maximum depth: 20.7 m (68 feet)
  • Mean depth: 9.09 m (29.9 feet)
  • Surface temperatures (1989):
    • August max. 30.3 degrees C (86.6 degrees (F);
    • December min. 19.7 degrees C (67.5 degrees F);
    • Mean 25.5 degrees C (77.9 F)
  • Mean pH (1989): 5.16
  • Drainage basin: 1,476 ha (5.7 square miles)

see also:

  • Layne, J.N. 1979. Natural features of the Lake Annie tract, Highlands County, Florida. Archbold Biol. Sta., 64 pp. PDF file
  • Swain, H.M. and E. Gaiser. 2005. Report of the Lake Annie Workshop, Archbold Biological Station, 23-24 June 2005, 70 pp. -- PDF file
  • GLEON 6 Meeting, 11-14 February 2008 at Archbold Biololgical Station. The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), founded in 2005, is an international grassroots organization linked by a common cyberinfrastructure with a goal of understanding lake dynamics from the local to the global scale.

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