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Alachua County, Florida, dry soil, low pond level
1/11/2017 5:21:08 PM



CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alachua County, FL

Start Date: 1/2/2017 - End Date: 1/2/2017
For the week, we had no rain. A check of the soil moisture with my garden moisture, pH, etc. probe shows dry. Fishing bird (herons, egrets) can easily walk across the containment pond that I've been watching. Even more: the ducks can stand in the middle (perhaps the deepest part) of the pond. Again, this much remains the same: Waterline at containment pond now down to 90" from high water mark. Note: with the small amount of rain, the ground between the high water mark and the current level has begun to fill in with ground cover: St. Augustine, etc. Most of the activity at the containment pond involves fishing birds and frantic fish. Very easy for the birds to find food given the reduced volume in the containment pond. CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Gainesville 5.4 W on 1/2/2017
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