Good morning,
I took a Masters Naturalist class from the University of Florida on wetlands, my term paper was on the hydrology of the Hogeye sink, which is located in the Hogeye Preserve.
All of the runoff in the surrounding area of lake Deaton runs into Lake Deaton, which overflows into the Chitty Chatty Creek that goes under County Road 44 into the Chitty Chatty low lands were it gathers more water. It circles around and flows under Morris Boulevard on the north end of the Continental country club where it gathers more water while going through the Lake Okahumpka low lands. It then flows under the turnpike into the Hogeye preserve. The sink is located close to the pitch and putt golf course, where the water goes underground into the upper Floridian aquifer. It flows for 2 miles underground and comes out at the Fenney Springs. From there it goes into Shady Brook Creek, which flows into Lake Panasoffkee, which then flows into the Withlacoochee River that empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
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