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klamura
03-08-2018, 03:45 PM
Why is the stream at Sumter Landing across from Sonny's so often not flowing?
tomwed
03-08-2018, 04:07 PM
I don't know. I never noticed that stream but I will bike there tomorrow and look for it. It has to be man made doesn't it? Lake Sumter is man made.
Rapscallion St Croix
03-08-2018, 04:19 PM
Why is the stream at Sumter Landing across from Sonny's so often not flowing?

Because the pumps are turned off. I do not know why the pumps are so often turned off.
ColdNoMore
03-08-2018, 04:36 PM
Because it's plugged with creosote. :D




(Inside joke for those that have taken the boat tour and heard about the fake creosote plant explosion.)
VApeople
03-08-2018, 05:10 PM
Lake Sumter is man made.

I don't think so.

Someone posted a really old map and it showed a lake named Cherry Lake where Sumter is now.
EdFNJ
03-08-2018, 06:29 PM
Why is the stream at Sumter Landing across from Sonny's so often not flowing?

Maybe a urologist can help.
ColdNoMore
03-08-2018, 06:44 PM
Maybe a urologist can help.

:1rotfl:


Or maybe it does work...a couple of times a night? :D
villagetinker
03-08-2018, 06:53 PM
This may be related to the need to lower the water level at the Morse bridge to fix the land around the footings.
Bogie Shooter
03-08-2018, 06:57 PM
Why is the stream at Sumter Landing across from Sonny's so often not flowing?

Call District Property Management
Main Office
1071 Canal Street
The Villages, FL 32162

Phone: 352-753-4022
Let us know what you find out.
EdFNJ
03-08-2018, 07:06 PM
:1rotfl:


Or maybe it does work...a couple of times a night? :D Lucky stream. ;)
Villagevip
03-08-2018, 08:59 PM
Part of the intercoastal cannal locks system, for Lake Sumter Lines based in Lake Sumter landing..Lake Sumter Lines will sell passengers round trip, one way tickets to the Port of Tampa, and points in between...Be sure to check in, with their seasonal scheduling...Arrival and departing times are subject to change, without prior notice..
mulligan
03-09-2018, 08:12 AM
yes, Lake Sumter is man made. The bridge was built on dry land. There may have been a body of water there at some point, but it was a peat mine up to the time the villages started building in that area. The water is stormwater runoff, mostly, and the stream is created with pumps.
VApeople
03-09-2018, 08:34 AM
yes, Lake Sumter is man made.

I found an old topographic map which shows Cherry Lake where Lake Sumter is now. It also shows a canal that joins Cherry Lake to Black Lake and Lake Miona.

Cherry Lake Topo Map, Sumter County FL (Lady Lake Area) (https://www.topozone.com/florida/sumter-fl/lake/cherry-lake-8/)
Xcuse
03-09-2018, 07:30 PM
I found an old topographic map which shows Cherry Lake where Lake Sumter is now. It also shows a canal that joins Cherry Lake to Black Lake and Lake Miona.

Cherry Lake Topo Map, Sumter County FL (Lady Lake Area) (https://www.topozone.com/florida/sumter-fl/lake/cherry-lake-8/)

Thanks for posting
twoplanekid
03-09-2018, 08:02 PM
From Google Earth 1994 -> Dropbox - Screenshot (81).png (https://www.dropbox.com/s/cnu176htzrsmwbt/Screenshot%20%2881%29.png?dl=0)
Two Bills
03-10-2018, 05:42 AM
If the Sumter stream smells like the one at Spanish Springs sometimes does when flowing, maybe being left off is good.
JoMar
03-10-2018, 01:32 PM
I don't think so.

Someone posted a really old map and it showed a lake named Cherry Lake where Sumter is now.

I think it was an old peat bog.
Bogie Shooter
03-10-2018, 08:10 PM
I think it was an old peat bog.

That was east of Cherry Lake.