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Table A-7 Volume of water storage in freshwater wetlands of
Lee County.


 Average
 Area Depth Volume
Wetland type acres ft acre ft

Cypress strands 25,000 1.75 + 1.0b 43,800 + 25,000

Marshes (sloughs) 18,500 2.0 36,900

Swamp hammocks 11,300 1.75 + 1.0b 19,000 + 11,300

Wet prairie 77,500 1.0 77,500

Dwarf cypress 4,300 1.0 4,300

Ponds of less than
100 acres 60,100 0.5c 31,000

Larger ponds 611 0.8d 507

Deep sink holes 7 57e 368

 Total 250,000


aArea of ponds was not subtracted from
depressions because ponds embedded in
increase their storage capacity.


area of sloughs'and other
these larger depressions


bStrands and swamp hammocks are embedded in wet prairie; therefore, when
wet prairie is covered with a foot of water, strands and hammocks are
topped with an additional foot of water above their rims.
cCone shaped with maximum depth of 1.55 ft, based on several measurements;
used equation for volume of a cone.
dCone shaped with maximum depth of 2.5 ft assumed.
eStill Lake, a sink hole approximately 170 ft deep; cone depth assumed.