Lochloosa Creek is a stream that flows from north to south through eastern

Alachua County, Florida Alachua County ( ) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. The county seat is Gainesville, the home of the University of Florida since 1906, when the campus ope ...

. Its watershed composed of through natural and Silvicultural land use. It is the largest tributary to

Lochloosa Lake Lochloosa Lake is a lake about in area in Alachua County, Florida, about south of Hawthorne, and is up to deep. It is drained by Cross Creek into Orange Lake. It is largely surrounded by the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area, and is a Fish M ...

. Lochloosa Creek is longest creek in Alachua County.

Headwaters

Forming from the Saluda Swamp, Lochloosa Creek begins as a small trickle of a stream that flows south. It flows through agricultural lands.

References

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