{{short description|Lake in Putnam County, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Suggs | other_name = Suggs Lake | image = Suggs_Lake.jpg | alt = | caption = Lake Suggs, 2008 | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = | pushpin_map = USA Florida | coords = {{coord|29.68705|-82.01617|format=dms|region:US-FL_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = Lake | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = United States | agency = | length = | width = | area = {{convert|0.73|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|5.7|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}} | reference = }}

'''Lake Suggs''', alternatively called '''Suggs Lake''',<ref name="neon"/> is a lake in Putnam County, Florida.<ref>{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Lake Suggs |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:291789,Lake%20Suggs |website=geonames.usgs.gov |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> It is within the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. It is a marshy seepage lake and considered a baygall.

The chemical concentrations of the lake have been studied since the 1970s.<ref name="neon">{{cite web |title=Ordway-Swisher Biological Station - Suggs Lake - SUGG |url=https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/field-sites-map/SUGG |website=www.neonscience.org |accessdate=3 June 2020}}</ref> Groundwater monitoring wells have been placed around Lake Suggs and nearby Lake Barco to study the hydrology of the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Environmental Monitoring |url=https://ordway-swisher.ufl.edu/EnvMonitoring.aspx |website=Ordway-Swisher Biological Station - UF/IFAS |accessdate=19 July 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Characteristics== Lake Suggs is a small mesotrophic lake only 0.73 km<sup>2</sup> in size. There is little to no surface inflow or outflow, however, there is significant subsurface interaction with the groundwater aquifer. The lake is relatively shallow, with a mean depth of 2.5 m.<ref name="neon"/>

The lake has a high dissolved organic carbon content, and is acidic as a result. It has a pH of 4.74.<ref name="neon"/>

==Ecology== The lake is surrounded by cypress swamps and hardwood forests. It is densely populated with amphibians, including salamanders of the genera ''Siren'', ''Amphiuma'', and ''Pseudobranchus''.<ref name="neon"/>

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