Help! Everyone's Dock is Submerged on Camp Creek Lake.

[hnooe]

I went on my kayak to the outfall area of Camp Creek Lake last week--it has broken through/connected to the Gulf--there has slow movement of the water out to the Gulf..... but obviously, it is too slow--everyone's with docks right on Camp Creek Lake haven't been able to use them--they have been underwater for almost 2 months now!

I know here in South Walton that man cannot give Nature a push to open it up more, physically, but how much longer will my dock be under water?

I will talk to anyone to get the info. on what to do about this? Anyone have any ideas?
Has Global Warming started to affect South Walton now!!!

Signed,

Dockless Camp Creeker.

 

[NotDeadYet]

Has Global Warming started to affect South Walton now!!!

Hurricane Ike piled up lots of sand at all the dune lake outlets. Not sure if you can blame Ike on global warming.
It's just part of the natural cycle. Inconvenient, but not unnatural. I noticed driving by the other day that the water is really high. Have you still got any septic systems around the lake?

 

[hnooe]

Hurricane Ike piled up lots of sand at all the dune lake outlets. Not sure if you can blame Ike on global warming.
It's just part of the natural cycle. Inconvenient, but not unnatural. I noticed driving by the other day that the water is really high. Have you still got any septic systems around the lake?[/quote]

Not on our street, but maybe some of the older houses on the northside of the lake.

 

[Matt J]

If it's started to trickle through it shouldn't be long before everyone's complaining that there isn't enough water in the lake and that it's a platform and not a dock.

 

[Lake View Too]

I've noticed Western Lake unusually high recently. Eastern Lake has been abnormally high for several years now. How many times in recent memory has Camp Creek Lake been this high?

 

[AAbsolute]

I went on my kayak to the outfall area of Camp Creek Lake last week--it has broken through/connected to the Gulf--there has slow movement of the water out to the Gulf..... but obviously, it is too slow--everyone's with docks right on Camp Creek Lake haven't been able to use them--they have been underwater for almost 2 months now!

I know here in South Walton that man cannot give Nature a push to open it up more, physically, but how much longer will my dock be under water?

I will talk to anyone to get the info. on what to do about this? Anyone have any ideas?
Has Global Warming started to affect South Walton now!!!

Signed,

Dockless Camp Creeker.

I love your view.

We'll call in an airstrike for you tomorrow from the boomers at Eglin. Seek cover when the sun is at its highest.

 

[AAbsolute]

Call Tony

Call or write Tony. He wrote me today. Here's his info. Peace.


The CDLAB is only a recommending board that makes its recommendations through the director of planning and development. However, the FDEP and USACE can grant the County a special permit, during very specific circumstances, to mechanically open a dune lake outfall.​

Also, please feel free to attend the next CDLAB meeting, on December 4th at the Coastal Branch Library, and let the board know about your concerns.

Sincerely,
Anthony Austermann
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Anthony Austermann
Environmental Planner
Walton County Planning and Development Services
Environmental Department
Walton County Courthouse Annex
31 Coastal Centre Boulevard, Suite 100
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459
(850) 267-1955 office
(850) 622-9133 fax
ausanthony@co.walton.fl.us
http://www.co.walton.fl.us/default.asp?ID=228

 

[NotDeadYet]

If it's started to trickle through it shouldn't be long before everyone's complaining that there isn't enough water in the lake and that it's a platform and not a dock.

Maybe not. Depends how much sand is blocking the outlet. That would ordinarily be the case, but the county had quite the time getting Eastern Lake open after Ike because of the volume of sand. I might walk there tomorrow and have a look, have not been on that beach in quite a while.
If there are septic tanks under water, hnooe, you ought to talk to the county about them.

 

[Hop]

If it's started to trickle through it shouldn't be long before everyone's complaining that there isn't enough water in the lake and that it's a platform and not a dock.

this is usually the case...

 

[Matt J]

Maybe not. Depends how much sand is blocking the outlet. That would ordinarily be the case, but the county had quite the time getting Eastern Lake open after Ike because of the volume of sand. I might walk there tomorrow and have a look, have not been on that beach in quite a while.
If there are septic tanks under water, hnooe, you ought to talk to the county about them.

Eastern lake should pop any day now. We went down the other day and it's only got several more inches to get over the sand.