Lake Mirror
Polk County Water Atlas Information for Lake Mirror
Overview of Lake Mirror
Lake Mirror has an average depth of 2.7 m (9.0 ft), with a surface area of 72.84 sq. km (17.29 acres).
Lake Mirror serves a drainage basin area of 1,270.71 sq. km (313.69 acres).
Some facts about Lake Mirror:
Lake Mirror discharges to Lake Parker through a piped conveyance.
Spatterdock or Yellow Cowlily was planted in 1989 to replace the undesirable plants that infested the shoreline.
An amphitheater was constructed in 1999 on the south side of the lake and Hollis Gardens was completed in Summer 2000.
The concrete capped structure that protrudes into Lake Mirror from the north shore served to separate the inflow and discharge waters at the City's old power plant that preceded the Larsen and McIntosh plants.
Recreational activities include a walking path.
Click here for a bathymetric map of Lake Mirror
Current Projects for Lake Mirror
Kentucky and Main Flooding and Stormwater Treatment
This project relieves street flooding for the streets located on the northwest side of Lake Mirror. The flooding is the result of undersized pipes. The project presented an opportunity to retrofit existing storm drainage structures to provide treatment of stormwater runoff entering Lake Mirror. A wet-detention pond has been constructed east of the Police Station to treat runoff from this area.
Currently, the entire Lake Mirror basin is being studied to provide stormwater treatment to all the sub-basins within this lake's watershed.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) Installation
One of two (2) underground Pollution Control Devices (PCDs) has been put in place on the southwest side of Lake Mirror. The PCD has been installed at the lake's westside stormwater outfall system. Located beneath the ground, the unit acts as a large filter by stopping trash, leaves, sediments and debris from entering the lake. Stormwater flows through the system where objects larger than 1/5 of an inch are trapped by a screen. The filtered stormwater is then discharged into Lake Mirror. A City vacuum truck periodically removes the trapped material. A similar unit was recently installed within the Lake Hollingsworth watershed at Success Avenue in the Spring 2003.
In 2003, one (1) inlet basket was installed behind the Lakeland Electric building on the southwest portion of Lake Mirror. The installation of the inlet basket will trap grass, leaves, sediment and trash before stormwater flow enters the lake.
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