Adjacent to gravel road on summit saddle in matrix oak forest.;Permanently flooded sandstone - over -karst sinkhole pond adjacent to dirt road. Alan Miller (71 Years old) has never seen the pond dry up. Pond is shaded by overhanging canopy. Margin of pond is vegetated wetland. No aquatic vegetationobserved.
Representativeness
Larger of two summit sinkhole ponds on this section of South Fork Mountain. Obs. Point includes 600 m x m water plus wetland edge (1-3 m wide).