The lake is located in the Red Hills Region, and has fluctuated from periods of being dry to a maximum elevation of 96 feet (29 m) above sea level.

These include great blue heron, little blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, limpkin, Moorhen, American coot, wood stork, osprey, bald eagle, fish crow, and least tern.

Submerged vegetation is abundant throughout the lake and include blue hyssop, coontail, green fanwort, variable-leaf milfoil, and bladderwort.

Numerous wetland tree and woody plant species also inhabit the drier portions of the transitional marsh.

These include sweetgum, a variety of oaks, wax myrtle, the Carolina willow (salix caroliniana), and elderberry.