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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
H. If. Beruett, Chief
FLORIDA
EVERGLADES REGION
GENERALIZED LAND CONDITIONS
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Harold Mowry. Director
LEGEND
LAND SUITED FOR CULTIVATION:
II PRODUCTIVE LAND REQUIRING SPECIAL TREATMENT
FOR SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION.
L Peat and muck soils deep peat of the custard-apple land and
willow-and-elder land.
I Sandy soils dark colored sands, or sandy hammocks.
I I Marls and calcareous soils depth at least 24 inches.
III PRODUCTIVE LAND REQUIRING INTENSIVE TREATMENT
FOR SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION.
Peat and muck soils deep peat of the sawgrass plains.
SSandy soils moderately good.
LAND SUITED FOR LIMITED CULTIVATION:
IV LAND OF LIMITED PRODUCTIVITY SUITED ONLY TO
SPECIAL CROPS OR SEASONAL USAGE.
I Z Peat and muck soils depth less than 60 inches over limestone.
Sandy soils light colored, poor natural drainage, low fertility.
SMarls and calcareous soils depth less than 24 inches.
I Rockdale rock land.
LAND NOT SUITED FOR CULTIVATION:
V LAND SUITED FOR GRAZING OR TIMBER, PRINCIPALLY.
Sandy soils loose sands, or hardpan soils.
VIII LAND SUITED ONLY FOR WILDLIFE OR RECREATION,
UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Peat and muck soils loose peat, subject to extreme shrinkage
if drained.
Marls-saline.
Wet rock land, marshes, swamp, and made land.
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FLORIDA
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DISTRICTS ORGANIZED FOR WATER CONTROL
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UNIVERSITY OF FLOID)A
A(GRICULTUAl,. EXPERI HMENT STATION
Harold .Mowry. Director
DISTRICTS
1 Baker Haul-over
2 Biscayne
3 Brown
4 Citrus Center
5 Clewiston
6 Dade
7 Dade County Water Cons.
8 Diston Island
9 Eagle Bay
10 East Beach
11 East Marsh
12 East Shore
18 Hollywood Reclamation
19 Indian Prairie
20 Istokpoga
21 Lake Worth
22 Little River
23 Loxahatchee
24 Napoleon B.Broward
25 Naranja
26 Newhall
27 Old Plantation Water Control
28 Pahokee
29 Pelican Lake
13 Ft.Lauderdale-Middle River 30 Ritta
14 Gladeview
15 Goulds
16 Hicpochee
17 Highland Glades
31 Southern
32 South Florida Conservancy
33 South Shore
34 Sugarland
LEGEND
Boundary of Everglades Drainage District
Boundary of Everglades
Other Drainage Districts Boundaries
District Pumping Plant
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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVE ICE
H. H. Beninett, Chtief
FLORIDA
EVERGLADES REGION
WATER CONTROL
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Harold Mowry. Director
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Boundary of Everglades Drainage District
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Boundary of Water-Conservation Areas
Boundary of Areas to be Drained Lakeward
Boundary of Areas to be Drained Oceanward
Ground Surface Elevations
Contours
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Proposed Water-Control Structures
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DATUM IS MEAN SEA LEVEL
CONTOUR INTERVAL 1 FOOT
Note: The contours are approximate and omit innumerable hummocks and
depressions of small or undetermined area. They are based on leveling along
lines in many places several miles apart. Surveys were made mostly in 1940-42.
Drained peat soils are subject to continued subsidence.
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EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DISTRICT
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHYSICAL LAND CONDITIONS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
H. H. Bennett, Chief
INDEX
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE WASHINGTON
I 562 JULY 1946
30 Miles
Roads: Surfaced
Dirt
Railroads -t--
Canals
Reservations - -
County Lines
Township nes : Surveyed
Unsurve ye-sd - -
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Insert Sheet No. 7
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