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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Florida. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
It is named for C.W. Bill Young, the U.S. Congressman from Florida's 10th congressional district. [2] Tampa Bay Water, the regional water authority for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, [3] worked for nearly a decade in constructing the reservoir, which was completed in June 2005, [2] and officially opened on 15 October 2005. [4]
St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.
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All reservoirs in Reservoirs in Florida should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Florida; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Florida; See also category Lakes of Florida
The Alafia River is 25 miles (40 km) long, with a watershed of 335 square miles (870 km 2) [4] in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, flowing into Tampa Bay.The watershed contains ten named lakes and ponds, and 29 named rivers, streams and canals.
The Hillsborough River is a river located in the state of Florida in the United States. It arises in the Green Swamp near the juncture of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties, and flows 60 miles (97 km) [3] through Pasco and Hillsborough Counties to an outlet in the city of Tampa on Hillsborough Bay.
National Inventory of Dams ID FL00103. Pace's Dike Dam 6 ft (1.8 m) 1991 Monroe County: Gum Slough: Everglades: Located in Big Cypress National Preserve. Dam and Lock 2000 Kissimmee River: Kissimmee River: Puddin Head Dam 2010 Niceville