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261533080571600 L-28 INTERCEPTOR CANAL BELOW S-190 NEAR CLEWISTON, FL

LOCATION.--Lat 26°15'33", long 80°57'16", in SW 1/4 sec.32, T.48 S., R.34 E., Hendry County, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, on east bank of Levee 28 Interceptor canal, 500 ft upstream from the northern boundary of Big Cypress National Preserve and inside the southern boundary of the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, 3.3 mi south of State Road 833, 4.6 mi west of the intersection of the Hendry, Collier and Broward county lines, 6.6 mi north of U.S. Interstate 75, and 33 mi south of Clewiston.

AVAILABLE PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 16, 1996 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage shaft encoder and acoustic doppler velocity meter provided by the U.S. Geological Survey. Acoustic velocity meter prior to January 1, 2001. Electronic data logger with cellular phone/radio telemetry provided by South Florida Water Management District. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (R. D. Price and Assoc. bench mark).

REMARKS.-- Flow affected by levee and control structure S-190 about 2 mi upstream. Discharge computed from continuous velocity record obtained from acoustic doppler velocity meter and acoustic velocity meter. Flow is positive to the south.

COOPERATION.--Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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261543080495000 L28 CANAL ABOVE S-140 NEAR CLEWISTON, FL

LOCATION.--Lat 26°15'43", long 80°49'50", in SW 1/4 sec. 34, T.48 S., R.35 E., Broward County, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, Florida, on east bank, 500 ft upstream from the northern boundary of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida and inside the southern boundary of the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, 3.1 mi east of the intersection of the Broward, Collier and Hendry county lines, 6.0 mi north of Pump Station S-140, 6.9 mi north of U.S. Interstate 75, and 33 mi south of Clewiston on the Levee 28 canal.

AVAILABLE PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1997 to current year.

GAGE.--Electronic data logger with water-stage shaft encoder and acoustic velocity meter with cellular phone / radio telemetry provided by South Florida Management District. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

REMARKS.--Flow affected by G-89 and USSO culvert structures upstream and pump  structure S-140 downstream. Positive flow is to the south. Discharge computed from continuous velocity record obtained from acoustic velocity meter and relations between stage vs. area and index velocity vs. mean channel velocity.

COOPERATION.--Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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260823080524100 L-28 INTERCEPTOR SOUTH AT COLLIER COUNTY BORDER NEAR CLEWISTON, FL

LOCATION.--Lat 26°08'23", long 80°52'41", Broward County, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, on east bank of canal near the western boundary of the Miccosukee Indian Tribe of Florida Reservation and approximately 2 mi south of U. S. Interstate Highway 75 on the Levee 28 Interceptor canal.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Indeterminate.

AVAILABLE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- April 1, 1997 to September 30, 1999 (station discontinued).

GAGE.--Electronic data logger with water-stage shaft encoder and acoustic velocity meter with cellular phone / radio telemetry provided by South Florida Water Management District. Datum of gage is arbitrary.

REMARKS.-- Flow affected by levee and control structure S-190 about 11.1 mi upstream on the Levee 28 Interceptor canal. Discharge computed from continuous velocity record obtained from acoustic velocity meter. Flow is positive to the south.

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