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24 Water Quality Sampling Locations 1 Hydrologic Sampling Locations 107,325 Samples Earliest Sample 10/04/1978 Latest Sample 10/29/2025

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• WBIDs (Run 66) by Class: Beach, Coastal, Estuary, Lake, Spring, Stream

Size and Volume

Surface Area	311 acres
Mean Depth	12 ft
Maximum Depth	37 ft
Approximate Volume	1,191,673,580 gallons

Location

Latitude	28.65221294
Longitude	-81.45031319
Lake Region	Apopka Upland (Region 7516)
USGS Quarter Quad	FOREST CITY ( SW )

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Sampling Locations:

Agency	Station ID
FDEP - Central Regional Operations Center	G2CE0281
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20010237
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20010918
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20010919
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20010920
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20010921
FDEP Central Regional Operations Center	20011176
FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET	20010237
FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET	20010238
FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET	20010239
Florida LAKEWATCH	SEM-BEAR-1
Florida LAKEWATCH	SEM-BEAR-2
Florida LAKEWATCH	SEM-BEAR-3
Florida LAKEWATCH	SEM-BEAR-4
LAKEWATCH Supplemental Water Quality Sampling	Bear-Seminole
LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring	Bear-Seminole
Seminole County Lake Assessments	BER
Seminole County Legacy Storet Data	180001
Seminole County Legacy Storet Data	180002
Seminole County Legacy YSI Data	SCPW-YSI-BEAR
Seminole County Macroinvertebrate Monitoring	BER
Seminole County Water Levels Data	SCPW-L-BER
Seminole County Water Quality Data	BER
Seminole County YSI Data	BER_YSI
SJRWMD Water Quality Data	55016

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