U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Prepared in cooperation with

Miami-Dade County

Scientific Investigations Map 3380

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FKS 9

48

FKS 7

98

FKS 6

51

FKS 5

31

FKS 1

57

G–1180

22

G–3167

65

FKS 2

763

G–3976

36 G–3900

31

G–3166

150

G–1603

643

FKS 4

3,150

FKS 3

7,375

G–3342

2,390

G–1264

8,300

FKS 8

10,050

G–3855

7,960

G–3698

2,830

TPGW–9L

25.2

TPGW–8L

46.2

TPGW–7L

2,750

TPGW–6L

7,570

G–3966S

5,610

G–3946D

5,780

G–3699

10,700

TPGW–5L

12,300

TPGW–4L

15,200

TPGW–3L

28,500

TPGW–2L

31,200

TPGW–1L

29,100

SWIM well

130

TPGW–14L

27,800

TPGW–13L

36,800

TPGW–12L

27,100

TPGW–11L

25,300

TPGW–10L

26,400

ACI–MW–15

2,480

ACI–MW–09

30.8

ACI–MW–05

47.4

ACI–MW–04

48.5

ACI–MW–03

17.8

ACI–MW–16

36.9

Florida Keys 

Aqueduct 

Authority

Leisure 

City

Florida City

Wittkop Park

Newton

Redavo

Homestead 

Airforce 

Base

Naranja 

Park

Harris 

Park

Everglades 

Labor Camp

Sec34–MW–02–FS

FLORIDA

Miami-Dade

County

Study area

EXPLANATION

! Monitoring well name and chloride concentration, in milligrams per liter

Well field 

Approximate inland extent of saltwater in 2011 (Prinos and others, 2014)

Approximation

Dashed where data are insufficient

Approximate inland extent of saltwater in 2016

Approximation

Dashed where data are insufficient

G–3698

2,830

Model

Land

Area

lanaC 011–C

Card Sound Road Canal

Card Sound

Barnes Sound

Little Card Sound

Biscayne Bay

Cooling 

canal 

system

ATLANTIC OCEAN

0 2 4 MILES

0 2 4 KILOMETERS

80°36' 80°34' 80°32' 80°30' 80°28' 80°26' 80°24' 80°22' 80°20' 80°18' 80°16'

25°30'

25°28'

25°26'

25°24'

25°22'

25°20'

25°18'

Base from Miami-Dade County, South Florida Water Management, University of Florida Geoplan Center, 

and U.S. Geological Survey digital data, State Plane Florida East, Transverse Mercator, North American 

Datum of 1983

Map of the Approximate Inland Extent of Saltwater at the Base of the Biscayne Aquifer 

in the Model Land Area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2016

By

Scott T. Prinos

2017

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U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3380, 8-p. pamphlet, 1 sheet, 

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