Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40B - Suwannee River Water Management District › Chapter 40B-8 - MINIMUM FLOWS AND LEVELS › Section 40B-8.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms
				  shall have the following meanings:
(1)
				"Aucilla River" means the riverine waterbody that originates in south-central
				Georgia and flows south and southwest into Florida discharging into the Gulf of
				Mexico at the border of Jefferson and Taylor Counties, Florida.
(2) "Aucilla River At Lamont, FL gage" means
				stream flow measuring gage number 02326500 located on the Aucilla River at the
				border of Taylor and Jefferson Counties, Florida.
(3) "Big Blue Spring" means the spring
				located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19
				minutes 40 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 5 seconds west
				longitude.
(4) "Buzzard Log Spring"
				means the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River
				at 30 degrees 19 minutes 48 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 13
				seconds west longitude.
(5)
				"Cassidy Spring" means the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to
				the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds north latitude and 83
				degrees 59 minutes 21 seconds west longitude.
(6) "Econfina River" means the riverine
				waterbody that originates in Taylor County, Florida and flows south and
				southwest discharging into the Gulf of Mexico in Taylor County,
				Florida.
(7) "Econfina River Near
				Perry, FL gage" means stream flow measuring gage number 02326000 located on the
				Econfina River in Taylor County, Florida.
(8) "Fanning Spring" means the single spring
				vent located within Levy County, adjacent to the Suwannee River at 29 degrees
				33 minutes 14 seconds north latitude and 82 degrees 56 minutes 07 seconds west
				longitude.
(9) "Flow Duration
				Curve" means a statistical representation of flows, actual or synthetic, and
				their recurrence probabilities over a determined period of record.
(10) "Flow duration frequency" means the
				historic probability of a particular flow over a specified period of
				record.
(11) "Garner Spring" means
				the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30
				degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 58 minutes 59
				seconds west longitude.
(12)
				"Historic period" means the period of record as documented in each technical
				report establishing minimum flow or level.
(13) "JEF63991" means the spring located
				within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19 minutes
				30 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 9 degrees west
				longitude.
(14) "JEF63992" means
				the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30
				degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 12
				degrees west longitude.
(15)
				"JEF63993" means the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the
				Wacissa River at 30 degrees 18 minutes 8 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees
				58 minutes 47 seconds west longitude.
(16) "Jefferson Blue Spring" means the spring
				located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19
				minutes 50 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 20 seconds west
				longitude.
(17) "Levy Blue Spring"
				means the single spring vent located within Levy County, near the Town of
				Bronson, adjacent to the Waccasassa River at 29 degrees 27 minutes 03 seconds
				north latitude and 82 degrees 41 minutes 56 seconds west longitude.
(18) "Little Blue Spring" means the spring
				located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19
				minutes 51 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 21 seconds west
				longitude.
(19) "Little Fanning
				Spring" means the single spring vent located within Levy County, adjacent to
				the Suwannee River at 29 degrees 35 minutes 09 seconds north latitude and 82
				degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds west longitude.
(20) "Log Spring" means the spring located
				within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 20 minutes
				26 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 35 seconds west
				longitude.
(21) "Lower Suwannee
				River" means the river segment below the Wilcox gage to the estuary.
(22) "Madison Blue Spring" means the single
				vent spring system located within Madison County, adjacent to the Withlacoochee
				River at 30 degrees 28 minutes 48 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 14
				minutes 40 seconds west longitude.
(23) "Manatee Spring" means the single spring
				vent located within Levy County, adjacent to the Suwannee River at 29 degrees
				29 minutes 21 seconds north latitude and 82 degrees 58 minutes 37 seconds west
				longitude.
(24) "Minimum
				surfacewater flow" means a flow, expressed in cubic feet per second combined
				with a temporal element. The temporal element may be specifically expressed as
				a duration and return interval.
(25) "Minimum surfacewater level" means an
				elevation in feet NGVD combined with a temporal element. The temporal element,
				for purposes of this chapter, may be specifically expressed as a duration and
				return interval.
(26) "Minnow
				Spring" means the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the
				Wacissa River at 30 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees
				59 minutes 12 seconds west longitude.
(27) "NAVD" means North American Vertical
				Datum of 1988.
(28) "NGVD" means
				National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
(29) "Nutall Rise" means the spring located
				on the border of Jefferson and Taylor counties, adjacent to the Aucilla River
				at 30 degrees 9 minutes 2 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 57 minutes 48
				seconds west longitude.
(30) "Santa
				Fe River" means the riverine waterbody that originates in Lake Santa Fe,
				Alachua County, Florida and flows west discharging into the Suwannee River
				south of Branford, Florida.
(31)
				"Santa Fe River at Worthington Springs, FL gage" means stream flow measuring
				gage number 02321500 located on the Santa Fe River 0.8 mile downstream from New
				River at 29 degrees 55 minutes 18 seconds north latitude and 82 degrees 25
				minutes 35 seconds west longitude, in Alachua County.
(32) "Santa Fe River Near Graham, FL gage"
				means stream flow measuring gage number 02320700 located on the Santa Fe River
				approximately 1.5 miles upstream from Sampson River at 29 degrees 50 minutes 46
				seconds north latitude and 82 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds west longitude, in
				Alachua County.
(33) "Stage
				Duration Frequency" means a statistical representation of stages, actual or
				synthetic, and their recurrence probabilities over a determined period of
				record.
(34) "Steinhatchee Rise"
				means the spring located within Dixie County, adjacent to the Steinhatchee
				River at 29 degrees 46 minutes 12 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 19
				minutes 30 seconds west longitude.
(35) "Steinhatchee River" means the riverine
				waterbody, its tributaries and estuary that originate from diffuse runoff and
				groundwater discharge in Lafayette and Taylor counties, Florida and flows
				south-southwest, generally forming the boundary between Dixie and Taylor
				counties, before discharging into the Gulf of Mexico near Steinhatchee,
				Florida.
(36) "Steinhatchee River
				Near Cross City, FL gage" means the stream flow measuring gage number 02324000
				located on the Steinhatchee River at 29 degrees 47 minutes 11 seconds north
				latitude and 83 degrees 19 minutes 18 seconds west longitude.
(37) "Suwannee River" means the riverine
				waterbody that originates in south-central Georgia and flows southeast and
				south into Florida discharging into the Gulf of Mexico north of Cedar Key,
				Florida.
(38) "Suwannee River Near
				Wilcox, FL gage" means stream flow measuring gage number 02323500 located on
				the Suwannee River at 29 degrees 35 minutes 22 seconds north latitude and 82
				degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds west longitude.
(39) "TAY76992" or "Beaver Creek Spring"
				means the spring located within Taylor County, adjacent to the Steinhatchee
				River at 29 degrees 45 minutes 41 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 20
				minutes 06 seconds west longitude.
(40) "Thomas Spring" means the spring located
				within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River at 30 degrees 20 minutes
				23 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 32 seconds west
				longitude.
(41) "Waccasassa River
				and Estuary" means the riverine waterbody that originates in Gilchrist and
				Alachua counties and flows southwest discharging into the Gulf of Mexico
				between Cedar Key and Yankeetown, Florida.
(42) "Waccasassa River Near Gulf Hammock, FL
				gage" means stream flow measuring gage number 02313700 located on the
				Waccasassa River 0.5 mile upstream from Otter Creek at 29 degrees 12 minutes 14
				seconds north latitude, 82 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds west longitude in Levy
				County.
(43) "Wacissa Head Spring"
				means the spring located within Jefferson County, adjacent to the Wacissa River
				at 30 degrees 20 minutes 24 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 59 minutes 29
				seconds west longitude.
(44)
				"Wacissa River" means the riverine waterbody that originates from a spring
				system in Jefferson County, Florida and flows southeast diffusing into numerous
				braids before discharging into the Aucilla River.
(45) "Wacissa River Near Wacissa, FL gage"
				means stream flow measuring gage number 02326526 located on the Wacissa River
				in Jefferson County, Florida.
(46)
				"Withlacoochee River" means the riverine waterbody that originates in
				south-central Georgia and flows southeast and south into Florida discharging
				into the Suwannee River at Ellaville, Florida.
(47) "Withlacoochee River Near Pinetta, FL
				gage" means stream flow measuring gauge number 02319000 located on the
				Withlacoochee River approximately 10 miles upstream from Madison Blue Spring at
				30 degrees 35 minutes 43 seconds north latitude and 83 degrees 15 minutes 35
				seconds west longitude.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.042
					 FS.
New 9-15-05, Amended 8-7-06, 7-29-07, 12-10-07, 6-27-16,
					 8-15-19, 8-9-21.