Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-41 - SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT BASIN AND RELATED CRITERIA › Section 40E-41.123 - Kissimmee River Basin Boundary

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The Kissimmee River Basin boundary is generally described in
				  Figure 41-4 (August 2016) [
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07152
],
				  incorporated by reference herein, and shall specifically include the area
				  within the following boundaries:
Begin at the intersection of the Southerly right of way line
				  of U.S. 98 (S. R. 700) and the West line of Section 16, Township 35 South,
				  Range 31 East; Thence, Northerly along said West line of Section 16 and Section
				  9, Township 35 South, Range 31 East, to the Southwest corner of Section 4,
				  Township 35 South, Range 31 East; Thence, Easterly along the South line of said
				  Section 4 to the Southeast corner of said Section 4; Thence, Northerly along
				  the East line of said Section 4 to the Southeast corner of Section 33, Township
				  34 South, Range 31 East; Thence, Westerly along the South line of said Section
				  33 to the Southwest corner of said Section 33; Thence, Northerly along the
				  section lines to the Southeast corner of Section 20, Township 34 South, Range
				  31 East; Thence, Westerly along the section lines to the Southwest corner of
				  Section 19, Township 34 South, Range 31 East and the range line between Ranges
				  30 and 31 East; Thence, Northerly along said range line to the Southeast corner
				  of Section 36, Township 32 South, Range 30 East on the Polk-Highlands County
				  line; Thence, Westerly along said Polk-Highlands County line, also being the
				  section line to the Southwest corner of said Section 36; Thence, Northerly
				  along the section lines to the Southeast corner of Section 11, Township 32
				  South, Range 30 East; Thence, Westerly along the South line of said Section 11
				  to the Southwest corner of said Section 11; Thence, Northerly along the section
				  lines to the Southeast corner of Section 34, Township 31 South, Range 30 East;
				  Thence, Westerly along the South line of said Section 34 to the Southwest
				  corner of said Section 34; Thence, Northerly along the section lines to the
				  Southeast corner of Section 16, Township 31 South, Range 30 East; Thence,
				  Westerly along the South line of said Section 16 to the Southwest corner of the
				  East one-half (E 1/2) of said Section 16; Thence, Northerly along the one-half
				  section lines to the Northwest corner of the West one-half (W 1/2) of Section
				  4, Township 31 South, Range 30 East, on the township line between Townships 30
				  and 31 South; Thence, Easterly along said township line to the Northeast corner
				  of the West one-half (W 1/2) of Section 5, Township 31 South, Range 31 East;
				  Thence, Southerly along the one-half section line of said Section 5 to the
				  Southeast corner of said West one-half (W 1/2) of Section 5; Thence, Easterly
				  along the section lines to the Southwest corner of Section 4, Township 31
				  South, Range 32 East; Thence, Northerly along the West line of said Section 4
				  to the Northwest corner of said Section 4 and the township line between
				  Townships 30 and 31 South; Thence, Easterly along said township line to the
				  Northeast corner of Section 6, Township 31 South, Range 33 East; Thence,
				  Southerly along the East line of said Section 6 to the Northwest corner of
				  Section 8, Township 31 South, Range 33 East; Thence, Easterly along the North
				  line of said Section 8, to the Northeast corner of said Section 8; Thence,
				  Southerly along the section lines to the Northwest corner of Section 28,
				  Township 31 South, Range 33 East; Thence, Easterly along the North line of said
				  Section 28, Township 31 South, Range 33 East; Thence, Easterly along the North
				  line of said Section 28 to the Northeast corner of the West one-half (W 1/2) of
				  said Section 28; Thence, Southerly along the one-half section line to the
				  Northwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of Section 33, Township 31 South,
				  Range 33 East; Thence, Easterly along the North line of said Section 33 to the
				  Northeast corner of said Section 33 and the Easterly boundary line of the South
				  Florida Water Management District; Thence, Southerly along the section lines
				  and the said Easterly boundary line of the South Florida Water Management
				  District to the Osceola-Okeechobee County Line and the Southeast corner of
				  Section 33, Township 32 South, Range 33 East; Thence, Easterly continuing along
				  said Easterly boundary line and said County Line to the Northwest corner of
				  Section 3, Township 33 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Southerly along the West
				  line of said Section 3, to the Southwest corner of said Section 3; Thence,
				  Easterly along the South line of said Section 3 to the Southeast corner of said
				  Section 3 and the East boundary of the South Florida Water Management District;
				  Thence, Southerly, continuing along said Easterly boundary line and along the
				  section lines to the Southeast corner of Section 34, Township 34 South, Range
				  34 East; Thence, Easterly, continuing along said Easterly boundary line and the
				  township line between Townships 34 and 35 South, to the Northeast corner of
				  Section 1, Township 34 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Southerly along the East
				  line of said Section 1 to the Southeast corner of the North one-half (N 1/2) of
				  said Section 1; Thence, Westerly along the one-half section line to the
				  Southwest corner of the North one-half (N 1/2) of said Section 1; Thence,
				  Southerly along the West line of said Section 1 to the Northeast corner of
				  Section 11, Township 35 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Westerly along the North
				  line of said Section 11, to the Northeast corner of Section 10, Township 35
				  South, Range 34 East; Thence, Southerly along the East line of said Section 10
				  to the Southeast corner of the North one-half (N 1/2) of said Section 10;
				  Thence, Westerly along the one-half section line to the Southwest corner of
				  said North one-half (N 1/2) of Section 10; Thence, Southerly along the West
				  line of said Section 10 to the Northeast corner of Section 16, Township 35
				  South, Range 33 East; Thence, Westerly along the North line of said Section 16
				  to the Northwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of said Section 16;
				  Thence, Southerly along the one-half section lines to the Southwest corner of
				  the East one-half (E 1/2) of Section 28, Township 35 South, Range 34 East;
				  Thence, Easterly along the section lines to the Northeast corner of the West
				  one-half (W 1/2) of Section 34, Township 35 South, Range 34 East; Thence,
				  Southerly along the one-half section lines to the Southeast corner of the West
				  one-half (W 1/2) of Section 3, Township 36 South, Range 34 East; Thence,
				  Westerly along the section lines to the Northeast corner of the West one-half
				  (W 1/2) of Section 9, Township 36 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Southerly along
				  the one-half section lines to the Southwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2)
				  of Section 16, Township 36 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Easterly along the
				  section line to the Northeast corner of Section 21, Township 36 South, Range 34
				  East; Thence, Southerly along the section lines to the Northwest corner of
				  Section 34, Township 36 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Easterly along the North
				  line of said Section 34, to the Northeast corner of said Section 34; Thence,
				  Southerly along the East line of said Section 34 to the Northeast corner of
				  Section 3, Township 37 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Westerly to the Northwest
				  corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of said Section 3; Thence, Southerly along
				  the one-half section line to the intersection thereof with the Southerly right
				  of way line of the Seaboard Coast Line Rail Road (The Family Line); Thence,
				  Northwesterly along said Southerly right of way line to the intersection
				  thereof with the West line of Section 33, Township 36 South, Range 34 East;
				  Thence, Southerly along the section lines to the Northeast corner of Section
				  20, Township 37 South, Range 34 East; Thence, Westerly along the North line of
				  said Section 20 to the Northwest corner of said Section 20; Thence, Southerly
				  along the section lines to the intersection thereof with the Southerly right of
				  way line of South Florida Water Management District's Levee 48 Tieback; Thence,
				  Westerly along said Southerly right of way line and the Southerly right of way
				  line of South Florida Water Management District's Canal 41A to the intersection
				  thereof with the West line of Section 35, Township 37 South, Range 33 East;
				  Thence, Northerly along the section lines to the intersection thereof with the
				  Southerly right of way line of State Road 70; Thence, Westerly along said
				  Southerly right of way line of State Road 70 to the intersection thereof with
				  the West line of Section 29, Township 37 South, Range 33 East; Thence,
				  Northerly along the section lines to the Southeast corner of Section 7,
				  Township 37 South, Range 33 East; Thence, Westerly along the South line of said
				  Section 7 to the Southwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of said Section
				  7; Thence, Northerly along the one-half section line of said Section 7 to the
				  Northwest corner of said East one-half (E 1/2) of Section 7; Thence, Westerly
				  along the section lines to the Southwest corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of
				  Section 1, Township 37 South, Range 32 East; Thence, Northerly along the
				  one-half section line of said Section 1 to the Northwest corner of the East
				  one-half (E 1/2) of said Section 1; Thence, Westerly along the North line of
				  said Section 1 to the Northwest corner of said Section 1; Thence, Northerly
				  along the section lines to the Southeast corner of Section 14, Township 36
				  South, Range 32 East; Thence, Westerly along the section lines to the Southwest
				  corner of the East one-half (E 1/2) of Section 17, Township 36 South, Range 32
				  East; Thence, Northerly along the one-half section lines to the Southeast
				  corner of the Northwest one-quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 8, Township 36 South,
				  Range 32 East; Thence, Westerly along the South line of said Northwest
				  one-quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 8 and the South line of the North one-half (N
				  1/2) of Section 7, Township 36 South, Range 32 East to the Southwest corner of
				  said North one-half (N 1/2) of Section 7 and the range line between Ranges 31
				  and 32 East; Thence, Northerly along said range line to the Northeast corner of
				  Section 1, Township 36 South, Range 31 East and the Township line between
				  Township lines 35 and 36 South; Thence, Westerly along said township line to
				  the Southwest corner of Section 36, Township 35 South, Range 31 East; Thence,
				  Northerly along the West line of said Section 36 to the Southeast corner of
				  Section 26, Township 35 South, Range 31 East; Thence, Westerly to the Southwest
				  corner of said Section 26; Thence, Northerly along the section lines to the
				  intersection thereof with the Southerly right of way line of U.S. 98 (S.R.
				  700); Thence, Westerly along said Southerly right of way line to the West line
				  of Section 16, Township 35 South, Range 31 East and the POINT OF
				  BEGINNING.
Figure 41-4 is available at no cost by contacting the South
				  Florida Water Management District Clerk's Office, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm
				  Beach, FL 33406, (800)432-2045, ext. 2729 or (561)682-2729.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113,
					 373.4131 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.413,
					 373.4131,
					 373.416
					 FS.
New 5-1-85, Amended
					 8-7-16.