Revision date: November 30, 2006
Compiled by: M. Waldon
Table 1. Refuge timeline of historic events related to hydrology and stormwater treatment
Date
1915
1915
1951-06-08
1952 to 1954
1954 to 1959
1955-03-19,
1955-05-02
1957-04-01
1957-04-30
1960-11-01
1961
1961
1975
1980-08-01a
1980-08-01a
1983
1988
1988b
1988a
1988b
1994-02-10
1994-05-06
1994-08-24
1999-06-07
1999-08-26
2000
2000-07
Description
Palm Beach (C-51) Canal completed
Hillsboro Canal completed
Loxahatchee NWR established
L-40 Levee & Canal constructed
L-7 Levee & Canal constructed
S-5A pump station begins operations
S-39 gate flow starts
S-6 begins operations
S-5AS discharge to Refuge begins
L-39 Levee completed
S-10A, C, and D completed
S.N. Knight pump installed
Acme1 pump begins operations
Acme2 (G-94D) begins operations
S-10E operational
S.N. Knight pump ends operation
G-94C (Ross Structure) operational
G-94B operational
G-94A operational
G-251 pump station begins operations
G-250 pump station begins operations
ENR flow through started
S-5AS discharge to Refuge ends, levee & gates complete
G-300, 301, and S-5A distribution works completed, flow begins
STA-1W cell 5 flow through started
STA-1W flow through started
Information source
(Silveira 1996)
(Silveira 1996)
(Richardson et al. 1990)
(Light and Dineen 1994)
(Light and Dineen 1994)
(anonymous 1955)
(SFWMD 2005)
DBHYDRO flow record
(SFWMD 2005)
DBHYDRO stage record
(Light and Dineen 1994)
(Light and Dineen 1994)
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
DBHYDRO flow record
DBHYDRO flow record
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
(Lin and Gregg 1988)
DBHYDRO flow record
DBHYDRO flow record
(Goforth 2005)
DBHYDRO stage record
DBHYDRO flow record
DBHYDRO flow record
(Goforth 2005)
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Date
2000-07-07
2001-05
2002-12-31
2005?
Unknown
2005-04-22
2006-04-22
Description
G-310 begins operations (SFWMD (2005) lists Oct-00 as start, this may be
dedication date and not initial operations)
S-6 diverted to STA-2
G-250 pump station ends operations
STA-1E flow through started
P-1 pump installed
Temporary deviation from regulation schedule initiated
Temporary deviation from regulation schedule to ends
Information source
flow record
(SFWMD 2005)
(Goforth 2005)
DBHYDRO flow record
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Compiled by: M. Waldon
Table 2. Refuge timeline of environmental events including major storms, major fires, etc.
Date
1955
1960-09-10
1962
1979-09-03
1981
1981-08-16 to 18
1985-07-22 to 24
1989-04
Description
Fire, 10,000 acres
Hurricane Donna
Fire, over 100,000 acres
Hurricane David
Fire, 6500 acres on west side
Tropical Storm Dennis
Tropical Storm Bob
Fire, 45,000 acres on west side & north end
1999-10-15
2004-08-13
2004-09-04
2004-09-16
2004-09-25
2005-10-24
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Charley (no direct impact to Refuge)
Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Ivan (no direct impact to Refuge)
Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Wilma
Information source
(Richardson et al. 1990)
(Richardson et al. 1990)
(Gentry 1984)
(Richardson et al. 1990)
(Gentry 1984)
(SFWMD 1985)
(Richardson et al. 1990)
(Brandt et al. 2002)
(SFWMD 2001)
(Pasch et al. 2005)
(USFWS 2005)
(Stewart 2005)
(USFWS 2005)
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Compiled by: M. Waldon
Information sources
anonymous. (1955). "Army Dedicates Huge Everglades Pumping Station." Civil
Engineering(May), page 86 (reprinted in 2002 in Civil Engineering 72(11):316).
Brandt, L. A., Silveira, J. E., and Kitchens, W. M. (2002). "Tree Islands of the Arthur R.
Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge." Tree Islands of the Everglades,
F. H. Sklar and A. van der Valk, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 311-335.
Gentry, C. (1984). "Hurricanes in South Florida." Environments of South Florida Present
and Past II, P. J. Gleason, ed., Miami Geological Society, Coral Gables, FL, 510519.
Goforth, G. (2005). "Preliminary Estimates of Loads to the Refuge After STA-1E is in
Operation DRAFT – May 12, 2005." available at
<http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/ema/toc/archives/051705/refuge_load_estimates_05
1205.pdf>, prepared for the South Florida Water Management District, West
Palm Beach.
Light, S. S., and Dineen, W. J. (1994). "Water control in the Everglades: A historical
perspective." Everglades: The ecosystem and its restoration, S. M. Davis and J. C.
Ogden, eds., St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, FL, 47-84.
Lin, S., and Gregg, R. (1988). "Water Budget Analysis: Water Conservation Area 1."
DRE 245, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL.
Pasch, R. J., Brown, D. P., and Blake, E. S. (2005). "Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane
Charley, 9 - 14 August 2004." available at
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004charley.shtml, National Hurricane Center.
Richardson, J. R., Bryant, W. L., Kitchens, W. M., Mattson, J. E., and Pope, K. R.
(1990). "An evaluation of refuge habitats and relationships to water quality,
quantity, and hydroperiod: A synthesis report." Florida Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.
SFWMD. (1985). "Repot of Tropical Storm Bob July 22-24 1985." DRE-209, South
Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL.
SFWMD. (2001). "2001 Everglades Consolidated Report." Available at
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/ema/everglades/previous.html, South Florida Water
Management District, West Palm Beach, FL.
SFWMD. (2005). "Pump Stations: West Palm Beach Field Station." <
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/division/540_wpb/geo1b_pump_wpb.html >.
Silveira, J. E. (1996). "Landscape Dynamics in the Everglades: Vegetation Pattern and
Disturbance in Water Conservation Area 1," University of Florida, Gainesville.
Stewart, S. R. (2005). "Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Ivan, 2 - 24 September
2004." available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004ivan.shtml, National Hurricane
Center.
USFWS. (2005). "Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge Annual Narrative Report:
Calendar Year 2004." US Fish and Wildlife Service, Boynton Beach, FL.
a
b
Date listed is earliest record. Actual date may be earlier.
Date listed is known to be earlier than this occurred.