Duck Pond Watershed

Description

This section includes information about the geography and land use within the watershed, including the historical and current forms of land use.

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Map Legend

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: Hydrology sampling site

: Closest Rainfall site
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Population

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Source(s): U.S. Department of Commerce

The following information illustrates the change in population within the watershed during the past few decades. Statistics shown are only for the watershed area within the boundary of this Water Atlas.

Total Population within each Watershed from 1970-2020

Watershed	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
Alafia River Watershed	37,154	66,068	124,891	168,075	223,729	190,230	Graph
Anclote River Watershed	125	328	375	654	3,261	NO DATA	Graph
Brooker Creek Watershed	1,463	8,978	3,370	6,853	11,192	9,961	Graph
Bullfrog Creek Watershed	4,335	15,033	17,223	20,452	61,292	95,212	Graph
Curiosity Creek Watershed	17,202	20,909	19,267	18,050	17,725	21,424	Graph
Cypress Creek Watershed	4,928	18,601	19,989	34,344	51,613	43,781	Graph
Delaney/Archie/North Archie Creek Watershed	22,226	32,287	32,791	50,688	78,383	102,527	Graph
Double Branch Watershed	0	1,977	8,456	23,035	41,797	44,012	Graph
Duck Pond Watershed	12,304	26,643	38,606	46,509	51,421	58,711	Graph
East Lake Watershed	8,932	7,167	10,581	7,854	10,139	13,227	Graph
Hillsborough Bay Watershed	44,072	39,916	37,476	44,094	49,516	58,110	Graph
Hillsborough River Watershed	42,862	85,113	110,834	144,419	197,952	145,034	Graph
Little Manatee River Watershed	11,240	11,385	21,857	35,531	46,379	56,789	Graph
Lower Hillsborough River Watershed	103,769	99,569	99,044	100,587	100,145	116,221	Graph
Lower Sweetwater Creek Watershed	29,932	37,199	36,133	41,219	42,888	41,495	Graph
MacDill Area	5,905	5,496	3,578	2,772	1,862	3,511	Graph
Mckay Bay Watershed	36,593	29,751	24,369	24,164	24,963	25,885	Graph
Old Tampa Bay Watershed	59,875	57,401	47,454	60,671	60,876	70,174	Graph
Pemberton Creek Watershed	21,624	36,785	45,002	49,551	59,419	66,723	Graph
Rocky Brushy Creek Watershed	12,598	38,315	92,757	114,984	128,639	146,588	Graph
Silver Twin Lake Watershed	1,657	6,470	3,857	6,359	6,362	10,001	Graph
Sweetwater Creek Watershed	11,686	24,827	48,886	56,116	57,369	62,662	Graph
Tampa Bypass Canal Watershed	18,374	33,221	42,910	44,203	53,954	60,939	Graph
Totals for All Watershed Areas	508,856	703,439	889,706	1,101,184	1,380,876	1,443,217

Source(s): U.S. Department of Commerce

Land Acquisition and Protection

The Florida Natural Areas Inventory is the primary source for information on Florida's conservation lands. The Inventory database includes boundaries and statistics for more than 1,400 federal, state, local, and private managed areas, all provided directly by the managing agencies. National parks, state forests, wildlife management areas, local and private preserves are examples of the managed areas included.

Statistics shown are only for the watershed area within the boundary of this Water Atlas.

Less than 1% of the land area within the Duck Pond Watershed is under protection.

The amount of protected land under federal, state, local, and private ownership

Ownership	Area (square miles)
State	0.00

Source: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Land Use / Land Cover

Land Cover categorizes the land in terms of the observed physical surface characteristics. For example, while the land use may be classified as agricultural, the land cover may be classified as upland or wetland. Learn more about land use and land cover »

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The interactive map shown below demonstrates how the use of land within and around Duck Pond Watershed has changed over time. Use the slider control at the top left of the map to change the year displayed. Use the visibility slider at the top right to change the opacity of the land use layer.

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Land Use Legend

Urban & Built-up
Agriculture
Rangeland
Upland Forests
Water
Wetlands
Barren Land
Utilities
Watershed Boundary

Acreage and Percentage within each Land Use / Land Cover Category for Duck Pond Watershed (Statistics shown are only for the watershed area within the boundary of this Water Atlas)

Year	Urban & Built-up		Agriculture		Rangeland		Upland Forests		Water		Wetlands		Barren Land		Transportation and Utilities
Year	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%
2020	5,310	90	0	0	0	0	73	1	161	3	137	2	0	0	250	4
2017	4,393	89	0	0	0	0	69	1	131	3	123	2	0	0	199	4
2014	4,368	89	0	0	0	0	77	2	129	3	134	3	0	0	206	4
2011	4,382	89	0	0	0	0	84	2	130	3	121	2	0	0	198	4
2010	4,382	89	0	0	0	0	83	2	128	3	124	2	0	0	198	4
2009	4,385	89	0	0	0	0	94	2	128	3	124	2	0	0	184	4
2008	4,385	89	0	0	0	0	94	2	135	3	118	2	0	0	184	4
2007	4,380	89	0	0	0	0	94	2	122	2	131	3	4	< 1	184	4
2006	4,385	89	0	0	0	0	94	2	122	2	130	3	4	< 1	184	4
2005	4,379	89	0	0	0	0	101	2	129	3	122	2	4	< 1	183	4
2004	4,376	89	0	0	0	0	105	2	133	3	118	2	4	< 1	183	4
1999	4,279	87	0	0	0	0	210	4	140	3	102	2	3	< 1	183	4
1995	4,240	86	0	0	0	0	249	5	138	3	88	2	0	0	200	4
1990	4,186	85	0	0	0	0	281	6	122	2	91	2	5	< 1	230	5

Source(s): Southwest Florida Water Management District