| Abstract: | Lake Manatee, located in central Manatee County, Florida, is the principal drinking-water source for Manatee and Sarasota Counties. The drainage basin of Lake Manatee encompasses about 120 square miles, and the reservoir covers a surface area of about 1,450 acres at an elevation of 38.8 feet above NAVD 88 or 39.7 feet above NGVD 29. The full pool water-surface elevation is 39.1 feet above NAVD 88 (40.0 feet above NGVD 29), and the estimated minimum usable elevation is 25.1 feet above NAVD 88 (26.0 feet above NGVD 29). The minimum usable elevation is based on the elevation of water intake structures.
Manatee County has used the stage/volume relation that was developed from the original survey in the 1960s to estimate the volume of water available for consumption. Concerns about potential changes in storage capacity of the Lake Manatee reservoir, coupled with a recent drought, led to this bathymetry mapping effort. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98366 |
| Citation Author: | Bellino, Jason C.; Pfeiffer, William R. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Florida Water Science Center, Tampa |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Map |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with Manatee County |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Citation Series Code: | SIM |
| Citation Series Number: | 3112 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Bathymetry of Lake Manatee, Manatee County, Florida, 2009; 2010; SIM; 3112; Bellino, Jason C.; Pfeiffer, William R. |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
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| Text: | Bathymetry of Lake Manatee, Manatee County, Florida, 2009; 2010; SIM; 3112; Bellino, Jason C.; Pfeiffer, William R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3112/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 7 May 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
