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Waterbody ID	Resource Name	Alt. Names	Type
160674	Ada, Lake		Lake
160182	Agnes, Lake		Lake
2	Alafia River - North Prong		Stream
3	Alafia River - South Prong		Stream
3	Alafia River Watershed		Watershed
161932	Alamo, Lake		Lake
160394	Alfred, Lake		Lake
161072	Alta, Lake		Lake
161193	Altamaha, Lake		Lake
161933	Altamaha, Lake		Lake
161310	Amoret, Lake		Lake
161934	Andrea, Lake		Lake
160611	Anglers Lake	Sunshine Lake	Lake
161162	Ann, Lake		Lake
160723	Annie, Lake		Lake
181950	Arbuckle Creek		Stream
161738	Arbuckle, Lake		Lake
160450	Ariana, Lake		Lake
160390	Arietta, Lake	Lighterlog	Lake
160624	Arrowhead, Lake		Lake
160878	Ashton, Lake	Lake Myrtle	Lake
161214	Aurora, Lake		Lake
160185	Avenue Pond		Lake
161935	Azalea, Lake		Lake
160778	Banana Lake		Lake
160780	Banana North Pit	Lake Stahl	Lake
160794	Banana South Pit	Little Banana Lake, Highland Hill Lake	Lake
181983	Banana-Hancock Canal		Stream
160251	Bay Lake		Lake
161230	Belle East, Lake		Lake
161232	Belle, Lake	Lake Belle West	Lake
160655	Bentley, Lake		Lake
161922	Bess, Lake		Lake
160581	Beulah, Lake		Lake
160929	Big Gum Lake		Lake
161937	Big Lake		Lake
181951	Bird Branch		Stream
161926	Biscuit, Lake		Lake
161945	Black Water Lake		Lake
12	Blackwater Creek		Stream
160576	Blanton, Lake		Lake
161339	Blue Lake (Highland Park)	Big Blue, Little Blue	Lake
161946	Blue Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
160543	Blue, Lake (Winter Haven)	Blue 2	Lake
181981	Boggy Branch		Stream
181952	Boggy Branch (east of Bartow)		Stream
160246	Bonnet Lake (N Of Lake Alfred)	Lake Ellen	Lake
160542	Bonnet, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
161029	Bonnie, Lake		Lake
161136	Bonny Lake (Mulberry)		Lake
160565	Bonny, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
161947	Boomerang, Lake		Lake
181953	Bowlegs Creek		Stream
161911	Bowles, Lake		Lake
161948	Brooks, Lake		Lake
160352	Brown, Lake		Lake
161102	Brush, Lake		Lake
160570	Buckeye, Lake		Lake
161497	Buffum, Lake		Lake
160564	Burbank, Lake	Sarden Lake	Lake
160455	Butler, Lake		Lake
160225	Cameron, Lake		Lake
160340	Camp Lake		Lake
160569	Cannon, Lake		Lake
160742	Canyon, Lake		Lake
181954	Catfish Creek		Stream
161940	Center Lake		Lake
160563	Charles, Lake		Lake
181990	Charlie Creek		Stream
160883	Christina Pit	Christina Lake	Lake
161992	Church Lake		Lake
160552	Citrus, Lake		Lake
160905	Clark Lake		Lake
161949	Clark Lake		Lake
160188	Clearwater Lake		Lake
161642	Clinch, Lake		Lake
181956	Colt Creek		Stream
160588	Complex Lake		Lake
160391	Confusion, Lake		Lake
160512	Conine, Lake	Lake Connie	Lake
161097	Cooper, Lake	Lake Worth	Lake
161912	Country Oaks Lake	County Oaks, Country Oak Lake	Lake
160526	Cowpen Bay		Lake
160427	Crago, Lake		Lake
160903	Crescent Lake		Lake
160904	Crews Lake		Lake
161568	Crooked Lake		Lake
182006	Crooked-Clinch Canal		Stream
161290	Crystal Lake		Lake
160228	Crystal Lake (Davenport)		Lake
160583	Crystal Lake (Dundee)		Lake
161114	Crystal Lake (Lake Wales)		Lake
160629	Crystal Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
160880	Crystal Lake (S Of Winter Haven)	Cunningham	Lake
181957	Cumbee Drain		Stream
160453	Cummings, Lake		Lake
161008	Cypress Lake		Lake
160413	Cypress Lake (Osceola)		Lake
160720	Daisy, Lake		Lake
161950	Dance, Lake		Lake
160005	Davenport, Lake (Davenport)	Lake North Davenport	Lake
160233	Davenport, Lake (Davenport)		Lake
161951	David, Lake		Lake
160810	David, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
161895	David, Lake (S Of Frostproof)		Lake
182008	Dead River		Stream
160561	Deer Lake (Poinciana)		Lake
161959	Deer Run Pond		Lake
160628	Deer, Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
160380	Deeson, Lake		Lake
160634	Dell, Lake		Lake
160734	Dexter, Lake		Lake
160833	Dinner Lake (S Of Waverly)		Lake
160737	Dinner Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
161958	Doll, Lake		Lake
160831	Dollar Lake		Lake
161957	Dot, Lake		Lake
160117	Duck Pond		Lake
160316	Duff Lake		Lake
160715	Eagle Lake		Lake
161306	Easy, Lake		Lake
160461	Echo, Lake		Lake
161010	Edward, Lake	Lake Coward	Lake
161044	Effie, Lake		Lake
181958	Eightmile Slough		Stream
160620	Elbert, Lake	Little Elbert	Lake
160411	Elise, Lake	Elsie	Lake
160698	Elizabeth, Lake		Lake
160735	Eloise, Lake		Lake
160467	Engineers Lake		Lake
160907	Engle Lake		Lake
33	English Creek		Stream
160211	Ennis, Lake		Lake
160545	Ernest, Lake		Lake
160421	Eva, Lake (Haines City)		Lake
160376	Eva, Lake (N Of Lake Alfred)		Lake
160627	Fairview Lake		Lake
160618	Fairway Lake		Lake
160504	Fannie, Lake	Lake Fanny	Lake
161256	Fauna Lake		Lake
160872	Fern Lake		Lake
160452	Fish Lake		Lake
161268	Flora Lake (Bartow)	Big Bass Lake, Little Bass Lake, Boca Cove, Gaskin's Cut, Floral Lake	Lake
161246	Flora Lake (Winter Haven)	Lake Enderly	Lake
160695	Florence, Lake		Lake
161624	Fort Meade Pit	Pleasant Grove, Patterson Park, Chain of Lakes	Lake
161921	Fortner Lake		Lake
160757	Fox, Lake		Lake
160396	Foxwood Lake		Lake
161312	French Lake (Alturas)	Perch Lake	Lake
160226	French, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
161324	Gadau Lake		Lake
160375	Galloway, Lake	Hidden Lake	Lake
161045	Garfield, Lake		Lake
160917	Gate Lake		Lake
181959	Gator Creek		Stream
161389	Gator Lake		Lake
160603	Gem, Lake		Lake
160245	Geneva, Lake		Lake
160540	George Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
160484	George, Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
160368	Gibson, Lake		Lake
181960	Gilshey Branch		Stream
160558	Glen, Lake		Lake
161843	Godwin, Lake		Lake
161300	Gordon, Lake (Alturas)		Lake
160562	Gordon, Lake (Lake Hamilton)		Lake
161991	Gordon, South Lake (Alturas)		Lake
161361	Gordon, Southwest Lake (Alturas)		Lake
181961	Grass Creek		Stream
160088	Grass Lake (Green Swamp)		Lake
160389	Grass Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
181962	Grassy Creek		Stream
161962	Grassy Lake		Lake
161455	Grassy Lake (Alturas)		Lake
160744	Grassy Lake (Eagle Lake)		Lake
160350	Grassy Lake (Lake Alfred)		Lake
161942	Great North Lake		Lake
160377	Griffin, Lake	Lake Alfred	Lake
160837	Gross, Lake	Grassy, Grass	Lake
181963	Gum Branch		Stream
160306	Gum Lake		Lake
160862	Gwyn, Lake		Lake
161202	Hack Lake		Lake
160416	Haines, Lake		Lake
39	Hamilton Branch		Stream
160497	Hamilton, Lake		Lake
160285	Hammock Lake		Lake
160718	Hancock, Lake		Lake
161963	Hanging Moss Lake		Lake
160820	Harris, Lake		Lake
160468	Hart, Lake		Lake
160877	Hart, Lake		Lake
160517	Hartridge, Lake		Lake
161960	Hatchell, Lake		Lake
160530	Hatchineha, Lake		Lake
161961	Hazel, Lake		Lake
161954	Heiler, Lake		Lake
161439	Helen, Lake		Lake
160183	Helene, Lake		Lake
161560	Henry, Lake (E Of Ft Meade)	Lake Hendry	Lake
160417	Henry, Lake (Haines City)	Drane	Lake
160374	Hester, Lake		Lake
161785	Hickory Lake		Lake
161910	Hidden Lake		Lake
160847	Highland Lake		Lake
41	Hillsborough River		Stream
4	Hillsborough River Watershed		Watershed
160625	Hollingsworth, Lake		Lake
160597	Holloway, Lake		Lake
161472	Homeland Pit		Lake
160609	Horney, Lake		Lake
181988	Horse Creek		Stream
160419	Horseshoe Lake		Lake
160613	Howard, Lake		Lake
161969	Howard, Lake		Lake
160595	Hunter, Lake		Lake
160465	Hydrilla Lake		Lake
181998	Ice Cream Slough		Stream
161613	Ida, Lake (Frostproof)		Lake
161916	Ida, Lake (Lake Hamilton)		Lake
160538	Ida, Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
160575	Idyl, Lake		Lake
160522	Idylwild, Lake		Lake
182002	Idylwild-Cannon Canal		Stream
160703	Ina, Lake		Lake
161918	Indian Lake		Lake
161899	Isabel, Lake	Lake Isabell	Lake
47	Itchepackesassa Creek		Stream
161919	Jessie, Lake		Lake
160349	Joe, Lake		Lake
160708	John, Lake		Lake
161971	Jonathan, Lake		Lake
160665	Josephine, Lake (Dundee)		Lake
161304	Josephine, Lake (SE Of Lake Wales)		Lake
160281	Juliana, Lake		Lake
160731	Kelly Lake		Lake
160434	Ken, Lake		Lake
161955	Kika, Lake		Lake
161967	Kiki, Lake		Lake
181991	Kissimmee River		Stream
8	Kissimmee River - Above Lake Hatchineha Watershed		Watershed
9	Kissimmee River - Below Lake Hatchineha Watershed		Watershed
160726	Kissimmee, Lake		Lake
161993	Kit, Lake		Lake
161972	Knapp, Lake		Lake
161914	Lagoon Lake		Lake
161973	Laguna Serena		Lake
49	Lake Branch		Stream
182005	Lake Garfield Outlet		Stream
181982	Lake Hamilton Canal		Stream
182004	Lake Henry Canal		Stream
161929	Lake Littleton		Lake
181986	Lake Lulu Run		Stream
181989	Lake Marion Creek		Stream
182001	Lake Parker Outlet		Stream
160420	Larch, Lake		Lake
160546	Lee, Lake (Lake Hamilton)		Lake
160772	Lee, Lake (N Of Waverly)		Lake
181984	Lena Run		Stream
160502	Lena, Lake		Lake
161981	Leon, Lake		Lake
161509	Leonore, Lake	Lake Patrick	Lake
160341	Lester Lake		Lake
161930	Liaho, Lake		Lake
160649	Link, Lake		Lake
161265	Little Aurora Lake	Iris	Lake
161400	Little Crooked Lake	South Crooked Lake, Lake Caloosa	Lake
160984	Little Gum Lake		Lake
160215	Little Lake Agnes		Lake
160617	Little Lake Bonny		Lake
160480	Little Lake Hamilton		Lake
161968	Little Lake Henry		Lake
160382	Little Lake Van		Lake
161976	Little Lake Victoria		Lake
181955	Little Payne Creek		Stream
160690	Littleton, Lake		Lake
181992	Livingston Creek		Stream
161805	Livingston, Lake		Lake
161462	Lizzie Lake	Lizz	Lake
161989	Locke, Lake		Lake
161970	Lois, Lake		Lake
181993	London Creek		Stream
161318	Long Lake		Lake
161941	Long Lake		Lake
161994	Long Lake		Lake
161397	Loralin, Lake		Lake
161977	Lorraine, Lake		Lake
160142	Lost Lake		Lake
160271	Lowery, Lake		Lake
160469	Lucerne, Lake		Lake
160721	Lulu, Lake		Lake
161915	Lure, Lake		Lake
161944	Luther, Lake		Lake
160812	Mabel, Lake	Mable	Lake
160549	Mack, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
160648	Mariam, Lake	Lake Marion	Lake
160457	Mariana, Lake	Marianna, Sanitary	Lake
160635	Marie, Lake		Lake
161928	Marie, Lake		Lake
161956	Marie, Lake		Lake
160399	Marion, Lake		Lake
160615	Martha, Lake	Martha	Lake
161984	Mary, Lake		Lake
160238	Mattie, Lake		Lake
181994	Mattress Drain		Stream
160578	Maude, Lake		Lake
160659	May, Lake		Lake
182003	May-Shipp Canal		Stream
182007	Mckinney Branch		Stream
160811	Mcleod, Lake		Lake
160415	Meadowview Lake		Lake
160432	Medora, Lake		Lake
160646	Menzie, Lake		Lake
160759	Meridian Lake		Lake
160496	Middle Lake Hamilton		Lake
160567	Midget, Lake		Lake
181995	Mill Seat Creek		Stream
161336	Millbite, Lake		Lake
160816	Millsite Lake		Lake
160781	Miriam, Lake		Lake
160566	Mirror, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
160582	Mirror, Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
161966	Misty Lake		Lake
161974	Mobil Lake		Lake
161539	Moody, Lake		Lake
181996	Morgan Hole Creek		Stream
160591	Morton, Lake		Lake
160875	Mountain Lake (Mulberry)		Lake
160916	Mountain Lake (N Of Lake Wales)		Lake
161978	Mountain Lodge Lake		Lake
161368	Mud Lake (Bartow)		Lake
160181	Mud Lake (W Of Polk City)	Lake Margaret	Lake
160986	Mulberry Pit	Y Pit	Lake
160440	Myrtle, Lake		Lake
160722	Ned Lake		Lake
161401	Noralyn Mine Lake		Lake
161975	North Lake		Lake
161057	North Lake Wales		Lake
161943	North Pond		Lake
160870	Oak Lake		Lake
160647	Otis, Lake	Little Otis	Lake
161494	Otter Lake		Lake
161931	Otter Pond		Lake
161905	Pabor Lake		Lake
181997	Packingham Slough		Stream
160973	Padgett Lake		Lake
1	Palatlakaha River Watershed		Watershed
160501	Pansy, Lake		Lake
181999	Parker Branch		Stream
160449	Parker, Lake (Lakeland)		Lake
161014	Parker, Lake (W Of Lake Wales)		Lake
161003	Parks Lake		Lake
161985	Parks Lake		Lake
181985	Patrick Creek		Stream
182000	Payne Creek		Stream
181965	Peace Creek		Stream
181964	Peace River		Stream
7	Peace River - Lower Peace River Watershed		Watershed
5	Peace River - Peace Creek Canal Watershed		Watershed
6	Peace River - Saddle Creek Watershed		Watershed
160572	Pelican Lake (Lakeland)	Pelican Pond, Lazy Lake	Lake
161338	Pembroke, Lake		Lake
181966	Phyllis Branch		Stream
160959	Phyllis Lake	Phyllis	Lake
160425	Picnic Lake		Lake
160652	Pierce, Lake		Lake
160871	Pine Lake		Lake
161987	Pinewood Lake		Lake
161386	Polecat Lake	George, Charles	Lake
181967	Poley Creek		Stream
161103	Polk Lake		Lake
160760	Pollock, Lake		Lake
181968	Pony Creek		Stream
160889	Rattlesnake Lake		Lake
160849	Reed, Lake		Lake
130021	Reedy Creek		Stream
181970	Reedy Creek (east of Frostproof)	Livingston Creek	Stream
161637	Reedy Lake		Lake
160866	Reeves Lake		Lake
161917	Rey, Lake		Lake
161953	Richmond, Lake		Lake
160682	Ring, Lake		Lake
160766	River Lake		Lake
160476	Rochelle, Lake		Lake
181971	Rocky Branch		Stream
181972	Rosalie Creek		Stream
160863	Rosalie, Lake		Lake
160841	Round Lake		Lake
160702	Roy, Lake		Lake
160801	Ruby, Lake		Lake
161925	Russell, Lake		Lake
161240	Ruth, Lake (Bartow)		Lake
160631	Ruth, Lake (Dundee)		Lake
161868	Saddle Blanket Lake		Lake
181973	Saddle Creek		Stream
160524	Saddle Creek Pit East		Lake
161996	Saddle Creek Pit North		Lake
161995	Saddle Creek Pit West		Lake
161098	Saddlebag Lake		Lake
161982	Saddlebag Lake		Lake
160234	Saint Andrews Lake		Lake
160673	San Gully Lake		Lake
161334	Sand Lake (Bartow)		Lake
160152	Sand Lake (Green Swamp)		Lake
181974	Sandy Gully		Stream
160547	Sara, Lake		Lake
160817	Scott Lake		Lake
160821	Scotts Lake West		Lake
160679	Sears Lake		Lake
161965	Sentry Lake		Lake
161195	Serena, Lake		Lake
160853	Seward Lake		Lake
160813	Shady Lake		Lake
161952	Sheppard, Lake		Lake
160280	Sherwood Lake	Sherwood Forest Lake	Lake
160685	Shipp, Lake		Lake
161913	Sick Lake		Lake
161986	Silver Lake		Lake
161722	Silver Lake (Frostproof)	Silver 2	Lake
160604	Silver, Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
181975	Sink Branch		Stream
161920	Six Pound Pond		Lake
160607	Skyview Lake		Lake
160513	Smart, Lake		Lake
181976	Snell Creek		Stream
160701	Somerset, Lake		Lake
161938	South Lake		Lake
161939	South Pond		Lake
160707	Spirit Lake	Little Spirit	Lake
160589	Spring Lake		Lake
161936	Square Lake		Lake
160184	St Charles, Lake	Lake Charles	Lake
161248	St. Anne Lake	St Anne Shrine, Helena	Lake
160334	St. Clare Lake (North Lake Alfred)	Grassy	Lake
161979	Star Lake		Lake
161254	Star Lake (Alturas)		Lake
160851	Starr, Lake (South Of Waverly)		Lake
160505	Stella, Lake		Lake
161990	Stonewater Lake		Lake
161846	Streety, Lake	Lake Streaty	Lake
160719	Summit, Lake		Lake
161236	Sunset Lake		Lake
161403	Surveyors Lake		Lake
161924	Suzanne, Lake		Lake
160544	Swan Lake		Lake
161135	Swim Lake		Lake
160412	Swoope, Lake		Lake
161923	Symphony Lake		Lake
160286	Tangerine Lake		Lake
161983	Tempa Lake		Lake
160252	Tennessee, Lake		Lake
72	Thirtymile Creek		Stream
161077	Thomas Lake (Hesperides)		Lake
160668	Thomas Lake (Winter Haven)		Lake
161988	Thomas, Lake		Lake
161031	Tice Lake		Lake
181977	Tiger Creek		Stream
161026	Tiger Lake		Lake
160553	Tim, Lake	Lake Jim	Lake
160301	Tower Lake		Lake
161260	Tractor Lake		Lake
160370	Tracy, Lake		Lake
160616	Trask, Lake		Lake
160879	Triangle Lake		Lake
161902	Trout Lake		Lake
161170	Twin Lake East (Lake Wales)	Twin Lakes	Lake
161171	Twin Lake West (Lake Wales)	Twin Lakes	Lake
161311	Twin Lakes (Alturas)		Lake
161964	Twin Oak Lake		Lake
160378	Van, Lake		Lake
160798	Venus Lake		Lake
160850	Victoria, Lake		Lake
181987	Wahneta Canal		Stream
161104	Wales, Lake	Lake Wailes	Lake
161342	Walker, Lake		Lake
161198	Warren, Lake		Lake
161980	Waterview Lake		Lake
160639	Watkins, Lake		Lake
161128	Weaver, Lake	Lake Weader	Lake
181978	Weohyakapka Creek		Stream
161335	Weohyakapka, Lake	Lake Walk-in-Water, Walk-in-Water Lake	Lake
181979	Whidden Creek		Stream
160441	Whistler, Lake		Lake
160537	Winston, Lake		Lake
160775	Winterset, Lake	Little Winterset	Lake
160551	Wire, Lake		Lake
181980	Withlacoochee River		Stream
2	Withlacoochee River Watershed		Watershed
160729	Wood Lake (Mulberry)	Somerset	Lake
161927	X Pit		Lake

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