Alafia River Minimum Flows and Levels - Southwest Florida Water ...

Mining represented the single largest increase in land use acreage. Urban was
second; expanding from 14 percent (12,617 acres) of the watershed in 1972 to
23 percent in 1999. Collectively, urban and mining accounted for 58% of the
land use in 1999 or a net conversion between 1972 and 1999 of 29%. During
this same time period, the amount of acreage in uplands decreased by 17%
while agricultural lands excluding citrus decreased by 12% (Table 2-4, Figure 2-
14).
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