Everglades System Conditions Report

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Updated: 2025-08-11 07:29:00 EDT

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Purpose

This webpage/report is intended to aggregate information from different agencies (i.e. USACE, SFWMD, FWC, USGS and NOAA) into one spot to help inform local government agencies and stakeholders on conditions within Lake Okeechobee, the Northern Estuaries and the Everglades ecosystem. The data provided here should be considered preliminary and are subject to change.

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Download 7-Day Discharge as .xlsx

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Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee daily average stage elevation for water year 2026 (WY2026) relative to the last three water years relative to the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule (LORS).

Data are provisional and subject to change.

Lake Okeechobee stage calendar plot from 2008 to current.

Lake Okeechobee inflow and outflow volume from USACE.

Lake Flows: In the past 7 days the total outflow from Lake Okeechobee was 8,479 AF with 0 AF to the Caloosahatchee through S-77, and 8,011 AF to the EAA through S-351, S-352, and S-354. The total net inflow to the Lake was 42,165 AF (42,165 AF from Fisheating Creek, S-71, S-72, S-84s, S-65EX, and S-65EX1) .

Lake Okeechobee Cyano HAB

Data from NOAA NCCOS, HAB Monitoring Products (link)

Cyanobacteria Algal Index across Lake Okeechobee. Percent area based on open water coverage (Lake Area minus Littoral Zone). Windrose plot (bottom right) summarizing breakpoint wind data for the last 3 days using Tukey five-number summarise (i.e. boxplot). HAB Data from NOAA NCCOS HAB data explorer. Wind Data from SFWMD site LZ40.Data are provisional and subject to change.

Daily cloud cover and cyanobacteria algal bloom coverage of Lake Okeechobee. Percent area based on open water coverage (Lake Area minus Littoral Zone). Data from NOAA NCCOS HAB data explorer.Data are provisional and subject to change.

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Everglades Agricultural Area

Lake Okeechobee inflow and outflow volume from USACE.

EAA canal stage.

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Water Conservation Area 1

Water Conservation Area 1 (WCA1/LNWR) daily average stage elevation for water year 2026 (WY2026) relative to the last two water years relative to the WCA1 Regulation Schedule.

Data are provisional and subject to change.

WCA1 inflow and outflow volume from USACE.

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Water Conservation Area 2

Water Conservation Area 2A (WCA2A) daily average stage elevation for water year 2026 (WY2026) relative to the last two water years relative to the WCA2A Regulation Schedule.

Data are provisional and subject to change.

WCA2 inflow and outflow volume from USACE.

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Water Conservation Area 3

Water Conservation Area 3A (WCA3A/LNWR) daily average stage elevation for water year 2026 (WY2026) relative to the last two water years relative to the WCA3A Regulation Schedule. Average stage values represented by the 3-gauge average (3-63,3-64,3-65) and 2-gauge average (3-62 and 3-63).

Data are provisional and subject to change.

WCA3A inflow and outflow volume from USACE.

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Redline (WCAs) Inflows

Discharges across the Red line (northern inflows to WCAs) from January 2012 to current.

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Everglades National Park

Stages

Daily average stage elevation for water year 2026 (WY2026) relative to the last two water years in Everglades National Park.

Data are provisional and subject to change.

Discharge

Shark River Slough calculated net inflow.

Cumulative discharge for Shark River Slough for the last three Federal Water Years (Oct - Sept). Day of water year is analogous to day of year with Day 1 = October 1.

Shark River Slough daily discharge relative to historic peroid of record summary statistics.

Water Deliveries across Tamiami Trail

Water Deliveries into Shark River Slough (S12s + S333 + S333N + S356 - S334) from January 2012 to current. Color correspond to operational changes reflected in the table above.

Florida Bay Salinity

Select salinity monitoring locations within Florida Bay.

Daily salinity values for select Florida Bay salinity mointoring locations relative to site specific daily historic statistics.

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Northern Estuaries

Caloosahatchee River Estuary

Discharge Conditions

Daily and 14-day moving average discharge for S-79 relative to the Northern Estuaries RECOVER performance measure for the recent 30-day period.

CRE Discharge Salinity Envelope - 6 months plot

Caloosahatchee Conditions Summary: Flow to the Caloosahatchee Estuary had a 7-day average of 1,739 cfs at S-79 with a 7-day average of 40 cfs coming from the lake at S-77. The 14-day moving average flow at S-79 is 1,301 cfs and has been in the optimal flow envelope (750 - 2100 cfs; RECOVER 2020) for 13 days.

S-77 (from Lake Okeechobee) and S-79 (to Tidal Basin) flow data along the C-43 and Caloosahatchee River. C-43 Basin Flow was calculated as the difference from S-77 and S-79.

Cumulative discharge for S-79 (to Tidal Basin) and S-77 (from Lake Okeechobee) for the last three Florida Water Years (May - April). Day of water year is analogous to day of year with Day 1 = May 1.

Salinity

Daily average bottom salinity data for the last 14-days from sampling locations within the tidal Caloosahatchee River Estuary relative to oyster health (Sanibel, Shell Point and Cape Coral) and tape grass (Vallisneria americana) health (Ft. Myers only) conditions.

CRE Salinity and Discharge - 6 months plot

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St Lucie River Estuary

Discharge Conditions

Daily and 14-day moving average discharge for north and south fork relative to the Northern Estuaries RECOVER performance measure for the recent 30-day period.

St Lucie Conditions Summary: Flow to the St Lucie Estuary had a 7-day average of 375 cfs from North and South Forks with a 7-day average of 0 cfs coming from the lake at S-308.

S-308 (from Lake Okeechobee), S-80 (to Lower Fork), C-44 Basin and North Fork (Gordy Rd, S49, S48) daily discharge. C-44 Basin Flow was calculated as the difference from S-308 and S-80.

Cumulative discharge for S-80 (to Tidal Basin) and S-308 (from Lake Okeechobee) for the last three Florida Water Years (May - April). Day of water year is analogous to day of year with Day 1 = May 1.

Salinity

Daily average bottom salinity data for the last 14-days from sampling locations within the tidal St Lucie River Estuary relative to oyster health conditions.

Lake Worth Lagoon

Discharge Conditions

Daily and 14-day moving average discharge for discharge to the Lake Worth Lagoon for the recent 30-day period.

Lake Worth Lagoon Conditions Summary: Flow to the Lake Worth Lagoon Estuary had a 7-day average of 96 cfs, with NaN cfs from S44, 43 cfs from S155 and 53 cfs from S41.

Cumulative total (S44, S155, S41) discharge for to Lake Worth Lagoon for the last three Florida Water Years (May - April). Day of water year is analogous to day of year with Day 1 = May 1.

Salinity

Daily average bottom salinity data for the last 14-days from sampling locations within the Lake Worth Lagoon. LWL20A is location north of Southern Blvd; LWL19 is located Lake/Lucerne Ave.