Peck Sink Floodplain - Hernando County

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SECTION 11Location - the site has proximity to other resources which would heighten its value as asensitive land or is within an area of long range planning with the objective of preservinggreenway/wildlife corridors between existing protected resources. The property is withinthe mapped designation of environmentally sensitive lands as described in Section 2.The project is not within any of the major planned greenway/wildlife corridors. However, itcontains Peck Sink and numerous other karst features which are environmentally sensitive andvery vulnerable to contamination. The project serves as scenic greenspace between Spring Hilland Brooksville. This area serves as floodplain storage with the potential for stormwaterimprovement projects.SECTION 12Historical/archaeological/paleontological resources - must satisfy the criteria provided inSection 1.County data resources show a historical/archeological site between Wiscon Rd. and Mason-Smith Rd. The nature of this site will need to be determined prior to purchase or development.SECTION 13Hydrology - the property is critical to preserving hydrologic integrity of significant naturalsystems and/or contributes substantially to recharge of the Floridan Aquifer.The Peck Sink Complex is a major recharge point to the Floridan Aquifer. The sink drains anincreasingly urbanized 11,000 acre watershed. One of the primary focuses of acquiring thesink complex and its primary conveyance is to explore options for improving the water qualityentering the sink. Additionally there is a high density of karst features throughout the projectarea all of which have the potential to directly discharge to the aquifer. The USGS report,Potential for Pollution of the Upper Floridan Aquifer from Five Sinkholes and an InternallyDrained Basin in West-Central Florida (Water Resources Investigations Report 87-4013),documents the importance, vulnerability, and high recharge capacity of this area.SECTION 14Representation - the property provides protection to lands which have not been stronglyrepresented in public ownership.See discussion on rarity in Section 9.E:\WPDATA\JLH\ESL\PECK\PeckStaffEval.wpd
Peck Sink Study AreaSR 50Wiscon Rd#AMobley RdHorseLakeBSR 50BonnieLakeCMason Smith RdWNSECalifornia StEWolf Rd0 0.5 1 MilesDUS 418/18/04d:\esri\2004\env\pecksink\pecksink.aprd:\esri\2004\env\pecksink\pecksink.pdf# The SinkArea AArea BArea CArea DArea ESPA100-Year Floodplain
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