Lake Okeechobee is at the center of South Florida's regional water management system, and is located in south-central Florida. The massive lake is a 730 square mile, relatively shallow lake with an average depth of 9 feet (2.7 meters), and is the second-largest freshwater lake located wholly within the continental United States, second only to Lake Michigan. Lake Okeechobee's drainage basin covers more than 4,600 square miles (11,913 km2).
NORTHERN EVERGLADES WEB SITE: Learn about lake conditions and water levels, as well as impacts to the St. Lucie River, Indian River Lagoon and Caloosahatchee River.
LEARN ABOUT THE K-O-E: Water's Journey: Everglades - follow the "flow" of water on its journey through the greater Everglades ecoystem: from the Kissimmee River, through Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades via this recently completed web site. Includes animations and other learning resources.
LEARN MORE ABOUT: Lake Okeechobee's Herbert Hoover Dike - links to information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), which manages and maintains the dike.
Lake Okeechobee Operations - Updated weekly with regulation schedule (WSE) outcomes and release decisions, resource area reports and recommendations, WSE details, water reports, stage graphs, current conditions, and operational planning, etc.
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