Appendix

Index of nodes

All 243 operations, people, towns, institutions and events on the map, grouped by lane and ordered by year on the map. Each name opens its own entry with every documented connection; the swatch repeats the lane colour used on the interactive map. Source ids are expanded in the source register.

Citrus 21 Sugar 18 Cattle and ranching 23 Vegetables, melons and row crops 14 Specialty crops 13 Phosphate and mining 5 Energy and land conversion 56 Processing, packing, cooperatives and markets 14 Research, extension and industry institutions 49 Towns and cities 21 Outside the Heartland 9

Citrus 21

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Joshua Citrus Inc	operation or company	1887	Peace River valley	the oldest family grove in DeSoto County, per the family record		Operating; about 300 acres of groves, a packinghouse and a retail store under the fifth and sixth Shelfer generations.	High JCA FCH TFCJ
Atlantic Land and Improvement Company	operation or company	1900 to 1960	Outside the Heartland	the railroad land company behind Alico		Gone; its Florida properties become Alico in 1960.	High ALHIST
Latt Maxcy	person		The Ridge	founder of Florida Citrus Mutual		Died 1971, the year of his Florida Citrus Hall of Fame induction.	High CFAN1 LMH FCHOF CIMFCM
Latt Maxcy Corporation	operation or company	1925	The Ridge	the Ridge's pioneer citrus and cattle corporation		Operating, 100 percent family owned, with about 40,000 acres of ranch land, 6,000 acres of citrus and about 99 percent of Citizens Bank and Trust.	High LMH CFAN1 WFRO
Larry Black	person		The Ridge	fifth generation packinghouse manager		General manager of Peace River Packing Company.	Medium CFAN2
Ben Hill Griffin IV	person		The Ridge	the fourth Griffin generation		President of Ben Hill Griffin Inc.	High WBHG BHGC
Ben Hill Griffin Inc	operation or company	1933	The Ridge	the Griffin family citrus and cattle company	top ten	Operating under Ben Hill Griffin IV with groves, a commercial cattle ranch and the Griffin Fertilizer subsidiary.	High BHGC FNG WBHG MOD
Ben Hill Griffin Jr	person		The Ridge	the dominant Ridge citrus and cattle figure of his century		Died 1990; his estate's Blue Head Ranch sells in 2019.	High WBHG BHGC
Alico Inc	operation or company	1960	The Ridge	the listed land company that left citrus	top ten	Operating as a diversified land company; the citrus division is wound down after the 2024 to 2025 harvest and about 49,537 acres remain across eight counties.	High ALHIST ALPR25 AL10K ALSEC1 ALSEC3 ALPR26 WALICO BOBS25 MOD
Ben Hill Griffin III	person		The Ridge	the second Griffin generation at Alico		Chairs the family company after leading Alico to 2004.	Medium WALICO WBHG
Southern Gardens Citrus	operation or company	1994	The Glades	U.S. Sugar's citrus subsidiary		Operating groves, a nursery and juice storage; the plant no longer processes fruit.	High CIM19 USSH FNG APHIS
Consolidated Citrus LP	operation or company	1998	Outside the Heartland	the King Ranch citrus partnership		Operating as King Ranch's Florida citrus arm, described by its parent as the largest juice orange producing operation in the United States.	High KRCH KRT KRC SBCON DNBCC
Turner Foods	operation or company	1998 to 1998	Outside the Heartland	the utility's citrus company		Absorbed; its groves pass to Consolidated Citrus in 1998.	Medium KRCH
Citrus greening reaches Florida	event or recognition	2005	The Glades	the disease behind the grove to pasture conversion		Uncured; the single largest driver of the production collapse.	High INVSP CIMHLB ATLFED NASS24 FORT25 CIM25A
John Gose	person		The Ridge	Lykes citrus executive and association president		Documented in the role in 2006 and 2007.	High SEAGG1 SEAGG2
Highlands County Citrus Growers Association	organisation		The Ridge	the county's grower institution		Operating from US 27 South in Sebring for the county's commercial growers.	High HCCGA CIQH SEAGG1
Alico citrus wind down	event or recognition	2025	The Ridge	the largest single citrus exit of the greening era within this dataset		Complete through the 2025 harvest; about 3,460 acres continue under third party caretakers through 2026.	High ALPR25 AL10K ALSEC2 BOBS25 WGCU25 ALPR26
Griffin Fertilizer	operation or company		The Ridge	the family company's fertilizer arm		Operating as a Ben Hill Griffin Inc subsidiary making dry and liquid fertilizer.	Medium BHGC
John Kiernan	person		Outside the Heartland	the executive who ended Alico's citrus century		Serving as Alico's president and chief executive.	High ALPR25 CIM25B
Citrus Marketing Services	operation or company		The Ridge	Sebring grower member of Florida's Natural		Operating as a Highlands County member of the cooperative.	High FNG
Lake Placid Citrus Cooperative	organisation		The Ridge	the town's grower cooperative		Operating as the Lake Placid member organization of Florida's Natural.	High FNG

Sugar 18

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Bror Dahlberg	person		The Glades	founder of Southern Sugar		Died mid century; his company's failure seeds U.S. Sugar.	Low JMFS
Southern Sugar Company	operation or company	1925 to 1931	The Glades	the failed founder of the Clewiston sugar industry		Gone; its Clewiston assets become U.S. Sugar Corporation in 1931.	High JMFS FHS29 USSH USS25
Charles Stewart Mott	person		Outside Florida	founder of U.S. Sugar		Died 1973; his role survives in the company and the foundation ownership stake.	High USSH WMOTT WUSS
U.S. Sugar Corporation	operation or company	1931	The Glades	the largest sugarcane producer of the Glades	top ten	Operating; farms about 245,000 acres of cane, corn, citrus and vegetables and runs the Clewiston mill and refinery, the railroad, Southern Gardens Citrus and Imperial Sugar.	High USSH MOD WUSS JMFS NPR08 BNO10 BB22 LDC
Ruth Wedgworth	person		The Glades	matriarch of muck agriculture		Died 1995; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1988.	High WRUTH AGHOFR WEDGH
Wedgworth's Inc and Wedgworth Farms	operation or company	1932	The Glades	fertilizer house and family farm of the muck		Operating; the fertilizer company serves about 20,000 acres across south Florida and the family farm grows about 10,000 acres of sugarcane.	High WEDGH WEDGF FPGW AGHOFR
Okeelanta Corporation	operation or company	1946	The Glades	the largest site of the Fanjul group		Operating; the complex holds a mill, a refinery and the 140 megawatt biomass plant.	High JMFS CLUIO FCM SFWMDNH
George Wedgworth	person		The Glades	founder of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative		Died 2016; led the cooperative for over 50 years.	High WGEO FPGW AGHOFW SEAGW WSCGC
Alfonso Fanjul Sr	person		The Glades	founder of the Fanjul sugar operations in Florida		Died 1980; his sons run the family companies.	High ENCFC WFAN JMFS FCJ
Florida Crystals Corporation	operation or company	1960	The Glades	the Fanjul family sugar group		Operating; farms about 190,000 acres in Palm Beach County, runs the Okeelanta and Osceola mills, a refinery, Florida's only rice mill and a biomass plant, and co owns ASR Group.	High FCJ FCM ENCFC WFAN FCRM MOD
Osceola Farms	operation or company	1960	The Glades	the first Fanjul mill in Florida		Operating as one of Florida Crystals' two mills.	High ENCFC JMFS FCJ CLUIS
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida	organisation	1960	The Glades	the grower owned mill of the Glades		Operating; more than 40 grower owners farm about 70,000 acres and mill over 350,000 tons of raw sugar a year, marketing through ASR Group.	High WSCGC FPGW SCGCH SEAGW
Glades County Sugar Growers Cooperative	organisation	1961 to 1977	The Glades	Glades County's one modern sugar mill		Closed since 1977.	Medium JMFS
Talisman Sugar Corporation	operation or company	1962 to 1999	The Glades	the sugar plantation that became restoration land		Gone; its roughly 50,000 acres pass to public ownership in 1999 for Everglades restoration.	High JMFS CWH97 SB10 ELCT
Atlantic Sugar Association	organisation	1963 to 2005	The Glades	closed grower association mill		Closed; the association merges into Atlantic Holding LLC in 2005.	High JMFS ALIP05
Jose Pepe Fanjul	person		The Glades	co leader of the family group		Serving as a senior principal of Fanjul Corp.	Medium WFAN
Alfonso Fanjul Jr	person		The Glades	chief executive of the family group		Serving as chief executive of Fanjul Corp.	Medium WFAN ENCFC
New Hope Sugar Company	operation or company		The Glades	Fanjul affiliated farming entity		A Fanjul affiliated farming entity named in public records; little else is published about it.	High SFWMDNH

Cattle and ranching 23

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Punta Rassa cattle trade	event or recognition	1835 to 1900	Outside the Heartland	Spanish gold for Heartland cattle		Historical; commemorated by the Cracker Trail ride.	Medium FLMR WHEN
Parker Brothers Ranch	operation or company	1858 to 1963	Peace River valley	the cattle barony of old DeSoto		Gone; sold in 1963 and renamed Bright Hour Ranch.	Medium FHBP
Francis Asbury Hendry	person		The Glades	the cattle king of South Florida		Died 1917; Hendry County is created in his honor in 1923.	Medium WHEN
Howell Tyson Lykes	person		Outside the Heartland	the doctor who founded a cattle dynasty		Died early in the twentieth century; his descendants still hold the company privately.	High WLYK LYKH
Lykes Bros Inc	operation or company	1900	The Glades	the region's largest landowner, a tier of one	top ten	Operating; cattle, citrus, sugarcane, forestry, hunting leases and water storage on a ranch the company states at 339,000 acres.	High LYKH LYKL LYKA LYKC FTLO MOD WLYK TFCL AUDL
Lykes Steamship Company	operation or company	1906 to 1997	Outside the Heartland	the shipping line the cattle trade built		No longer part of the company.	High LYKH WLYK
Doyle E. Carlton	person		Peace River valley	governor from a Wauchula ranching family		Died 1972.	High WCARL TBBW1
Charlie Micco	person		The Glades	first cattle foreman of the Brighton program		A founding trustee of the Seminole cattle enterprise.	Medium FST
Seminole Tribe Brighton cattle program	organisation	1936	The Glades	among the nation's leading calf producers, as the Tribe reports		Operating; the Tribe ranks among Florida's leading beef producers.	High FST FCAL
Adams Ranch	operation or company	1937	Okeechobee	the Braford breeders		Operating; a fourth generation ranch of about 65,000 acres and roughly 10,000 cows.	Medium WADAMS
Williamson Cattle Company	operation or company	1940	Okeechobee	top ranked cow calf ranch of the north shore		Operating under the third and fourth Williamson generations, with cattle in Florida, Alabama and Texas plus citrus and catfish.	High WCC FCAL MOD
Open range era and the 1949 fence law	event or recognition	1949	Outside the Heartland	the closing of the range		Historical turning point.	Medium IFASCR FLMR FHBP
Doyle Carlton III	person		Peace River valley	the third ranching generation		Operating the family ranches with Dale Carlton at Horse Creek.	High TBBW1 TBBW2
Doyle E. Carlton Jr	person		Peace River valley	the senator cattleman		Died 2003; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1991.	High WCARLJ AGHOFC TBBW1
Roman III Ranches	operation or company	1957	Peace River valley	the Carlton family ranches		Operating; reported 12th by head count among about 5,000 Florida cattle ranches, per the Florida Cattlemen's Association as cited in press.	High TBBW1 TBBW2 MOD
Pete Clemons	person		Okeechobee	the man who modernized the cattle market		Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 2011.	High AGHOFP OLM
Bright Hour Ranch	operation or company	1963	Peace River valley	the Parker land under conservation		Operating as ranch and conservation land; a 5,787 acre portion sells in 2020.	High FHBP LWPBH DEPBH
Bexley Sumter Inc	operation or company	2012	Place not recorded	a large and low profile Heartland landowner	top ten	Active Florida corporation of the Bexley family; no public operating profile of its Heartland holdings is found.	High SBBEX MOD
Wes Williamson	person		Okeechobee	association president from the family ranch		A principal of Williamson Cattle Company.	High FCAL WCC
4C's Land & Cattle LLLP	operation or company	2017	Place not recorded	registry level ranch owner		Active Florida limited partnership; no public operating profile is found.	Low SB4C MOD
Blue Head Ranch	operation or company		The Ridge	the 90 Mile Prairie ranch	top ten	Operating; a working ranch of about 4,000 head per the state record, inside a 43,051 acre Florida Forever project.	High SPPBH DEPBH DEPLTL OIKB MOD
Udder Cattle Company Inc	operation or company	2020	Okeechobee	direct to consumer beef on open pasture		Operating; sells finished beef direct under the EATFLORIDABEEF brand.	High SBUDD OIKU MOD
Llano Ranches LP	operation or company	2021	The Ridge	the fourth largest agricultural holding on the roll	top ten	Operating; a family ranching operation with commercial cattle and managed hunting in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle and South Central Florida, per its own page.	High SBLLA LPW MOD

Vegetables, melons and row crops 14

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
A. Duda & Sons	operation or company	1926	The Glades	the celery family's diversified land company	top ten	Operating in its fourth and fifth generations, with vegetables, sugarcane, cattle, citrus, sod and real estate.	High DUDA100 DUDAR WDUDA ENCD MOD
Herman Wedgworth	person		The Glades	the pathologist who became a farmer		Died 1938 in an ice plant accident.	High WEDGH
Rick Roth	person		The Glades	farmer of the year from the muck		President of Roth Farms.	High SUNR ROTH
Roth Farms	operation or company	1948	The Glades	radishes, leafy greens, cane, rice and sod		Operating; a fourth generation EAA farm with the Ray's Heritage packing house of 2007.	High ROTH SUNR
Florida Celery Exchange	organisation	1950	The Glades	the celery marketers		Historical; its founder goes on to the sugar cooperative.	Medium WGEO
Pioneer Growers Cooperative	organisation	1950	The Glades	the sweet corn cooperative		Operating; manages over 20,000 acres of sweet corn a year plus beans, radishes, celery and cabbage.	High PIONEER
King Ranch Florida farming	operation or company	1961	The Glades	the Texas ranch's EAA farm		Operating; about 20,000 acres of sugarcane, sod, sweet corn, green beans and specialty lettuce.	High KRF KRTG KRT KRCH KRC SBCON
Hundley Farms	operation or company	1969	The Glades	EAA grower of sweet corn, beans, radishes and cane		Operating; about 20,000 acres in the EAA, central Florida and Georgia under the second and third generations.	High AGHOFH SCGH PIONEER
John L. Hundley	person		The Glades	Hall of Fame muck farmer		Living founder; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 2022 class.	High AGHOFH SCGH
C&B Farms	operation or company	1986	The Glades	specialty vegetables on the Hendry muck		Operating; conventional and organic specialty vegetables with documented phosphorus reductions.	High CBC
TKM Bengard Farms	operation or company	1996	The Glades	the largest lettuce grower east of the Mississippi, as the company reports		Operating; more than 8,000 acres of lettuce, leafy greens and sweet corn.	High GPGA TKM
DeSoto Watermelon Association	organisation		Peace River valley	the voice of the rotational melon economy		Operating; promotes watermelon growers, shippers and industry members in the heartland region, in its own words.	High DWA AGC22
Global Produce Sales	operation or company		Outside the Heartland	watermelon marketer		Operating; primarily a marketer of watermelon with its own growing and packing subsidiaries.	High GPS
Moore Haven Melons	operation or company		The Glades	the melon growing subsidiary		Operating as Global Produce Sales' south Florida growing arm.	Low GPS

Specialty crops 13

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
McArthur Farms	operation or company	1929	Okeechobee	the historic giant of Florida dairying	The Okeechobee farming company remains registered; the McArthur Dairy brand passes to new ownership in 2020, as reported.	High AGHOFM DNBMA PNMC
Larson Dairy	operation or company	1947	Okeechobee	Florida's largest dairy family, as reported	Operating; the family milks more than 10,000 cows across its operations, the core dairies in Okeechobee County.	High FDF DHM AGHOFL COWS
Red Larson	person		Okeechobee	the dean of Florida dairying	Died 17 July 2020; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1981.	High FDF COWS AGHOFL
Bates Sons & Daughters	operation or company	1950	The Ridge	first generation caladium pioneers	Operating; Dot and Terri Bates remain named partners of the UF/IFAS breeding program.	High CALH YSPIO MAC CFAN3
Davie Dairy	operation or company	1959	Okeechobee	a Broward dairy moved to the lake	Operating; a phosphorus treatment system removes 80 to 85 percent of phosphorus from outflow.	High DDC
Happiness Farms	operation or company	1964	The Ridge	the largest caladium grower in Lake Placid, as reported	Operating; the first festival is held on the farm.	High YSPIO CALH
Duda Sod	operation or company	1973	The Ridge	turfgrass division with a Ridge farm	Operating; farms at Cocoa and Lake Placid.	High DUDAS
Milking R Dairy	operation or company	1986	Okeechobee	the soft serve dairy	Operating; just over 1,300 cows, with milk supplying McDonald's soft serve across Florida.	High MRD MCD SEMR
Lake Okeechobee Dairy Rule and buyout	event or recognition	1987 to 1992	Okeechobee	the rule that reshaped the dairy cluster	Complete by 1992; its legacy shapes the surviving cluster.	Medium WUFT26
Carolyn Phypers	person		The Ridge	caladium grower and festival founder	A principal of Happiness Farms.	High CALH YSPIO
Dot Bates	person		The Ridge	caladium grower and festival founder	A principal of Bates Sons & Daughters.	High CALH MAC
Classic Caladiums	operation or company	2000	The Ridge	tissue culture caladium producer	Operating; runs its own breeding program and collaborates with UF/IFAS.	High CCF MAC
Zhanao Deng	person		Outside the Heartland	the caladium breeder	UF/IFAS ornamental breeder at the Gulf Coast center.	High GHM MAC

Phosphate and mining 5

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
South Ft. Meade Land Management	operation or company	1995	Peace River valley	Mosaic's land vehicle		Active; its officers are Mosaic's own executives.	High SBSFM MOSEX21 MOD
South Fort Meade mine	operation or company		Peace River valley	the mine that crossed the county line		Operating; a further roughly 2,000 acre extension south of SR 64 is in federal permitting, posted July 2025.	High PRN12 PERM64 MOS10K
The Mosaic Company	operation or company	2004	Peace River valley	the phosphate district's owner	top ten	Operating; three active Florida mines in 2025 and over 210,000 acres in five counties, per its 10-K.	High MOS10K MOSHIST MOSFL MOSEX21 MOD
Ona mine project	operation or company	2011	Peace River valley	permitted, not yet mining		Fully permitted; no commissioning of mining is documented by the cutoff.	High MOSONA MOS10K
DeSoto mine proposal	operation or company	2018	Peace River valley	the stalled fourth county		Stalled; the county rejects rezoning in 2018 and Mosaic delays its plans.	High WUSF22 MOSDES MOS10K

Energy and land conversion 56

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Top ten	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Florida Power & Light	operation or company	1925	Outside the Heartland	the largest single driver of land conversion to energy	top ten	Operating; 15 solar centers and a 1,720 megawatt gas plant across three Heartland counties, with 18 more centers announced in the region in the 2026 plan.	High FPLP TYSP MOD SECNEE
Peace River Mitigation Bank	organisation	2001	Peace River valley	wetland credits on the river		Operating; sells credits in the Peace River subbasin under a permanent conservation easement.	Medium EIP1
Florida Panther Conservation Bank	organisation	2007	The Glades	the first panther habitat bank in the nation, as reported		Operating; the family of banks covers about 2,500 acres approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.	Medium FPCB LCAN
DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2009	Peace River valley	the first utility scale solar plant in the region		Operating since October 2009.	High FPLD OBAMA WDESO TYSP
Boran Ranch Mitigation Bank	organisation	2014	Peace River valley	ranchland restored for credit		Operating; sells credits in the Peace River subbasin.	Medium EIP2
Citrus Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2016	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service December 2016 per the plan's existing facilities schedule.	High TYSP
Hammock Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2018	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service March 2018.	High TYSP
Wildflower Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2018	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2018.	High TYSP
Okeechobee Clean Energy Center	operation or company	2019	Okeechobee	the region's largest generator		Operating since March 2019; a 1,720 megawatt combined cycle gas plant.	High TYSP
Blue Heron Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2020	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service March 2020.	High TYSP
Cattle Ranch Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2020	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service March 2020.	High TYSP
EAA Reservoir	agency, project or public body	2020	The Glades	sugar land turned water infrastructure		Under construction; the 6,500 acre stormwater treatment area is complete in January 2024 and the 10,500 acre reservoir is targeted for 2029 after a July 2025 acceleration.	High SFWMDE SB10
Lakeside Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2020	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service December 2020.	High TYSP
Okeechobee Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2020	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service May 2020.	High TYSP
Florida Wildlife Corridor Act	event or recognition	2021	Outside the Heartland	the legal frame of the easement counterflow		In force; Senate Bill 976 is signed 30 June 2021.	High FLGOV21 FWCF
Fort Drum Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2021	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service August 2021.	High TYSP
Rodeo Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2021	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service May 2021.	High TYSP
Ghost Orchid Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2022	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2022.	High TYSP FPL50
Highlands County residential wave	event or recognition	2022	The Ridge	the first new communities since 2007, as reported		Approvals and sitework proceed on former golf, grove and ranch parcels around Sebring and Avon Park.	Medium HNSG
Lykes Fisheating Creek easements	event or recognition	2022	The Glades	the ranch under easement		Completed; the 2022 easement covers 6,864 acres and the 2023 board item about 10,464 acres of the Lykes ranch.	High DEPFC DEPFCE SEAGL
Sawgrass Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2022	The Glades	a section of ranchland turned solar		Operating since January 2022.	High FPLS TYSP FPL50
Blue Head Ranch conservation easement	event or recognition	2023	The Ridge	the corridor reaches the 90 Mile Prairie		Completed; about 1,291 acres acquired in 2023 inside the 43,051 acre Florida Forever project.	High DEPBH FLGOV23
Cavendish Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2023	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2023.	High TYSP
Beautyberry Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2024.	High TYSP
Caloosahatchee Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2024.	High TYSP
Hawthorne Creek Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service March 2024.	High TYSP
Hendry Isles Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service November 2024.	High TYSP
Honeybell Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service November 2024.	High TYSP
Prairie Creek Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2024.	High TYSP
Woodyard Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2024	The Glades	operating solar center		Operating; in service March 2024.	High TYSP
Big Water Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2025	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2025.	High TYSP
Hog Bay Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2025	Peace River valley	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2025.	High TYSP
Lykes Lake Placid grove easement	event or recognition	2025	The Ridge	a dead grove turned habitat		Conveyed in 2025 as reported; the closing date is not stated in the source and is graded accordingly.	Medium HNSLP
Speckled Perch Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2025	Okeechobee	operating solar center		Operating; in service January 2025.	High TYSP
Vandolah power plant purchase	operation or company	2025	Peace River valley	FPL's first Hardee County asset		Announced; FERC approves the purchase in December 2025 and the existing 672 megawatt gas plant begins serving FPL customers on 1 June 2027 per the plan.	High TYSP
Blanketflower Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced in the 2026 Ten Year Site Plan for service in the first quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Caladium Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Ridge	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Catfish Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Okeechobee	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2027 on an 837 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Cocoplum Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2027 on a 470 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Dove Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
FPL 2026 Ten Year Site Plan	event or recognition	2026	Outside the Heartland	the filing that announces the solar wave		Filed with the Florida Public Service Commission in April 2026.	High TYSP TYSPP FS186 MOD
Grapefruit Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028 on a 554 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Hancock family Charlie Creek easement	event or recognition	2026	Peace River valley	working citrus and cattle land protected		Completed as reported 5 March 2026; more than 1,300 acres protecting over 3 miles of Charlie Creek.	High CIMHAN FS570
Hendry Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2027 on a 641 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Joshua Creek Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2027 on a 621 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
LaBelle Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028 on a 459 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Ladybug Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Leafcutter Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Limpkin Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2029; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Mango Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028 on a 658 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Oak Stone	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	the county's first master planned community wave		Under construction; lots expected ready by the end of 2026 and first homes by mid 2027, per press.	High YSOAK DDOG
Redroot Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028 on a 523 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Sand Gully Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2028; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Shell Creek Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Peace River valley	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Tangelo Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	Okeechobee	announced solar center		Announced for the first quarter of 2027 on a 748 acre site; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP
Waxweed Solar Energy Center	operation or company	2026	The Glades	announced solar center		Announced for the third quarter of 2028; not on the 2025 roll.	High MOD TYSP

Processing, packing, cooperatives and markets 14

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Lykes Meat Group	operation or company	1913 to 1996	Outside the Heartland	the packing outlet of the Lykes herds	Sold to Smithfield Foods in 1996.	High LYKH
Peace River Packing Company	operation or company	1928	The Ridge	five generation family packinghouse	Operating; splits output between fresh fruit and processing under the fifth generation of the Black family.	High CFAN2 FNG
Clewiston mill and refinery	operation or company	1929	The Glades	the region's flagship sugar mill	Operating as U.S. Sugar's sole Florida mill, described by the company as the world's largest vertically integrated cane sugar mill and refinery.	High FHS29 USSH
Citrus World, Florida's Natural Growers	organisation	1933	Outside the Heartland	the growers' own juice company	Operating; owned by over 1,100 Florida growers, the third largest orange juice processor in the country as reported in 2023, and the only major brand using exclusively Florida fruit.	High FNH FNG WCW JAX23
Okeechobee Livestock Market	operation or company	1948	Okeechobee	the state's largest cattle auction, as reported	Operating; sales run Mondays and Tuesdays under the Clemons family.	High OLM AGHOFP FDACSLM
Bryant Sugar House	operation or company	1962 to 2007	The Glades	closed U.S. Sugar mill	Closed in 2007; processing consolidates at Clewiston.	High WUSS USSH CLUIB WBRY
Glades Sugar House	operation or company	1962	The Glades	the cooperative's mill	Operating; grinds up to 26,000 tons of cane a day.	High WSCGC SCGCH
Peace River Citrus Products	operation or company	1991	Peace River valley	the Heartland's operating juice plant	Operating; the Arcadia and Bartow plants carry a combined capacity around 20 million boxes.	High JAX23 CFDCP
South Central Florida Express	operation or company	1994	The Glades	the sugar railroad	Operating; 171 miles of shortline from Sebring to Fort Pierce around the south side of the lake, hauling cane to the Clewiston mill.	High WSCFE USSH WHCB
ASR Group	operation or company	1998	Outside the Heartland	the refining and marketing arm	Operating; refines and markets under Domino, C and H and other brands, and describes itself as the world's largest cane sugar refiner, a claim of the company's own.	High ASRH WASR WSCGC ENCFC
New Hope Power	operation or company	2005	The Glades	biomass power at Okeelanta	Operating; three biomass boilers rated at a nominal 140 megawatts burn cane fiber.	High DEPOC CLUIO
Imperial Sugar Company	operation or company	2022	Outside Florida	the out of state refining arm of U.S. Sugar	Operating as a U.S. Sugar subsidiary with the Savannah area refinery.	High BB22 LDC FP22 IMPH WIMP
Florida Crystals rice mill	operation or company	2023	The Glades	Florida's only rice mill, as the company reports	Operating; supplies about 90 million pounds of locally grown rice a year.	High FCRM
Southeast Milk Inc	organisation		Outside the Heartland	the dairy marketing cooperative	Operating; its members include the Larson and Rucks families of Okeechobee.	High DHM SEMR

Research, extension and industry institutions 49

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Disston purchase and drainage works	agency, project or public body	1881 to 1896	The Glades	the origin of the drained interior	Historical; the canals begin the opening of the region.	Medium WDIS
Hamilton Disston	person		Outside Florida	the man who bought four million acres	Died 1896.	Medium WDIS
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	agency, project or public body	1885	Outside the Heartland	the state's agriculture department	Operating; runs the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program that holds easements on working Heartland ranches.	High WFDACS FS570 FDPI
Florida Southern Railway	organisation	1886 to 1896	Peace River valley	the railroad that made the Peace River towns	Long absorbed; the corridor passes to the Atlantic Coast Line and is lifted in stages.	Medium WFSR FHBW WARC WZS WBG
Florida Public Service Commission	agency, project or public body	1887	Outside the Heartland	the utility regulator	Operating; receives and reviews the ten year site plans.	High WFPSC FS186 TYSPP
Great Freeze of 1894 to 1895	event or recognition	1894 to 1895	Outside the Heartland	the freeze that pushed citrus south	Historical turning point.	High FDPI WFRO
Everglades Drainage District	agency, project or public body	1907 to 1949	The Glades	the state's drainage machine	Defunct; its canals pass to the flood control district of 1949.	High PBCH3 SJH WDRAIN
ACL Haines City Branch	organisation	1912	The Ridge	the railroad that made the Ridge towns	The Sebring to Lake Harbor segment survives as the sugar railroad.	Medium WHCB WSEB WFRO
UF/IFAS Extension in the Heartland counties	agency, project or public body	1914	Okeechobee	the county agents	Operating; every Heartland county maintains an extension office.	High SFYL
FEC Kissimmee Valley Line	organisation	1915	Okeechobee	the railroad that made Okeechobee and reached the muck	The northern section is abandoned from 1947; the lake shore trackage joins the sugar rail network.	Medium WKVL LAM4 WBGL
UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center	agency, project or public body	1917	Outside the Heartland	the world's largest citrus research center, as it reports	Operating; the oldest and largest off campus UF/IFAS station.	High CRECU
USDA Sugarcane Field Station	agency, project or public body	1920	The Glades	where Florida's cane varieties are bred	Operating; the CP cultivars occupy over 90 percent of Florida cane acreage, per USDA.	High ARSCP PBCH1 WCP
Moore Haven and Clewiston Railway	organisation	1921 to 1944	The Glades	the railway that built a town	Absorbed; the corridor lives on inside the sugar railroad.	Medium WSCFE WCLE
UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center	agency, project or public body	1921	The Glades	the station that unlocked the muck	Operating; a 700 acre research farm for sugarcane, rice, sod and winter vegetables.	High EREC BGH WEDGH
Seaboard Air Line, Florida Western and Northern	organisation	1925	The Ridge	the boom railroad	The corridor survives as the CSX and Amtrak route.	Medium WFWN WSEB
Hurricanes of 1926 and 1928	event or recognition	1926 to 1928	The Glades	the storms that built the dike	Historical; over 3,000 dead across the two storms.	High WHHD BGH WMH WBGL
Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo	event or recognition	1928	Peace River valley	Florida's oldest rodeo, as described	Operating; the 99th annual March edition runs in 2026.	High FHBP DCHS ARDO WARC
Herbert Hoover Dike	agency, project or public body	1932	The Glades	the wall the hurricanes built	Operating; the 143 mile dike remains under Army Corps rehabilitation, with over 870 million dollars invested since 2001.	High WHHD USACE PBCH1
US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District	agency, project or public body	1932	Outside the Heartland	operator of the dike	Operating; rehabilitates the Herbert Hoover Dike around the lake.	High USACE WHHD
Florida Cattlemen's Association	organisation	1934	Outside the Heartland	the ranchers' association	Operating; the Heartland counties are among its strongholds.	High FCAL FLHSC
Florida Department of Citrus	agency, project or public body	1935	Outside the Heartland	the state's citrus marketing arm	Operating; the nine member Florida Citrus Commission governs the industry's marketing order.	High FDOCH WFDOC
Highlands County Fair	event or recognition	1937	The Ridge	the county's agricultural fair	Operating; the 2025 edition is billed as the 89th annual fair.	High STHF HNSF
Florida Farm Bureau and the county farm bureaus	organisation	1941	Outside the Heartland	the general farm organization	Operating; county farm bureaus organize the region's growers and ranchers.	High FFBH CBC DDC
UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center	agency, project or public body	1941	Peace River valley	the ranchers' station	Operating; 2,840 acres and about 700 head at Ona.	High RCREC IFASCR
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association	organisation	1943	Outside the Heartland	the specialty crop association	Operating; serves the grower shipper community across vegetables, citrus, sugarcane and sod.	High FFVA WRUTH
Everglades Agricultural Area	agency, project or public body	1948	The Glades	the drained half million acres	In place; about 700,000 acres of muck land, roughly 500,000 controlled by sugar companies as reported.	High WEAA DEPEFA SB10
Florida Citrus Mutual	organisation	1948	Outside the Heartland	the growers' trade association	Operating; represents the state's citrus growers through the greening era.	High CIMFCM FCMA LMH
South Florida Water Management District	agency, project or public body	1949	Outside the Heartland	the water manager of the lake and the Glades	Operating; the oldest and largest of the five districts, holding former Talisman and U.S. Sugar land.	High SFWMDH BNO10 CWH97 DEPEFA SFWMDS
UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center	agency, project or public body	1958	Outside the Heartland	the station serving Hendry and Glades growers	Operating; serves Collier, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.	High SWFREC
Florida Sugar Cane League	organisation	1960	The Glades	industry association of the cane growers	Operating as the industry party to the Canal Point breeding agreement.	High ARSCP
Southwest Florida Water Management District	agency, project or public body	1961	Outside the Heartland	the water manager of the Ridge and the Peace	Operating; the district reaches Polk and Highlands counties.	High SWFH
Freezes of 1962 to 1989	event or recognition	1962 to 1989	Outside the Heartland	the freezes that finished the move	Historical turning point.	High FDPI FCMFZ ENCD
Speckled Perch Festival	event or recognition	1965	Okeechobee	the lake fishery's festival	Operating; Okeechobee Main Street runs it on the second weekend of March.	High LAM6 OKMS
Swamp Cabbage Festival	event or recognition	1966	The Glades	the river town's festival	Operating; held the last full weekend of February.	High EVSC FRFL WLAB
Central Florida Regional Planning Council	agency, project or public body	1974	Outside the Heartland	the Heartland's planning council	Operating; serves DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee and Polk counties.	High CFRPC
Black Gold Jubilee	event or recognition	1978	The Glades	the muck harvest festival	Operating; the spring jubilee closes a month of community events.	High BGJ WBGL
Clewiston Sugar Festival	event or recognition	1986	The Glades	the harvest party	Operating; recent editions draw crowds near 23,000, as the city reports.	High SCFH SCGCH
Florida Department of Environmental Protection	agency, project or public body		Outside the Heartland	the nutrient regulator	Operating; its basin management action plans bind agriculture across the lake watershed.	High DEPBMAP DEPBH
Lake Placid Caladium Festival	event or recognition	1990	The Ridge	the bulb capital's festival	Operating; the late July festival runs with field bus tours under the chamber of commerce.	High CALH CFAN3 WLP
Florida Cracker Trail ride	event or recognition		Peace River valley	the drive remembered	Operating; the ride crosses Hardee, Highlands and Okeechobee counties each February.	High WCTR HERCT LONCT
UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center	agency, project or public body		Outside the Heartland	home of the caladium breeding program	Operating; the program reaches its 50th and 51st cultivars in 2024 reporting.	High GHM MAC
US Fish and Wildlife Service	agency, project or public body		The Ridge	the federal easement holder on the Ridge	Operating; holds the 2025 easement over the former Lykes grove at Lake Placid.	Medium HNSLP
Sour Orange Festival	event or recognition	2010	The Glades	the winter fixture of the lake's west side	Operating; the third Saturday in January.	High VG SWFO
Nicodemus Slough water project	agency, project or public body	2014	The Glades	water storage on ranch land	Operating; stores up to 34,000 acre feet on 15,858 acres of eastern Glades County.	High LYKN SFWMDN
Florida Heartland Economic Region of Opportunity	organisation	2016	Okeechobee	the region's own economic development voice	Operating; markets the six counties and the Glades cities as the South Central Rural Area of Opportunity.	High FHERO CIQF FREDA FS288 SSMAG
Brighton Valley water project	agency, project or public body	2020	The Glades	stormwater storage on the ranch	Operating; manages about 95,000 acre feet of stormwater a year on 8,143 acres.	High LYKB
USDA and the National Agricultural Statistics Service	agency, project or public body		Outside Florida	the counters of record	Operating; the Census of Agriculture and the citrus inventory are the region's independent checks.	High NASSFL AGCFL NASS24 AGC22 CDL
Florida Blueberry Growers Association	organisation		Outside the Heartland	the blueberry growers' association	Operating; the south central district holds about a quarter of state blueberry acreage.	High FBGA EDISB
DeSoto County Watermelon Festival	event or recognition		Peace River valley	the invisible crop's public day	Operating; the 2025 edition runs 12 April at the Turner Agri-Civic Center.	High EVWM VDWM AGC22

Towns and cities 21

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
Fort Meade	town	1849	The Ridge	oldest city in Polk County	Operating city, population 5,100 at the 2020 census; reported in the module's optional Polk extension.	High WFM WFSR CFAN2
Arcadia	town	1886	Peace River valley	DeSoto County seat, cattle and citrus town	Operating county seat, population 7,420 at the 2020 census.	Medium WARC WFSR DCHS
Avon Park	town	1886	The Ridge	oldest city in Highlands County	Operating city, population 9,658 at the 2020 census.	High AVP WAVP WHCB WFWN
Bowling Green	town	1886	Peace River valley	citrus and phosphate town	Operating city, population 2,405 at the 2020 census.	Medium WBG WFSR
Zolfo Springs	town	1886	Peace River valley	Peace River crossing of the Cracker Trail	Operating town, population 1,737 at the 2020 census.	Medium WZS WFSR
LaBelle	town	1895	The Glades	Hendry County seat on the Caloosahatchee	Operating county seat, population 4,966 at the 2020 census.	Medium WLAB WHEN
Wauchula	town	1902	Peace River valley	Hardee County seat	Operating county seat, population 4,900 at the 2020 census.	Medium WWAU FHBW WFSR
Canal Point	town	1909	The Glades	USDA sugarcane station community	Operating unincorporated community, population 344 at the 2020 census.	High WCP PBCH1 ARSCP
George E. Sebring	person		The Ridge	the pottery man who drew a circle	Died 1927.	Medium WSEB
Sebring	town	1912	The Ridge	Highlands County seat, the City on the Circle	Operating county seat, population 11,379 by the 2022 estimate.	High WSEB SEBCH WHCB
James A. Moore	person		The Glades	the Seattle promoter of the lakeshore	Left the town within years of founding it.	Medium WMH
Moore Haven	town	1915	The Glades	Glades County seat on the Caloosahatchee waterway	Operating county seat, population 1,566 at the 2020 census.	Medium WMH JMFS WDIS
Okeechobee	town	1915	Okeechobee	Okeechobee County seat, cattle and lake town	Operating county seat, population 5,254 at the 2020 census.	Medium WOKE WOKC LAM4 WKVL
Clewiston	town	1920	The Glades	America's Sweetest Town	Operating city, population 7,327 at the 2020 census, headquarters town of U.S. Sugar.	High WCLE WSCFE USSH
Frostproof	town	1921	The Ridge	Ridge extension citrus town	Operating city, population 2,877 at the 2020 census; reported in the module's optional Polk extension, not the six county core.	High WFRO CIMFCM LMH
Pahokee	town	1922	The Glades	lake shore sugar town	Operating city, population 5,524 at the 2020 census.	Medium WPAH JMFS WKVL
Lake Placid	town	1925	The Ridge	the Caladium Capital of the World, as reported	Operating town, population 2,360 at the 2020 census.	High WLP CALH
Melvil Dewey	person		The Ridge	the renamer of Lake Stearns	Died 1931.	Medium WLP
Belle Glade	town	1928	The Glades	Muck City; Her Soil is Her Fortune	Operating city, population 16,698 at the 2020 census, the largest of the Glades farm towns.	High WBGL BGH WKVL
South Bay	town	1941	The Glades	the Crossroads of South Florida	Operating city, population 4,860 at the 2020 census.	Medium WSBY PBCH2 JMFS
Bryant	town	1962 to 2016	The Glades	demolished sugar mill town	The community no longer exists; the federal government takes control of the site in 2011 and the town is demolished in 2016.	Medium WBRY WUSS

Outside the Heartland 9

Name	Type	Years	District	Role	Status as of cutoff	Confidence and sources
King Ranch	operation or company	1853	Outside Florida	the Texas ranch in the Florida land	Operating; its Florida arms run the largest juice orange operation in the United States, as the company reports, and a 20,000 acre EAA farm.	High WKR KRT KRC KRF KRCH
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	operation or company	1902	Outside the Heartland	the system behind the branches and the land company	Gone as a corporate entity; its land subsidiary becomes Alico.	High ALHIST WFSR WHCB
Coca-Cola and Minute Maid	operation or company	1945	Outside Florida	the grove owner that left	Out of Florida groves and plants; its brands are made under contract.	High KRCH JAX23 WMM CFDCP
Anthony Rossi	person		Outside the Heartland	the inventor of chilled orange juice at scale	Died 1993.	Medium WROSSI
Tropicana	operation or company	1947	Outside the Heartland	the biggest buyer Florida fruit ever had	Operating under Tropicana Brands Group; the Alico agreement ends in May 2025.	High WTROP JAX23 ALSEC3 AL10K
NextEra Energy	operation or company	1984	Outside the Heartland	FPL's parent	Operating; one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States.	High SECNEE NEEA FPLP WNEE
Cutrale Citrus Juices USA	operation or company	1996	Outside the Heartland	the Brazilian juice giant's Florida arm	Operating; the Auburndale plant is the state's second largest juice producer, as reported.	High WCUT SBCUT JAX23 FAS26
Farm Credit of Florida	operation or company		Outside the Heartland	the region's agricultural lender	Operating; 13 offices serve 36 counties.	High FCFL FCFLA
McDonald's	operation or company		Outside Florida	the soft serve and orange juice buyer	Operating; two documented Heartland supply lines reach it.	High MCD CFDCP