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Everglades Agricultural Area
the drained half million acres
- Founded
- 1948
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- south of Lake Okeechobee
- District
- The Glades
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- In place; about 700,000 acres of muck land, roughly 500,000 controlled by sugar companies as reported.
- Connections
- 5 edges, 5 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.069 (rank 21 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 196) · outside share 0.20
- Confidence
- High · sources: [WEAA] [DEPEFA] [SB10] (register)
The Central and Southern Florida Project of 1948 establishes the area; the 1994 Everglades Forever Act imposes phosphorus reduction and best management practices on its growers [WEAA][DEPEFA].
Connections
Location and lineage
- tied venture or seat ofEAA Reservoirroughly 17,000 acres of the sugar district become water infrastructure2018 to 2029
Support
- supportedU.S. Sugar Corporationthe primary growing region of the company1948 to present
- supported byHerbert Hoover Dikeflood protection underpins farming south of the lake1930s to present
- supported bySouth Florida Water Management Districtthe flood control district manages the drainage frame around the area1949 to present
- supportedFlorida Crystals Corporationthe primary growing region of the company1960 to present