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Waterbody ID	Resource Name	Alt. Names	Type
21000	Baker Branch		Stream
52175	Bayshore, Lake		Lake
51118	Beacon Lake		Lake
52398	Big Glenn Lake		Lake
14167	Big Slough	Myakkahatchee Creek	Stream
21002	Boggy Creek		Stream
21016	Boggy Creek		Stream
19650	Bowlees Creek		Stream
21024	Braden River		Stream
21025	Bud Slough		Stream
21071	Buffalo Creek	Buffalo Canal	Stream
21036	Cabbage Slough		Stream
21058	Cedar Creek		Stream
21062	Cedar Drain		Stream
21023	Cedar Hammock Creek		Stream
50791	Center Lake		Lake
14099	Clay Gully		Stream
21011	Coker Creek		Stream
51507	Colony Lake		Lake
14366	Cooper Creek		Stream
21013	Corbit Branch		Stream
21014	Craig Branch		Stream
51674	Crawford Lake		Lake
25	Curiosity Creek		Stream
21003	Cypress Strand		Stream
14297	Deer Prairie Slough		Stream
57071	Dog Pond		Lake
52265	Eagle Lake		Lake
21019	Elder Branch		Stream
21020	Fisher Branch		Stream
21021	Fort Crawford Creek		Stream
21022	Frog Creek	Cedar Drain	Stream
21004	Gamble Creek		Stream
21005	Gap Creek	Jeff's Creek	Stream
21006	Gates Creek		Stream
21026	Gilley Creek		Stream
22701	Glenn Creek	Glen Creek, Braden River Run	Stream
21027	Goddard Creek	Goddard Branch	Stream
14143	Gulf Of Mexico		Gulf
14493	Gum Slough		Stream
21028	Harvey Prong		Stream
51038	Heron Lake		Lake
30846	Hickory Hammock Creek		Stream
51439	Horseshoe Lake		Lake
21029	Johnson Creek		Stream
21030	Keen Branch		Stream
51135	Lake A		Lake
51136	Lake B		Lake
51132	Lake C		Lake
51133	Lake D		Lake
14658	Lake Uplands		Lake
51510	Laurel Lake		Lake
21031	Little Deep Branch		Stream
21032	Little Fort Crawford Creek		Stream
54	Little Manatee River		Stream
55	Little Manatee River - South Fork		Stream
3100203	Little Manatee River Watershed		Watershed
54009	Little Sawgrass, Lake		Lake
21034	Long Branch		Stream
21035	Long Creek		Stream
51699	Long Lake		Lake
57102	Long Pond		Lake
21012	Lower Manatee River		Stream
20011	Lower Tampa Bay		Bay
21018	Manatee River - East Fork		Stream
21044	Manatee River - North Fork		Stream
21007	Manatee River Estuary		Bay
3100202	Manatee River Watershed		Watershed
50000	Manatee, Lake		Lake
21037	Maple Creek		Stream
42789	Mclewis Bayou		Stream
21038	Mcmullen Creek		Stream
20007	Middle Tampa Bay		Bay
21039	Mill Creek		Stream
51506	Montego Bay		Lake
21040	Moody Branch		Stream
50004	Moses Hole		Lake
21041	Mossy Island Slough		Stream
50003	Mud Lake		Lake
19655	Mud Lake Slough		Stream
14609	Myakka River		Stream
3100102	Myakka River Watershed		Watershed
30060	Nonsense Creek		Stream
53645	North Lake		Lake
21045	Ogleby Creek		Stream
19065	Osprey, Lake	Pond P5-2	Lake
21046	Owen Branch		Stream
21047	Owen Creek		Stream
52409	Palm Lake		Lake
58744	Palma Sola Bay		Bay
21048	Palma Sola Creek		Stream
52071	Parrish, Lake		Lake
3100101	Peace River Watershed		Watershed
21049	Peacock Branch		Stream
53363	Peanut Lake		Lake
21050	Piney Point Creek		Stream
50170	Pleasant Lake		Lake
21051	Poley Branch		Stream
21052	Rattlesnake Slough		Stream
56409	Roxy Pond		Lake
21053	Rye Branch		Stream
21054	Sand Branch		Stream
21055	Sand Branch		Stream
21056	Sand Slough		Stream
14147	Sarasota Bay		Bay
3100201	Sarasota Bay Coastal Watershed		Watershed
21008	Sugarhouse Creek		Stream
51024	Summerfield Lake		Lake
51509	Sunrise Lake		Lake
51698	Sunset Lake		Lake
3100206	Tampa Bay Coastal Watershed		Watershed
21059	Tatum Gully		Stream
21060	Taylor Creek		Stream
21010	Terra Ceia Bay		Bay
21061	Tyre Creek		Stream
50365	Uihlein, Lake		Lake
21015	Upper Manatee River		Stream
19648	Ward Lake	Bill Evers Reservoir, Lake Evers	Lake
21009	Wares Creek		Stream
21063	Water Hole Creek		Stream
21064	Webb Branch		Stream
21065	West Fork Horse Creek		Stream
21066	Wildcat Slough		Stream
21067	Williams Creek		Stream
51440	Wilson Pond		Lake
21068	Wingate Creek		Stream
21069	Wolf Slough		Stream
21070	Youngs Creek		Stream

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Current Atlas Statistics

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Current Manatee County Water Atlas Statistics
Statistic	Value
Number of Waterbodies	122
Number of Data Providers	35
Number of Samples	26,705,091

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