Watershed Management:
Watershed Planning
Brooker Creek Watershed
The Brooker Creek Watershed extends across northeastern Pinellas County and northwestern Hillsborough County, just south of the Pasco County line. The watershed is approximately bordered on the west by East Lake Road, on the north by Tarpon Springs Road and Gunn Highway, on the east by the Veteran’s Expressway and Gunn Highway, and on the south by Racetrack Road.
The watershed is primarily urban and comprises approximately 39 square miles, and the ultimate discharge point for the watershed is Lake Tarpon. The watershed contains 37 named lakes, multiple wetlands and Brooker Creek, which is the primary tributary to Lake Tarpon. The land surface elevation decreases dramatically near the Pinellas–Hillsborough County line, and the morphology of the area changes from a lake dominated landscape in Hillsborough County to an upland forest and wetland-dominated landscape in Pinellas County.
Project Update:
The portion of the watershed located within Hillsborough County was the subject of
a Stormwater Management Plan prepared by Advance Engineering in 2001 and was updated by Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, Inc. (PBS&J) in 2006.
Pinellas County completed a Watershed Management Plan for the remaining portions of the watershed in 2010.
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