Full Legal Name
Devil’s Garden Water Control District
Public Purpose
Comprehensive water management and control and developing the land and managing said lands and water by means of the construction and maintenance of canals, ditches, levees, dikes, pumping plants, and other water control works and improvements, and for the purpose of making the lands within said District available and habitable for settlement and agriculture, and the public convenience, welfare, utility, and benefit, and for the other purposes.
Boundaries
The territorial boundaries of the District include lands in Hendry County, Florida, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the North boundary line of Section 5, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, according to State Survey, and the West boundary line of the Right-of-Way of L-1 Levee of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District; thence westerly along the boundary line between Townships 44 South and 45 South to the South-east corner of Section 31, Township 44 South, Range 31 East, thence North along the East boundary line of Sections 31, 30 and 19 in said Township 44 South, Range 31 East to the Northeast corner of said Section 19, Township 44 South, Range 31 East; thence westerly along the North boundary of said Section 19 to the Northwest corner of Section 19, thence westerly along the North boundary of Section 24, T. 44 S., R.30 E., to the Northwest corner of said Section 24, thence continuing westerly along the North boundary of Section 23, T 44 S, R 30 E to a local Road known as “Twin Mills”, thence southerly along a line described in Official Record 581, pages 430 thru 439 and Official Record 581, pages 443 thru 451 to County Road 832, thence easterly along SR 832 as described in Official Record 581, pages 443 thru 451 to a local Road known as “Wild Cow Road”, thence southerly along Wild Cow Road, as described in Official Record 581, pages 443 thru 451 to the South boundary of Section 25, T 45 S, R 30 E, thence easterly along the South boundary of said Section 25 and along the South boundary of Section 30, T 44 S, R 31 E to the South 1/ 4 corner of said Section 30, thence southerly along the North-South 1/ 4 Section line of Section 31 to the South boundary of Section 31, T 45 S, R 31 E, thence easterly along the Township line between T 45 S and T 46 S; to the Northwest corner of Section 2, Town-ship 46 South, Range 32 East; thence southerly along the West boundary of said Section 2 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence easterly along the South boundary of said Section 2 & 1 to the Southeast corner of Section 1; thence northerly along the easterly boundary of said Section 1 to the Northeast corner thereof; thence easterly along the South boundary of Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the Southeast corner of said Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence northerly along the East boundary of said Township 45 South, Range 33 East to the Northeast corner of Section 12, Township 45 South, Range 33 East; thence easterly along the South boundaries of Section 5 and 6, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to an intersection of the West boundary of the Right-of-Way of Levee L-I of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District; thence northerly along said Right-of-Way boundary of L-I along the approximate East boundary of Section 5, Township 45 South, Range 34 East, to the Point-of-Beginning of this description. AND ALSO TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 34 EAST: The West-half, and the West-quarter of the Northeast-quarter, and the West-quarter of the East-half of the West-half of the Northeast-quarter of Section 6, Less Road Right-of-Way. All of Section 7, Less Road Right-of-Way, and all Section 8, and the North-half of Section 17, and the North-half of Section 18, Less Road Right-of-Way. Containing approximately 85,625 acres.
Services Provided
Construct, finance, and maintain roads for ingress and egress to lands within the District, and to acquire, construct, and maintain pumping stations, water control facilities, levees, ponds, lakes, and other facilities for the retention of water.
Creation Document
Chapter 2000-481, Laws of Florida
Statutory Authority
Chapter 298, Fla. Stat.
Date Established
May 4, 1971
Establishing Entity
Legislature