# Santa Fe Swamp

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[[File:Aerial view looking east towards the airport in Keystone Heights, Florida.jpg|thumb|Aerial view looking east towards the airport in Keystone Heights, Florida. The Santa Fe Swamp Conservation Area is at the bottom and [SR 100](/source/Florida_State_Road_100) in the middle of the image.]]
The '''Santa Fe Swamp''' is 95-percent floodplain {{Convert|7046|acre|adj=on}} swamp. Along with [Lake Santa Fe](/source/Lake_Santa_Fe) and Little Lake Santa Fe, it serves as [headwaters](/source/headwaters) of the [Santa Fe River](/source/Santa_Fe_River_(Florida)), which drains into the [Suwannee River](/source/Suwannee_River) and then finally the [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico). It is located to the north of those lakes in [Bradford County](/source/Bradford_County%2C_Florida) and [Alachua County](/source/Alachua_County%2C_Florida) in [Florida](/source/Florida).

==Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife and Environmental Area==
The {{Convert|5356|acre|adj=on}} '''Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife and Environmental Area''' (WEA) was donated to the [Suwannee River Water Management District](/source/Suwannee_River_Water_Management_District) in 1984 by [Georgia-Pacific Corporation](/source/Georgia-Pacific_Corporation). At that time, it was the largest and most environmentally significant donation in the state of [Florida](/source/Florida)'s history.  Allowable uses are wildlife viewing, hunting, bicycling, hiking, and horseback riding on administrative roads.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alspaugh |first1=Cindy |title=Georgia Pacific gives 5000 acre Santa Fe swamp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-georgia-pacific-giv/138552407/ |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=10 November 1984 |page=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/index.aspx?nid=245 Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife & Environmental Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323102017/http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/index.aspx?nid=245 |date=March 23, 2012 }} - official site

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Category:Landforms of Alachua County, Florida
Category:Landforms of Bradford County, Florida
Category:Swamps of Florida
Category:Protected areas of Bradford County, Florida
Category:Floodplains of the United States

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