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  2. Peace River (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Image of the Peace River. The Peace River is a river in the southwestern part of the Florida peninsula, in the U.S.A. [1] It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of Bartow in Polk County and flows south through Fort Meade (Polk County) Hardee County to Arcadia in DeSoto County and then southwest into the Charlotte Harbor estuary at Punta Gorda in Charlotte County.

  3. Bartow, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Bartow is located on the South Central Florida Ridge, as classified by the USDA. [46] Most soils in the Bartow area are sandy; other soils have sandy surface layers and clay subsoils, and the eastern outskirts of town have a clay-rich floodplain through which the Peace River flows. Drainage outside of the floodplain ranges from good to ...

  4. Flooding creates chaos for some in Bartow

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    Much of Peace River Village, a mobile home park about 200 yards east of the river in Bartow, remained flooded Monday.

  5. Lake Hancock (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] At 4,573 acres (18.51 km 2), it is one of the largest lakes in Polk County; the center of the cities of Bartow, Lakeland, and Winter Haven roughly form an equilateral triangle with sides of 12 miles (19 km) and Lake Hancock forms over 25% of that triangle. The lake is shallow, with an average depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) and a maximum depth ...

  6. Kissingen Springs - Wikipedia

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    Streamflow changes along upper Peace River. There is a project to raise the level of Lake Hancock and start a larger flow towards Peace River. [22] To restore Kissengen Spring, the aquifer must be recharged with enough water to recreate the original spring pressure. [citation needed] Peace River will have to be restored to the year round ...

  7. List of hospitals in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Formerly Peace River Regional Medical Center, later Bayfront Health Port Charlotte ... Bartow Regional Medical Center: Bartow Polk Baycare Health Systems

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  9. U.S. Route 17 in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Here, it returns to a four lane divided highway with a 65-mile-per-hour (105 km/h) speed limit. It continues to the cities of Zolfo Springs (where it crosses the Peace River) and Wauchula. At Fort Meade, it joins with US 98, which follows it northward (westward on US 98) until Bartow. While US 98 goes northwest, US 17 goes northeast.