Per the Jupiter Inlet District's Inlet Management Plan and state mandate, the District removes an average of 60,000 cubic yards of sand from the inlet's sand trap and navigation channels annually. 

The sand trap is a 10,000 square foot submerged depression that collects sand naturally migrating into the inlet system and is located approximately 1,000 feet West of the inlet's mouth.  Dredged sand is then pumped to the beaches South of the inlet to counter beach erosion.  

YEAR           CUBIC YARDS

1993              61,513

1994              71,520

1995              72,000

1996              31,540

1998              85,000

2000              56,200

2001              82,900

2002              44,000

2004              60,000

2005              78,000

2006              70,500

2008              87,837

2009              64,721

2010-11         87,982

2012              30,800

2013              68,615

2014              40,828

2015              45,333

2016              61,399

2017              62,863

2018              52,751

2019              27,896

2020-21        123,220

AVERAGE     61,830

TOTAL          1,422,085