This dataset contains the locations of Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) roadkills within the state of Florida that are contained in a database maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). In this shapefile, we used only those records maintained by the FWC from which we could obtain a geographic coordinate. This is an update to the layer BEARRDKILL_2016.
These data display the locations and the associated attributes of black bear roadkills in the state of Florida, from 1976 to 2017.
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Users should read and fully comprehend this metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. If any data are modified, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate. Users should acquire the best available data. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.
620 S. Meridian St 5B6
Sarah Barrett, FWC
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges.
Errors vary depending upon precision and accuracy of GPS unit.
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
Records from spreadsheet were imorted into GIS by creating an XY event and exporting into a shapefile. Some records were hand digitized if enough attribute information was available. The shapefile was QA/QC'd against county boundaries, road networks, FWC regions and other bear action data layers. Questionable records were returned to bear program staff for verification, and were included if verified. Records in the spreadsheet without dates or verified geographic coordinates were not included in this dataset.
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
620 S. Meridian St 5B6
The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process: - Downloaded the datasets from FFWCC on 7/23/2018 using this link: http://geodata.myfwc.com/pages/downloads (original dataset was in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system). - The dataset was projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. - OBJECTID field was removed. - DESCRIPT field added based on the LOCATION field. Any records with no data in the LOCATION field had their DESCRIPT field calculated as 'NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE'. - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded from the source. - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths were shortened to appropriate shortest lengths possible. - Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset. - Layer name changed from Black_Bear_Roadkill.shp to bearrdkill_2017.shp
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Date of report (mm/dd/yyyy)
FWC
FWC region where roadkill took place
FWC
County where roadkill took place
FWC
Community/Subdivision in which report was placed
FWC
Sex of carcass, if determined (male/female/unknown/[NULL])
FWC
General age group (cub/juvenile/adult/unknown/[NULL])
FWC
Weight of carcass, if determined (lbs.)
FWC
Number of cubs observed
FWC
Number of yearlings observed
FWC
Bear record unique identification number
FWC
Type of record
FWC
Bear deceased when personnel arrived on scene, as a direct result of vehicle strike
FWC
Bear was euthanized due to irrecoverable vehicle strike injuries
FWC
Date of roadkill (mm/dd/yyyy)
FWC
FWC Bear Management Unit where roadkill took place
FWC
Zip code in which report was placed
FWC
Specific location of roadkill
FWC
Roadkill latitude in decimal degrees
FWC
Roadkill longitude in decimal degrees
FWC
First time capturing this bear ["yes"/blank]
FWC
Estimated age by tooth cross section
FWC
Left ear tag ID number 1
FWC
Left ear tag ID number 2
FWC
Right ear tag ID number 1
FWC
Right ear tag ID number 2
FWC
Tattoo ID number 1
FWC
Tattoo ID number 2
FWC
Tracking numbers which refer to non-spatial bear database
FWC
Undefined by Source
GeoPlan
GeoPlan added field based on LOCATION
GeoPlan
GeoPlan added field based on the date acquired from the source
GeoPlan
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
GeoPlan
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