These data identify, in general, the areas of Final riverine Critical Habitat for the Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) (Units 1-7) in the State of Florida. There is a separate geospatial dataset that shows the final marine critical habitat Units 8-14. Omissions of river distributaries may be possible due to the extent of source data (NHD) and because a number of the smaller streams are not named and easily identifiable. Based on the legal narrative unit descriptions in the Federal Register, all distributaries are included; however, they may not be graphically represented in this dataset. Please Note: This dataset only contains data present at the Florida extent.
The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display. Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.
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Horizontal accuracy was not tested; however, data was created using National Hydrography Dataset which is assumed to have horizontal accuracy.
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
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This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
This data set was created using ArcView 3.2a
The process steps for creating the final Gulf sturgeon riverine critical habitat units were:
1. NHD arc and route.reach files were brought into the view for each basin
covered by the final critical habitat.
2. Records in the route.reach files were selected by querying on the name field.
Additional unnamed records (mainly distributaries) were selected within the view using the selector tool.
3. Records in the arc files were selected using the "Select by theme..." command,
choosing all records that were completely within the route.reach files.
The selected records were visually checked to ensure that only river centerlines were included.
4. Using the X-Tools extension "merge themes" command, all selected records from the
NHD arc files were combined into the stg_ch_final.shp file.
5. Distributaries that were not included in the NHD arc files but were included in the Federal Register maps or
DeLorme state gazetteers were added to the shapefile with on-screen digitizing.
6. Using the narrative unit descriptions from the Federal Register, some arcs were spilt and parts were removed.
This only occurred in units where the highest river reach included stopped at a road crossing.
The roads layer used to determine this stopping point is from the
ESRI Sample Data and Maps, CD Volume 5, Southern U.S., August 1999.
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the critical habitat dataset on October 17th, 2019
from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Critical Habitat Website:
ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION: Critical Habitat
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat
Southeast critical habitat maps and data
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/tags/southeast-critical-habitat-map
Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat Map and GIS Data
Map and GIS data representing critical habitat for the conservation of threatened
Gulf sturgeon in the Southeast U.S.
June 26, 2019 - Map , Southeast
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/gulf-sturgeon-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/webdam/download/91216925
shapefile-Gulf-sturgeon-critical-habitat-all-units-USFWS-NMFS-SERO.zip
shapefile_Gulf_sturgeon_critical_habitat_Unit1_7_USFWS_SERO.shp
During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken:
- Select features that intersected the CH_NMFS_EXTENT_OCT19.shp
- Reprojected to FGDL Albers via the following:
Original Projection: GCS_WGS_1984
Transformation used to Reproject to FGDL Albers:
WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida
- Clipped to the CH_NMFS_EXTENT_OCT19.shp
- Uppercased all records in the table (Except Scientific Names).
- Uppercased all field names
- A DESCRIPT field was added based on [UNITNAME] & " (" & [UNIT] & ") - " & [SUBNITNAM]
- A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source.
- Renamed to: CH_NMFS_STURGULFL_MAR03
- Updated Metadata.
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Single or multiple species
Legal common name of the species
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Binomial or trinomial scientific name
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Critical habitat unit code
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Critical Habitat subunit code
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Critical Habitat unit name
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
No description available.
GeoPlan
Critical Habitat Status
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Final Critical Habitat
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Proposed Critical Habitat
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Excluded (4A3 or 4B2)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Vacated by Court Order
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Lead Office Cost Center Code
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Cooperating Office Cost Center Code
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Federal Register ID
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Federal Register publication date
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Effective date for critical habitat designation
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Date critical habitat designation vacated
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Accuracy items or concerns
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Data is dependent on temporal factors
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Data is dependent on seasonal factors
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Data is dependent on tidal fluctuations
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Reference features, streams, boundaries, etc. have changed
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Source data is inconsistent or coarse
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Other concern
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
No description available.
GeoPlan
No description available.
GeoPlan
HUC CODE
GeoPlan
Field added by GeoPlan calculated as: [UNITNAME] & " (" & [UNIT] & ") - " & [SUBNITNAM]
GeoPlan
The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
GeoPlan
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
GeoPlan
Length in meters
GeoPlan
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This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section.
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