FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: EPA ESTABLISHED TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDLS) IN FLORIDA - 2016

Geodataset Name:       EPA_EST_TMDL_MAR16
Geodataset Type:       Shapefile
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         586
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains only Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) which have been established by the EPA in the State of Florida. A TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) is a scientific determination of the maximum amount of a given pollutant that a surface water can absorb and still meet the water quality standards that protect human health and aquatic life. Water bodies that do not meet water quality standards are identified as "impaired" for the particular pollutants of concern--nutrients, bacteria, mercury, etc. TMDLs must be developed, adopted and implemented for the identified pollutants to reduce the pollutants and restore the water body so that designated uses are attained. This layer was created using data from the EPA TMDL website here: http://iaspub.epa.gov/apex/waters/f?p=131:12. All features shown as having a mercury impairment were removed from the dataset.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20160331 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20160330 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EPA_EST_TMDL_MAR16.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
HUC
8 String ---
WBID
6 String ---
DISTRICT
3 String ---
PLANUNIT
40 String ---
GROUP_NUM
8 String ---
BASIN_NAME
55 String ---
GROUP_NAME
46 String ---
BODY
10 String ---
TYPE_TMDL
254 String ---
CLASS
2 String ---
POLLUTANT
254 String ---
YEAR_EST
19 Float 11
POLL_GROUP
45 String ---
DOC_LINK
125 String ---
DESCRIPT
75 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

HUC Hydrologic Unit Code.

WBID Waterbody Unique Identifier.

DISTRICT FDEP District.

PLANUNIT Hydrologic collection of WBIDs.

GROUP_NUM Group Number. Basin Rotation Group Number.

BASIN_NAME Basin Name.

GROUP_NAME 5 Year Rotating Basin Group Name.

BODY Type of waterbody, i.e. lake, stream, spring, etc.

TYPE_TMDL TMDL Type.

CLASS Surface Water Classification.

POLLUTANT Pollutant Name.

YEAR_EST Year Established.

POLL_GROUP Pollutant Group.

DOC_LINK Document Link.

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on the fields: BASIN_NAME and WBID.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

The purpose of the dataset is to display all Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 
which were established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 
State of Florida.

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

None.
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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

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section of this documentation. For more information regarding
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http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Program
https://floridadep.gov/dear/water-quality-evaluation-tmdl/content/total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdl-program

Watershed Assessment Contacts
https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-assessment-section/content/watershed-assessment-contacts

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Layer Created and sent off to be uploaded, 586 Features
Process Date: 20160330

Data for a new layer obtained from DEAR and added in the GIS library. Process Date: 20160331
GeoPlan downloaded the following dataset from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website on May 29th, 2018. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data: http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/epa-established-total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdls Please Note: Data also available from the following FTP website: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/epa_established_tmdl.zip The original layer, EPA_ESTABLISHED_TMDL.gdb, was renamed to epa_est_tmdl_mar16.shp Next the projection file was redefined from the FDEP Albers projection to the FGDL Albers projection. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on BASIN_NAME and WBID. [BASIN_NAME] & " [WBID: " & [WBID] & "]" - FGDLAQDATE was added based on date downloaded from source. - Deleted Object_ID, Area, and Length fields. - Upcased all records in the table Process Date: 20180529
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180711
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd MS 6520
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


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