This dataset is a polyline feature class representing the Watershed Monitoring Program's Flowing Waters (Rivers, Streams, and Canals) resource coverages across the State of Florida. Refer to https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-monitoring-section/content/status-monitoring-network for more information on the Status Monitoring Network. This is an update to the FGDL layer FLOW_WATERS_RSRC_OCT17.
The purpose of this layer is to represent the flowing waters coverage at the end of the year for 2018, to include exclusions and additions or deletions of features during that year. Selections of features are made for the following years listframe. The resulting coverage therefore represents the base layer .
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Please refer to the Status monitoring network's design information at https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-monitoring-section/content/status-monitoring-network for appropriate usage of these data. FDEP: This data is intended to be used for general informational and planning purposes, and is not appropriate for legal and/or cadastral purposes. FDEP: The data set is NOT a survey document and should not be utilized as such. FDEP GIS data is provided as a public service. FDEP makes every effort to provide accurate and complete data. Metadata is provided for all datasets and no data should be used without first reading and understanding the limitations of the data. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) provides NO WARRANTY as to the accuracy of this data or any corresponding attributes or metadata. Data is provided in an as is condition, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including any assurance that the data is fit for a particular purpose. FDEP shall have no liability, in any case, to the use of provided data (including redistribution and reproduction). Full liability, responsibility and consequence relating to the use of provided data rest with the user.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Watershed Monitoring Section
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Features with the geodatabase feature class "Flowing Waters" are reviewed to remove very small dangles or zero length lines to avoid problems in representation at various scales.
The features within the geodatabase feature class are reviewed for omissions.
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
Updated data obtained from Watershed Monitoring Section and updated the same in SDE/DataMiner. Metadata updated.
The base coverage for rivers, streams, and canals were locationally compared with the 2014 coverages submitted for the GRTS selection process to ensure only those features that were used as a basis for selection are represented in the updated years coverage. Features that were excluded as wrong resource were removed from the 2014 coverage for rivers, streams, and canals. A template of the current schema for the DEP.WMS_LAKES_RESOURCE was copied from the SDE and then features contained within the "Flowing Waters" feature class within the Listframe geodatabase were filtered for non-excluded river, stream, and canal objects which were then loaded into the template. The feature class was then exported to a shapefile and metadata were added to the shapefile prior to submitting to the GIS Librarian for processing the new coverage to the SDE.
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Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library
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The base coverage for rivers, streams, and canals were locationally compared with the 2015 coverages submitted for the GRTS selection process to ensure only those features that were used as a basis for selection are represented in the updated years coverage. Features that were excluded as wrong resource were removed from the 2015 coverage for rivers, streams, and canals. A template of the current schema for the DEP.WMS_FLOWING_WATERS_RESOURCE was copied from the SDE and then features contained within the "Flowing Waters" feature class within the Listframe geodatabase were filtered for non-excluded river, stream, and canal objects which were then loaded into the template. The feature class was then exported to a shapefile and metadata were added to the shapefile prior to submitting to the GIS Librarian for processing the new coverage to the SDE.
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Updated data for the year 2015 obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library.
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Reviewed coverages of the flowing waters layer in the geodatabase and compared with coverages submitted for the GRTS site selection process. Utilized the reviewed coverages to incorporate in the updated base layer for the flowing waters for 2016. Completed and updated metadata for the layer.
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Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library
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Reviewed coverages of the flowing waters layer in the geodatabase and compared with coverages submitted for the GRTS site selection process. Utilized the reviewed coverages to incorporate in the updated base layer for the flowing waters for 2017. Completed and updated metadata for the layer.
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Updated data obtained from DEAR for the year 2017 and updated the same in the GIS library
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Reviewed coverages of the flowing waters layer in the geodatabase and compared with coverages submitted for the GRTS site selection process. Utilized the reviewed coverages to incorporate in the updated base layer for the flowing waters for 2018. Completed and updated metadata for the layer.
Updated data obtained from DEAR for the year 2018 and updated the same in the GIS library
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the WMS Flowing Waters Resource 2018 dataset on June 7th, 2019 from the FDEP Data Portal: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data: https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/ https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/wms-flowing-waters-resource-2018 Please Note: Data is also available via the FTP server: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/wms_flowing_waters_resource.zip wms_flowing_waters_resource.zip wms_flowing_waters_resource.gdb The GDB layer was exported to shapefile. The dataset's projection was redefined to FGDL Albers. During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Redefined the dataset's projection from FDEP Albers to FGDL Albers. - Deleted the OBJECTID field. - Uppercased all records in the table. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on RESOURCE_ and GNIS_NAME. [RESOURCE_] & " [" & [GNIS_NAME] & "]" - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from wms_flowing_waters_resource to flow_waters_rsrc_nov18.
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
The name provided to the feature according to the rules established by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The "name" database is maintained by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
National Hydrography Dataset
The length of the reach expressed in kilometers.
System calculated value from the Shape length field
The resource that the feature represents.
Adapted from the GWIS Database Data Dictionary Version 1.5
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Reach File (Version 3.0), known as RF3, is a national hydrologic database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the 3.2 million stream segments or "reaches" that comprise the Country's surface water drainage system. RF3 is being developed by the EPA's Office of Water from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:100,000 scale hydrographic data. The RF3 production process assigns a unique reach code to each stream segment contained within the USGS hydrographic and determines the upstream/downstream relationships of each reach, allowing them to be connected together to form a national hydrologic transport network. The reach codes provide a common nomenclature for Federal and State reporting of surface water conditions as required under the Clean Water Act. In addition, the hydrologic transport network defined within RF3 enables the modeling of waterborne pollution associated with both point and non-point sources.
GWIS Database Data Dictionary Version 1.5
[REPORTING_UNITS] One of the six geographic zones used for data analysis.
Based on fields: RESOURCE_ and GNIS_NAME.
GeoPlan
The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.
GeoPlan
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
GeoPlan
Length in meters
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