This data set represents level 3 agricultural water management district land use that falls within areas that have been identified by the NRCS as prime farmland (or farmland of unique or local importance). During the process all areas less than .25 acres were removed. Water management data was taken from FGDL layer LU_L3_STATE_NOV18. The farmland classification was taken from the spatial view based on NRCS_SOILS_SEP18.
For use by state soil scientist within ETDM
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
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.
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 layer is created using a python script called primefarm10x.py. The script utilizes 2 types of data 1) Water Management Land Use data from the FGDL layer: LU_L3_STATE_NOV18 2) NRCS Soils data indicating farmland. The data for the soils is taken from a spatial view called SV_PRIMEFARM, which is based on NRCS_SOILS_SEP18 and is created using the following query: FRMLNDCL = 'ALL AREAS ARE PRIME FARMLAND' OR FRMLNDCL = 'PRIME FARMLAND IF DRAINED AND EITHER PROTECTED FROM FLOODING OR NOT FREQUENTLY FLOODED DURING THE GROWING SEASON' OR FRMLNDCL = 'PRIME FARMLAND IF DRAINED' OR FRMLNDCL = 'FARMLAND OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE' OR FRMLNDCL = 'FARMLAND OF UNIQUE IMPORTANCE' The script uses the intersect command in order to find all WMD Ag lands that intersect prime farmland. Polygons with ACRES <.25 are eliminated After the elminate comand is run, polygons with ACRES <.25 are deleted Added FGDLAQDATE based on the latest date for either the soils or the WMD Added DESCRIPT field based on combination of shortened text from NRCS soils field = FRMLNDCL and Level 3 water management district land use descriptions. Add AXL field based on FRMLNDCL
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Farmland Classification: Identification of map units as prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or farmland of local importance.
NRCS
Water Management District of Coverage/Origin.
Water Management District
The highest level designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels.
Water Management District
Level 1 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema.
Water Management District
The second highest level (level 2) designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels.
Water Management District
Level 2 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema.
Water Management District
The third highest level (level 3) designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels.
Water Management District
Level 3 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema. There is a possibility that the FDOT Level 3 description does not match that of the Water Management District, for those occurrences this discrepancy has been identified in the FLUCCSCOMP field.
Water Management District
Number of Acres.
GeoPlan
Based on combination of shortened text from NRCS soils field = FRMLNDCL and Level 3 water management district land use descriptions.
GeoPlan
Date GeoPlan acquired wmd from source.
GeoPlan
GeoPlan added field used for rendering. This field is based on FRMLNDCL field.
GeoPlan
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
GeoPlan
Area in meters
GeoPlan
Perimeter in meters
GeoPlan
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