FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: WATERSHEDS CONTAINING RARE AND IMPERILED FISH

Geodataset Name:       RARIMPWATERS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         459
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Watershed locations of rare and imperiled fish collections compiled from various sources.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20031203
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: RARIMPWATERS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
PERIMETER
15 Number 3
HUC
9 String ---
EXTHUC
9 String ---
BASIN
23 String ---
FEATURE
7 String ---
PK_BASIN
6 Number ---
UFLAG
1 String ---
DATE_
5 String ---
COMMON
20 String ---
TSN
10 Number ---
FAMILY
20 String ---
GENUS
20 String ---
SPECIES
40 String ---
SUBSPECIES
20 String ---
SPECIESSYN
40 String ---
CATEGORY
5 String ---
FWCSTATUS
9 String ---
FCREPA
6 String ---
FNAI
5 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
ETAT.RARIMPWATERS.AREA
8 Double ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FGDLAQDATE Date the data was aqcuired by GeoPlan.

OBJECTID Internal feature number.

PERIMETER Perimeter of the USGS Hydrologic Unit in meters.

HUC USGS Hyrdologic Unit Code.
03070204 = St. Mary s. Florida, Georgia.

03070205 = Nassau. Florida.

03080101 = Upper St. Johns. Florida.

03080102 = Oklawaha. Florida.

03080103 = Lower St. Johns. Florida.

03080201 = Daytona - St. Augustine. Florida.

03080203 = Vero Beach. Florida.

03090101 = Kissimmee. Florida.

03090103 = Western Okeechobee Inflow. Florida.

03090202 = Everglades. Florida.

03100101 = Peace. Florida.

03100102 = Myakka. Florida.

03100202 = Manatee. Florida.

03100203 = Little Manatee. Florida.

03100204 = Alafia. Florida.

03100205 = Hillsborough. Florida.

03100207 = Crystal-Pithlachascotee. Florida.

03100208 = Withlacoochee. Florida.

03110101 = Waccasassa. Florida.

03110102 = Econfina-Steinhatchee. Florida.

03110103 = Aucilla. Florida, Georgia.

03110201 = Upper Suwannee.  Florida, Georgia.

03110203 = Withlacoochee. Florida, Georgia.

03110205 = Lower Suwannee. Florida.

03110206 = Santa Fe. Florida.

03120001 = Apalachee Bay-St. Marks. Florida, Georgia.

03120003 = Lower Ochlockonee. Florida, Georgia.

03130004 = Lower Chattahoochee. Alabama, Florida, Georgia.

03130011 = Apalachicola. Florida, Georgia.

03130012 = Chipola. Alabama, Florida.

03130013 = New. Florida.

03140101 = St. Andrew-St. Joseph Bays. Florida.

03140102 = Choctawhatchee Bay. Florida.

03140103 = Yellow. Alabama, Florida.

03140104 = Blackwater. Alabama, Florida.

03140105 = Pensacola Bay. Florida.

03140106 = Perdido. Alabama, Florida.

03140107 = Perdido Bay. Alabama, Florida.

03140202 = Pea. Alabama, Florida.

03140203 = Lower Choctawhatchee. Alabama, Florida.

03140305 = Escambia. Alabama, Florida.


EXTHUC Extended HUC - EXTHUC is an eight digit code assigned by USGS to each basin. The digits signify a hydrologic hierarchy: - the first two digits denote the primary tributary basin - the second two digits denote the secondary tributary basin - the third two digits denote the tertiary tributary basin - the fourth two digits denote the quaternary tributary basin - For example, in HUC 03080101 any basin with an EXTHUC starting with 15------ is part of the same drainage basin (Jane Green Creek). - If a basin's EXTHUC contains 99 (99------, --99----, ----99--, or ------99), this indicates that other basins flow into it. This is important for determining the total area of any drainage basin. For example, in HUC 03080101, the EXTHUC for Tyson Creek is 15509900. This means that other basins flow into it, and to determine the total drainage area for Tyson Creek you must also include the drainage area for all EXTHUCs within HUC 03080101 starting with 1550 (15505000, 15505500, 15505700, and 15506000). None of these tributary basins have a 99 in the EXTHUC, and therefore, none have any additional basins flowing into them. - EXTHUC = 99000000 is used for the main waterbodies that each HUC is based on, i.e. the main stem of the St. Johns River, Ocklawaha River, Indian River Lagoon, etc.. These mainstem basins are more uniquely described by the planning unit codes (pu and pu-id) or pk_basin.

BASIN USGS basin name.

FEATURE Type of waterbody - The names of FEATUREs is a descriptor that attempts to segregate drainage areas into classes. The separation of the classes was an attempt to combine size, type, and artificiality into useful divisions for plotting. The definitions of these descriptors are by Don Fouse (USGS Tallahassee), followed by definitions from the "International Glossary of Hydrology" compiled by a joint committee of the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Don's definitions are tailored to Florida or to GIS needs.
STREAM = 1. A natural surface-water feature with flow in a defined channel. 2. A body of water, generally flowing in a natural surface channel.

DRAIN = 1. A small stream, generally unnamed, with a defined channel, that typically, accepts overflow from a swamp or other depression. 2. Conduit or small open channel by which water is removed from a soil or an aquifer by gravity in order to control the water level.

DITCH = 1. A small manmade drainage feature, usually completely artificial but occasionally a channelized drain. 2. An artificial small-size open channel constructed through earth or rock for the purpose of conveying water.

CANAL = 1. A large manmade drainage feature, usually completely artificial but may be a channelized stream. Often named. 2. Artificial open channel.

SLOUGH = 1. A natural surface-water feature with flow but no defined channel. 2. Not defined by IGH.

LAKE = 1. A natural body of water. Small lakes may be called ponds. Water filled sinkholes are often considered to be lakes. Wide portions of streams with greatly reduced flow are usually considered lakes. 2. An inland body of water of considerable size.

RESERV = 1. An artificial lake or pond. Includes stock ponds, real estate lakes, and impoundments. A reservoir. 2. A body of water, either natural or artificial, used for storage, regulation, and control of water.

NONCON = 1. Area that is within the drainage boundary of a water feature but which is drained internally and does not contribute runoff to the water feature. A noncontributing area. 2. Not defined by IGH.

OUTLET = Outflow stream from a reservoir or lake. 2. Opening through which water flows out of a reservoir or stream.

BAY = 1. Invagination in the coastal shoreline prominent enough to be considered a separate feature. Usually named. 2. Not defined by IGH.

BAYOU = 1. A stream without gradient but with flow generated by tide or stream discharge. 2. Not defined by IGH.

LAGOON = 1. An elongated shallow water body with poorly defined tidal flux, protected by a barrier island. 2. A shallow sound, channel, or pond communicating with a larger body of water, or a shallow artificial pool or pond.

RUNOFF = 1. Direct surface or subsurface flow to a water body. 2. Outflow of water towards the streams along the ground surface or within the soil.

REACH = 1. A section of a stream. The section will often be separated by a lake or marsh from other sections and may have a different name. 2. A straight, continuous, or extended part of a stream viewed without interruption (as between two bends) or chosen between two specified points.


PK_BASIN Basin/watershed number; unique statewide ID (primary key).

UFLAG Update flag which indicates if the polygon was revised from the original USGS polygon.
A = Attribute change only

M = Existing arcs were revised (minor modification)

N = Arcs were radically revised or basin was subdivided further

U = Attribute change and revised arcs or totally new basin


DATE_ Indicates month and year of updates/edits.

COMMON Species common name.

TSN Taxonomic Serial Number - For species that are recently described, or otherwise do not have a TSN assigned, the number "1" follows the TSN for the closest relative from which they were split. In this layer, the three recently described species are the shoal bass (1681631), grayfin redhorse (1639321), and Southern striped shiner (1638321), which are split from redeye bass (168163), blacktail redhorse (163932), and striped shiner (163832), respectively.
161705 = Alabama shad

162148 = Eastern mudminnow

163364 = Cypress minnow

163393 = Bluehead chub

163403 = Ironcolor shiner

163427 = Rough shiner

163485 = Blackmouth shiner

163774 = Bluestripe shiner

163843 = Bandfin shiner

163849 = Blacktip shiner

163864 = Speckled chub

163936 = River redhorse

164035 = Snail bullhead

164047 = Spotted bullhead

165636 = Lake Eustis pupfish

165674 = S. starhead topminnow

168108 = Blackbanded sunfish

168164 = Suwannee bass

168360 = S. tessellated darter

168398 = Harlequin darter

168417 = Okaloosa darter

168421 = Goldstripe darter

168424 = Cypress darter

168437 = Speckled darter

168503 = Saddleback darter

170355 = Mountain mullet

201894 = Gulf sturgeon

201897 = Alligator gar

201943 = Bluenose shiner

201982 = Crystal darter

553269 = Atlantic sturgeon

553384 = Southern logperch

1638321 = S. striped shiner

1639321 = Grayfin redhorse

1681631 = Shoal bass


FAMILY Family name to which fish species belongs.

GENUS Genus name of fish.

SPECIES Species name of fish.

SUBSPECIES Subspecies name of fish.

SPECIESSYN Species synonym - alternative species name.

CATEGORY Undefined by source.

FWCSTATUS State of Florida species list designation.
E = Endangered

SSC = Species of special concern

T = Threatened


FCREPA Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals (FCREPA) species ranks.
E = Endangered

R = Rare

SSC = Species of special concern

T = Threatened


FNAI Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) state rank of relative rarity and endangerment.
S1 = Critically imperiled in Florida because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences or less than 1000 individuals) or because of extreme vulnerability to extinction due to some natural or man-made factor.

S2 = Imperiled in Florida because of rarity (6 to 20 occurrences or less than 3000 individuals) or because of vulnerability to extinction due to some natural or man-made factor.

S3 = Either very rare and local in Florida (21-100 occurrences or less than 10,000 individuals) or found locally in a restricted range or vulnerable to extinction from other factors.

S4 = Apparently secure in Florida (may be rare in parts of range).


DESCRIPT Description field based on BASIN field.

ETAT.RARIMPWATERS.AREA Area

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter


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 focus is on fishes that occur in freshwater.

The purpose was to identify locations of fish species that are listed
as rare or imperiled based upon federal, state, FCREPA. and the
Southeastern Fishes Council listings.

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

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MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

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Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
FWC:
http://myfwc.com/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Point location data from rarefishpt.shp and the Florida Museum of Natural
History were used to select watersheds from the FDEP's Basin97 watershed
coverage. The selected watersheds were converted to a shapefile and
intersected with the rarefishpt.shp file to attach the species information.
Process Date: 20031203

The data was provided to GeoPlan as a shapefile and in the following projection: Albers, NAD 83, GRS 80. -DESCRIPT field was added based on BASIN. -Deleted BASIN97_ field. -Deleted BASIN97_ID field. -FGDLAQDATE field added to indicate date of download by FGDL. -AREA and PERIMETER were recalculated. -Corrected TSN for alligator gar from 161705 to 201897. -Upcased all fields. Process Date: 20061006
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

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FWC
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Tallahassee, FL
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850-488-6661

http://research.myfwc.com/dg.lts/id.49025/publications.publication_info.htm ted.hoehn@fwc.state.fl.us Theodore Hoehn

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