GENERALIZED RECHARGE TO AND DISCHARGE FROM THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM - DECEMBER 2003

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• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Publication_Date: 20031205

Title:

GENERALIZED RECHARGE TO AND DISCHARGE FROM THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM - DECEMBER 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899

Publisher: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/layer_library/>

Description:

Abstract:

Generalized recharge to and discharge from the Floridan Aquifer System. This layer covers the entire state of Florida. Aquifers are underground layers of rock and sand that hold water. These layers are made up of loosely packed sediments and layers of calcium-rich limestone and dolomite. In Florida, most of the population depends on the Upper Floridan aquifer for their drinking water. The Upper Floridan aquifer, which is the largest aquifer in the state, holds the ground water like a sponge. Holes in the rock that makes up the aquifer allow the water to move freely through it. The Upper Floridan aquifer stretches for 100,000 square miles beneath Florida and parts of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. This is an update to the recharg layer.

Purpose:

This data layer illustrates the generalized recharge and discharge from the Floridian Aquifer System. This is used for resource management and cartographic purposes.

Supplemental_Information:

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) manages the water resources for west-central Florida as directed by state law. The District encompasses roughly 10,000 square miles in all or part of 16 counties and serves a population of more than 5 million people. The goal of the District is to meet the water needs of current and future water users while protecting and preserving the water resources within its boundaries.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19960814

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: Floridan Aquifer System

Theme_Keyword: Recharge

Theme_Keyword: Discharge

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: SWFWMD

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data were not collected under the supervision of a licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper. Use of these data requires a general understanding of GIS.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Contact_Person: Mapping and GIS Section

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2379 Broad Street (U.S. 41 South)

City: Brooksville

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 34604-6899

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352) 796-7211

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352) 540-6018

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Data_Set_Credit: Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Walter R. Aucott

Publication_Date: 19880101

Title:

Areal Variation in Recharge to and Discharge from the Floridian Aquifer System in Florida

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4057

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: United States Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Additional Information: 1-888-ASK-USGS
<http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/>
<http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/layer_library/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The final product was checked against the source material. The Mapping and GIS section of the Southwest Florida Water Management District corrected any errors found.

Completeness_Report: There are no significant omissions.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No formal accuracy assessment was completed. This map should be used for regional cartographic purposes only.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: SWFWMD

Publication_Date: 19880101

Title: RECHARGE AREAS OF THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Brooksville, FL

Publisher: SWFWMD

Other_Citation_Details: Additional Information: 1-888-ASK-USGS

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20031205

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SWFWMD

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The source map was tied down on a digitizing board using nine county-corner tics within the State of Florida as control points. The features were digitized using ArcEdit and topology was generated using the ArcInfo BUILD or CLEAN command. Attribute items were a added to the feature attribute tables and the appropriate attribute updated using ArcEdit.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: recharge

Process_Date: 19941001

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Contact_Person: Mapping and GIS Section

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2379 Broad Street (U.S. 41 South)

City: Brooksville

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 34604-6899

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352) 796-7211

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352) 540-6018

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

In November and December 2003, an enterprise geodatabase was designed and implemented. Coverages were converted into feature classes using ArcCatalog 8.3. The feature classes were created new in a feature dataset, with column names, shape type, grid size, and projection information defined during creation. An X/Y Domain and Precision were set at MinX: -700,000; MinY: 2,000,000; Precision: 1000. Z-Values were set at MinZ: -20; Precision: 1000. The Grid Tile Size is 2,147,483.465. Data was then loaded into the feature classes from the coverages using the 'Load Data' tool in ArcCatalog 8.3. Indexes were created for attributes when there were more than 100 records in the data set. Topology and attributes were validated whenever possible. Positional Accuracy for topology rules used for positional validation.
The following Topology Rules were created and validated for the feature classes in the Recharge feature dataset: Florida Recharge regions must not overlap. Florida Recharge boundaries must not self-overlap. Florida Recharge boundaries must be covered by boundary of Florida Recharge regions. Florida Recharge regions must be covered by Florida Recharge boundaries. The Cluster Tolerance was defined to be 0.005 meters. Any errors that were found were inspected and corrected using ArcMap 8.3.

Process_Date: 20031205

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Contact_Person: Mapping and GIS Section

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2379 Broad Street (U.S. 41 South)

City: Brooksville

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 34604-6899

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352) 796-7211

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352) 540-6018

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

GeoPlan Center Process Steps: Geoplan downloaded the data from the SWWMD's GIS data website (<http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/layer_library/>) on January 28, 2011.
The data downloaded was in shapefile format packaged together in a zip file called flrecharge.exe. The shapefile was extracted and originally named: FLORIDANRECHARGE The data was in the following projection: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Florida_West_FIPS_0902_Feet
The following tasks were undertaken: - Reprojected to the FGDL Albers NAD83 HARN projection. - All records were uppercased. - Changed original layer name from FLORIDANRECHARGE to RECHARG_DEC03 . - Dropped the OBJECTID, SHAPE.AREA, and SHAPE.LEN fields. - Added the DESCRIPT field based on FLORIDANRE - Added the FGDLAQDATE based on the date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source

Process_Date: 20110203

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 58

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: N/A

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Distance_Units: N/A

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: RECHARG_DEC03

Entity_Type_Definition: RECHARG_DEC03.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: SWFWMD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FLORIDANRE

Attribute_Definition:

The recharge or discharge rate of the Floridan Aquifer System, in inches per year.

Attribute_Definition_Source: SWFWMD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATESTAMP

Attribute_Definition:

The date the feature was last edited or entered into the map libraries by SWFWMD staff.

Attribute_Definition_Source: SWFWMD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Based on FLORIDANRE

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Person:

Contact_Position:

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

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Hours_of_Service:

Contact_Instructions:

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Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110221

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Contact_Person: Mapping and GIS Section

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2379 Broad Street (U.S. 41 South)

City: Brooksville

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 34604-6899

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352) 796-7211

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352) 540-6018

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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