FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: SPRING LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA - 2011

Geodataset Name:       SPRINGS_FDEP_2011
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         1014
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the best available locations of springs that have had some data collection activities or were included in publications by various government entities in the State of Florida. Currently, 1014 unique spring vents recognized in Florida are represented in this dataset. This is an update to the springs_fdep_2009 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20110501 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20110501 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SPRINGS_FDEP_2011.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
ID
8 Double
SPRING_KEY
8 Double
WBID
254 String
DATA_SOURC
254 String
SPRING_NAM
254 String
STATION_ID
254 String
ALIAS
254 String
COUNTY
254 String
SPRING_TYP
254 String
MAGNITUDE
254 String
HIST_MAG
254 String
CLUSTER_
254 String
STN_COMMEN
254 String
GROUP_MAG
254 String
GROUP_NUM
254 String
BODY_IWR
254 String
CLASS_IWR
254 String
BASIN_IWR
254 String
TMDL_BASIN
254 String
WATER_MGT
254 String
DEP_DIST
254 String
PLAN_UNIT
254 String
LAT_NATIVE
254 String
LON_NATIVE
254 String
DMS_LAT
8 Double
X_COORD
8 Double
Y_COORD
8 Double
DMS_LON
8 Double
ALBERS_X
8 Double
ALBERS_Y
8 Double
DATUM_ALB
254 String
DATUM_COOR
254 String
COLL_METHD
254 String
QA_COMMENT
254 String
WBID_QA_NO
254 String
WBID_COMME
254 String
DESCRIPT
44 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

ID Not Defined by source.

SPRING_KEY DEP GENERATED PRIMARY KEY - COMPUTER GENERATED CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS FROM SPRING MASTERLIST

WBID FDEP WATER BODY IDENTIFICATION (ID) CODE, USED FOR ASSESSING WATER QUALITY IN THE IMPAIRED WATERS RULE (IWR)

DATA_SOURC Originator of basic record information used for this dataset.

SPRING_NAM Originator of basic record information used for this dataset.

STATION_ID UNIQUE CODE TO IDENTIFY STATION BY DATA PROVIDER

ALIAS ALTERNATE SYNONYMOUS STATION NAMES

COUNTY THE COUNTY ASSIGNED TO THE STATION. THIS MAY NOT AGREE WITH GIS ATTRIBUTION WHEN A WATER FEATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE THAN ONE COUNTY. THE ASSIGNED COUNTY FOR SPRINGS IS BASED ON FDEP BULLETIN 66 AND DATA PROVIDER INFORMATION.

SPRING_TYP Undefined by source.

MAGNITUDE DISCHARGE CATEGORY BASED ON RECENT FLOW DATA AND ON FDEP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL VENT THAT MAY NOT MATCH HISTORIC OR GROUP MAGNITUDE. FDEP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM DETAILED BELOW AND IN 2010 GWSPS SPRINGS REPORT
1 = 1st Magnitude - > 100 cubic feet per second (cfs)

2 = 2nd Magnitude - >10 - 100 cfs

3 = 3rd Magnitude - >1 - 10 cfs

4 = 4th Magnitude - >100 gal/min (gallons per minute) - 448 gal/min (1 cfs)

5 = 5th Magnitude - >10 to 100 gal/min

6 = 6th Magnitude - >1 to 10 gal/min

7 = 7th Magnitude - >1 pint to 1 gal/min

8 = 8th Magnitude - Equal to or less than 1 pint/min

0 = 0 Magnitude - No longer flowing but may recover (may have spring pool)

None = None - No longer flowing at any time (dry spring pool and run)

Unknown = Unknown - No record of spring discharge available


HIST_MAG DISCHARGE CATEGORY BASED ON HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT RELIED ON OLDER DATA OR INFORMATION. . FDEP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM DETAILED BELOW AND IN 2010 GWSPS SPRINGS REPORT

CLUSTER_ FDEP collection of spring vents that are thought to belong to a related hydrologic system.

STN_COMMEN Undefined by source.

GROUP_MAG HISTORIC GROUPS CREATED TO MAKE FIRST MAGNITUDE COLLECTION OF VENTS FOR FUNDING PURPOSES. THESE GROUPS WERE CREATED BY THE SPRINGS INITIATIVE PROGRAM IN 2002.

GROUP_NUM FDEP collection of TMDL basins that have same monitoring and assessment cycle for considerations in planning and verified tables. FDEP TMDL BASINS CONSIST OF ONE OR MORE MAJOR RIVER BASINS, I.E., ONE OR MORE HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES

BODY_IWR Type of surface water basin assigned by FDEP Watershed Assessment Section

CLASS_IWR Surface water classification system set forth in FDEP Surface Water rules, and station is assigned by FDEP Watershed Assessment Section based on designated use, data (specific conductance, chloride etc.) for the station and receiving waters (fresh, marine etc) shown below
I = Class I - Potable Water Supplies Fourteen general areas throughout the state including: impoundments and associated tributaries, certain lakes, rivers, or portions of rivers, used as a drinking water supply.

II = Class II - Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting

III = Class III - Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife

IV = Class IV - Agricultural Water Supplies:  Generally located in agriculture areas around Lake Okeechobee.

V = Class V - Navigation, Utility and Industrial Use.    Currently, there are not any designated Class V bodies of water. The Fenholloway River was reclassified as Class III in 1998


BASIN_IWR Name of surface water basin assigned by FDEP Watershed Assessment Section

TMDL_BASIN FDEP TMDL BASIN CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE MAJOR RIVER BASINS, I.E., ONE OR MORE HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES

WATER_MGT Boundary for State of Florida Water Management Districts

DEP_DIST FDEP DISTRICT IN WHICH STATION IS LOCATED, REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL SAMPLING AGENCY

PLAN_UNIT FDEP PLANNING UNIT REPRESENTING SMALLER AREAS IN A BASIN THAT PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED GEOGRAPHIC BASIS FOR EVALUATING WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES- MAY CONSIST OF A HUC OR GROUP OF WBIDS

LAT_NATIVE Station latitude provided by agency or entity that sampled the station and stored in various formats.

LON_NATIVE Station longitude provided by agency or entity that sampled the station and stored in various formats.

DMS_LAT GENERIC FORMAT FOR DEGREES, MINUTES SECONDS FOR LATITUDE.

X_COORD GENERIC FORMAT DECIMAL DEGREES - BEST AVAILABLE NATIVE LATITUDE DATA REFORMATTED.

Y_COORD GENERIC FORMAT DECIMAL DEGREES - BEST AVAILABLE LONGITUDE NATIVE DATA REFORMATTED

DMS_LON GENERIC FORMAT FOR DEGREES, MINUTES SECONDS FOR LONGITUDE.

ALBERS_X LOCATIONAL DATA PROVIDED IN THE FDEP CUSTOM ALBERS PROJECTION IN THE HPGN DATUM

ALBERS_Y LOCATIONAL DATA PROVIDED IN THE FDEP CUSTOM ALBERS PROJECTION IN THE HPGN DATUM

DATUM_ALB THE DATUM IS THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF POSITION FOR THE EARTH'S SURFACE FOR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. THIS WAS USED TO CONVERT THE NATIVE LAT/LONG INFORMATION TO ALBERS.

DATUM_COOR Undefined by source.

COLL_METHD NAME OF THE METHOD OR MECHANISM USED TO DERIVE THE MEASUREMENTS FOR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

QA_COMMENT NOTES FROM STAFF DURING THE LOCATIONAL QA PROCESS

WBID_QA_NO NOTES FROM STAFF DURING THE LOCATIONAL QA PROCESS ABOUT THE WBID

WBID_COMME Undefined by source.

DESCRIPT Based on SPRING_NAM

FGDLAQDATE The date which FGDL acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
The integrity of the data is as supplied by multiple data providers.  An official 
FDEP spring name was assigned to assist in providing a generic naming 
convention to all Florida springs.  Where there was more than one spring in 
the state with a similar name the county was also included in the spring name.  
There may be times where the station name is inaccurate or does not adhere 
to the official FDEP naming convention.
This dataset contains the best available location for springs that 
have had some data collection activities in the State of Florida. 
Currently, 1014 unique spring vents are represented in this dataset.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
The primary sources for this dataset were Florida Department of Environmental 
Protection's Springs combined database, online springs station inventories 
maintained by the State of Florida's Water Management Districts, data downloads 
from GWIS, STORET, USGS, and the Florida Geological Survey's Bulletin 31 
and 66 Springs of Florida publications. FDEP has revised the classification system 
for magnitude to report the recent magnitude for individual vents rather than 
combined groups. MAGNITUDE is based on the recent years discharge at an 
individual vent, HIST_MAG is based on discharge from historic years,  GROUP_MAG 
is based on the early years of the Springs Initiative where springs were grouped 
together to form 1st magnitude groups for funding purposes.  This classification system 
makes it possible to identify those springs that may stop flowing on an intermittent 
or permanent basis.  The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) 
SPRING MAGNITUDE DEFINITIONS shown below differentiate between those springs 
that may flow once again in the future, depending on aquifer levels and recharge 
(Magnitude = 0), and those springs that have ceased flowing entirely and are not 
expected to recover regardless of changes in hydrogeologic and climatic conditions 
(Magnitude = None).

The purpose of this layer is to combine available spring stations and information 
from many agencies so that it serves to provide the best available spring vent 
location for each spring.  This layer is intended to be used for mapping purposes, 
and as a reference to the locations of sites where data collection has taken place 
in spring vents.  Users of this information are encouraged to provide comments 
and recommendations for updates.

The best available location for each spring was selected based on 
the following general hierarchy - FGS Bulletin 66, WMDs, USGS and 
then STORET.  All of the springs were projected to the Florida Albers 
coordinate system from the "native" latitude/longitude.

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

Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. 
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additional information, see the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. 
These data are based on interpretation of available information and should not 
be construed as legally binding.  For additional information, see the References 
section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation.

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REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Springs Information:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/springs/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
New layer obtained from WRM and inserted in ArcSDE and published in DataMiner 
and MapDirect. This layer replaces the old Springs and Springs 2009 layers in 
DataMiner.
Process Date: 20110615

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's GeoData Directory website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm) in June 2011. The data was downloaded in shapefile format and was in the following projection: Albers NAD 83 HARN. During the AQ/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Uppercased all records in the table. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on SPRING_NAM - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from springs_2011 to springs_fdep_2011 Process Date: 06292011
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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