FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA STATE FORESTS - JULY 2016

Geodataset Name:       STATE_FORESTS_JUL16
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         1481
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset represents the current Florida state forest boundaries maintained by the Florida Forestry Service.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forestry Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20160721 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20160721 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: STATE_FORESTS_JUL16.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
ACRES
8 Double
DOF_NAME
25 String
DOF_UNIT
30 String
DOF_PARCEL
50 String
FUND
21 String
LINEAGE
70 String
QUAL_CODE
4 Integer
LABEL
2 String
INT_LAB
4 Integer
FOREST
4 String
FUNCTION
10 String
MANAGED
4 String
PUBLIC_ACC
4 String
UPDATE_
12 String
VERSION
10 String
DATE_ADD
36 Date
ALT_LABEL
2 String
INT_ALT_LA
4 Integer
DESCRIPT
25 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

ACRES Acres of the parcel.

DOF_NAME Forest name.

DOF_UNIT Forest unit name.

DOF_PARCEL Parcel purchase name.

FUND Fund used to purchase the parcel.

LINEAGE Short description of how the digital body was created.

QUAL_CODE Quality of the boundary associated with parcel.
1 = boundary from survey, highest quality

2 = boundary from other state agency, origin survey or other high quality source

3 = boundary from non-state agency and modified by DOF, or from DOF non-survey source (DOQQ heads-up dig., etc)

4 = boundary from non-state agency, no modification

-1 = out-parcel


LABEL Numeric code corresponding to alphabetical listing of the forest.

INT_LAB "LABEL" field value expressed as an integer.

FOREST Used to assist in symbology.
Yes = State Forest

No = out-parcel


FUNCTION Undefined by Source

MANAGED Determines if a parcel is managed for timber production.
Yes = Parcel is managed for timber production

No = Parcel is not managed for timber production


PUBLIC_ACC Determines if forest has public access or not.

UPDATE_ The date the parcel was added to the FFS boundary shapefile. This is not a purchase/closing date, simply the date the shapefile was updated. This attribute field was added in September of 2005; all parcels in the shapefile were assigned an update date of "23 Sep 05".

VERSION Date of the shapefile in YYMM format. For example, "0509" is September 2005.

DATE_ADD Date field - The date that the parcel was added to the FFS boundary shapefile. This is not a purchase/closing data - simply the date the shapefile was updated. All parcels in the shapefile were assigned an update date of "23 Sep 05".

ALT_LABEL Numeric code corresponding to alphabetical listing sorted by FFS District, going from D1 in Northwest Florida to D18 in South Florida. Used an an alternative labeling scheme in FFS maps.

INT_ALT_LA "ALT_LABEL" field value expressed as integer.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on DOF_NAME.

FGDLAQDATE GeoPlan added field based on date received from source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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 data was created to serve as base information for use in the GIS framework for
various planning and analytical purposes.

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

NONE

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A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
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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:
Florida Forest Service
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan received this dataset from the Florida Forestry Service
in August 2016. The data was downloaded in shapefile format
in the Albers Conical Equal Area projection. After bringing in the
dataset, the following steps were taken to process the layer:
 - A DESCRIPT field was added based on DOF_NAME
 - A FGDLAQDATE was added baed on the date received by GeoPlan
 - AREA, PERIMETER, OBJECTID, and OBJECTID1 fields were deleted
 - File renamed state_forests_jul16 from FFS_Current_1607
 - All fields were upcased
Process Date: 20160802

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

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service
FFS
3125 Conner Blvd
Tallahassee, FL
32399
850-681-5800

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service FFSsupport@FreshFromFlorida.com

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                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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