SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Publication_Date: 19930416
Title: SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details: 1993
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains Class I and II surface water classification boundaries for the State of Florida.
Purpose:
The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes
Supplemental_Information: POLYGON
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.188140
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.917894
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.711435
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.831298
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Surface Water Classes
Theme_Keyword: SWCB
Place:
Place_Keyword: Florida
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
For a comprehensive look at Surface Water Classifications, users are advised to include both arc and polygon features of this dataset.

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE "AS IS" AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS."

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These data are based on interpretation of available information and should not be construed as legally binding."

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Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
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Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.2.671
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
FDEP <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/surfacewater/classes.htm>

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data layer.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
With over 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, 7800 lakes, and 4000 square miles of estuaries, Florida has an abundance of surface waters that are used for a variety of purposes by the people who live and work here, by those who are visiting, and by the fish and wildlife that also depend on these waters.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
To manage surface waters of the state, Florida has developed a surface water quality standards system. The components of this system include: classifications criteria, an antidegradation policy, and special protection of certain waters. The federal Clean Water Act provides the statutory basis for state water quality standards programs. The regulatory requirements governing these programs (Water Quality Standards Regulation) are published in 40 CFR 131(PDF).
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
States are responsible for reviewing, establishing, and revising water quality standards. The Clean Water Act requires that the surface waters of each state be classified according to designated uses. Florida has five classes with associated designated uses, which are arranged in order of degree of protection required:
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
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.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Class II Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting Generally coastal waters where commercial shellfish harvesting occurs.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Class III Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife The surface waters of the state are Class III unless described in rule 62-302.40 F.A.C.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Class IV Agricultural Water Supplies Generally located in agriculture areas around Lake Okeechobee.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Class V Navigation, Utility and Industrial Use. Currently, there aren't any class V bodies of water. The Fenholloway River was reclassified as Class III in 1998
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
To protect these present and future most beneficial uses of the waters, water quality criteria have been established for each classification. While some of these are intended to protect aquatic life, others are designed to protect human health. The listed criteria are more protective of both aquatic life and human health, and are located in rules 62-302.500 and 62-302.530 of the Florida Administrative Code. Water quality standards also include general provisions for pollutants which are not specifically listed.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This data is provided "as is". GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology.
Completeness_Report:
This data is provided "as is" by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided "as is" and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Publication_Date: 19930416
Title: SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1993
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The 1:100,000 mylars were used to digitize class 1, 2, and 3 waters. The polygons were attributed with the water class according to DEP documents.

The Lambert Equal Area projection was projected to Albers Conformal Area then exported using ARC/INFO v. 6.1.1 for VMS on a VAX. The export file was ftp'd to a DEC Alpha Unix system running ARC/INFO v. 6.1.2 then imported and inserted into the county library.

ORIGINAL SOURCE DATA CREATOR

AGENCY/ORGANIZATION : GEONEX, Inc. CONTACT PERSON : Mireya Armesto TITLE : Contract Supervisor PHONE NUMBER : 813/578-0100 AGENCY/ORGANIZATION : FDEP UNIT/SECTION : Surface Water CONTACT PERSON : Janet Klemm

Process_Date: 4/16/93
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: FDEP
Contact_Person: Janet Klemm
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Data converted from NAD27 to HPGN using PROJECT command.
Process_Date: Spring 1997
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In January, 1998, the Fenholloway River in Taylor County was reclassified to Class III so the table was modified to reflect this change.
Process_Date: Spring 1998
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Label points were edited to accurately reflect the classification boundaries for Monroe and Collier Counties.
Process_Date: October 1998
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Waters in Santa Rosa, Bay , Lee, Collier, Monroe, Indian River, Sarasota, St. Johns and Brevard Counties were corrected to accurately reflect their classifications. These counties were incorrectly coded and have been changed either from class III to Class II or Class I to Class II.
Process_Date: October 1998
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Dataset updated as per Rule 62-302 F.A.C.
Process_Date: December 1998
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Shapefile of this dataset inserted into Spatial Database Engine.
Process_Date: Spring 1999
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In July 2004 GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the FDEP website and performed a QAQC test where the following occured. -Changed field 'descriptio' to 'descript'.
Process_Date: 20040811

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: 3840

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: 0.000500
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000500
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
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_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: SWC
Entity_Type_Definition: SWC.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of entity.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of entity.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FK_SWCB
Attribute_Definition: unique sequential three digit number assigned to each SWCB
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLASS
Attribute_Definition: 1 or 2 based on USGS surface water classifications.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNTY
Attribute_Definition: County in which entity lies.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute_Definition: Shape of Area.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition: Length of Area.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: Description of feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
FK_SWCB unique sequential three digit number assigned to each SWCB CLASS 1 or 2 based on USGS surface water classifications DESCRIPTION descriptive text

From <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/division/standards/surface.htm>

With over 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, 7800 lakes, and 4000 square miles of estuaries, Florida has an abundance of surface waters that are used for a variety of purposes by the people who live and work here, by those who are visiting, and by the fish and wildlife that also depend on these waters.

To manage surface waters of the state, Florida has developed a surface water quality standards system. The components of this system include: classifications criteria, an antidegradation policy, and special protection of certain waters. The federal Clean Water Act provides the statutory basis for state water quality standards programs. The regulatory requirements governing these programs (Water Quality Standards Regulation) are published in 40 CFR 131(PDF).

States are responsible for reviewing, establishing, and revising water quality standards. The Clean Water Act requires that the surface waters of each state be classified according to designated uses. Florida has five classes with associated designated uses, which are arranged in order of degree of protection required:

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.

Class II Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting Generally coastal waters where commercial shellfish harvesting occurs.

Class III Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife The surface waters of the state are Class III unless described in rule 62-302.40 F.A.C.

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

Class V Navigation, Utility and Industrial Use. Currently, there aren't any class V bodies of water. The Fenholloway River was reclassified as Class III in 1998

To protect these present and future most beneficial uses of the waters, water quality criteria have been established for each classification. While some of these are intended to protect aquatic life, others are designed to protect human health. The listed criteria are more protective of both aquatic life and human health, and are located in rules 62-302.500 and 62-302.530 of the Florida Administrative Code. Water quality standards also include general provisions for pollutants which are not specifically listed.


Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: SWC, FGDL Version 2003
Distribution_Liability:
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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: 20040811
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Contact_Person: GIS Section
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Rd, Twin Towers MS 6520
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850/245-8238
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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