FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES

Geodataset Name:       SWC_JAN11
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         3840
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Class I and II surface water classification boundaries. 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 shellfish harvesting occurs. For a more detailed description of classes and specific waterbody designations, see 62-302.400.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    GEONEX, Inc
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 19930416 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 19980101 End Date: 20110105 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SWC_JAN11.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
FK_SWCB
8 Double
CLASS
4 Integer
COUNTY
16 String
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.

FK_SWCB Unique sequential three digit number assigned to each SWCB

CLASS USGS surface water classification
1 = 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

2 = Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting. Generally coastal waters where commercial shellfish harvesting occurs.

3 = 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.

4 = Agricultural Water Supplies. Generally located in agriculture areas around Lake Okeechobee.

5 = 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


COUNTY County

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on DESCRIPTIO (removed). DESCRIPTIO was descriptive text about feature.

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date acquired 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.
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.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems 
for a variety of 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

For a comprehensive look at Surface Water Classifications, users are 
advised to include both arc and polygon features of this dataset.  Not 
intended for legal purposes.

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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.
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regional or state level or larger.

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:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Surface Water Class info:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/surface.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
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

/22/2005
Inserted updated dataset obtained by BIS/GIS Section from Ron Hughes 
(WRM) and inserted in ArcSDE. The updated dataset has 3840 records.

July 25
Process Date: 4/16/93

Data converted from NAD27 to HPGN using PROJECT command. Process Date: Spring 1997
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
Label points were edited to accurately reflect the classification boundaries for Monroe and Collier Counties. Process Date: October 1998
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
Dataset updated as per Rule 62-302 F.A.C. Process Date: December 1998
Shapefile of this dataset inserted into Spatial Database Engine. Process Date: Spring 1999
Added missing Southwest Fork on Loxahatchee River in Palm Beach County at Janet Klemm's request. New Shape FID 3840. Process Date: 7/22/2005
Edits to Santa Rosa Sound-S (FID 2262) - Santa Rosa County and Santa Rosa Sound-E (FID 2266) - Escambia County. Extended the area west of the Navarre bridge from around marker 109 to marker 106 at request of Janet Klemm after she conferred with the District Office. The area was extended approximately four-tenths of a mile eastward. Used 1999 National Nautical Charts imagery as a marker reference. Process Date: July 26, 2005
Inserted the updated dataset, with the expanded area update mentioned in the earlier processing step, in ArcSDE. The dataset was obtained from Ron Hughes (WRM) Process Date: 7/26/2005
Added Michael Creek (located in Indian River County, T 31S, R 39E, Sec 26-27) to Indian River Class II water boundary at Janet Klemm's request. Process Date: June 8, 2006
Edited Choctahatchee Trib (Class II) in Walton Co. Removed the portion that extended to Motes Point at request of Janet Klemm. Process Date: 20080213
Edited Class II waters of Largo Inlet near Allen Creek in Pinellas County at the request of Janet Klemm. Process Date: 20100811
Edited Class II Tolomato River waters within WBID 2573 (Used NHD 24K as a spatial reference) of the and WBID 2363I (Used NHD 100K as a spatial reference since it perfectly matched existing spatial data) for Janet Klemm. Process Date: 20100818
Inserted new layer obtained from WRM in ArcSDE. Metadata updated. Process Date: 20100825
Edited Dixie County Class II Waters at the request of Janet Klemm. Moved northern boundary approximately 250 feet northward to Stuart Point. Added Little Rocky Creek, Whackup Creek and Boggy Creek using FL Counties With Shoreline SDE layer as reference. Submitted for SDE update. Process Date: 20101117
Inserted updated layer obtained from WRM in ArcSDE. Metadata updated. Process Date: 20110105
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm) in January 2011. The data was downloaded in shapefile format and was in the following projection: Albers, NAD 83, GRS 80. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on DESCRIPTIO (removed). - FGDLAQDATE was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from SURF_WATER_CLASS_BOUND_AREAS to swc_jan11. - Empty DESCRIPT field records were calculated with NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE. Process Date: 20110125
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20110224
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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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
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