SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES - JANUARY 2011

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: GEONEX, Inc
Publication_Date: 19930416
Title: SURFACE WATER CLASSIFICATION BOUNDARIES - JANUARY 2011
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
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.
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:
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.
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Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19980101
Ending_Date: 20110105
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: 30.711438
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.831298
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: Surface Water Classes
Theme_Keyword: SWCB
Theme_Keyword: Environmental Monitoring and Modeling
Theme_Keyword: Water Resources (Inland)
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
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. Not intended for legal purposes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Contact_Person: Janet Klemm
Contact_Position: Environmental Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 6520
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Country: USA
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Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Surface Water Class info: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wqssp/surface.htm>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/surfacewater/classes.htm>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
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
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:
Title: USGS 30' x 60' stable-base opaque mylar quads
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
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
/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
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: FDEP
Contact_Person: Janet Klemm
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:
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
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ron Hughes
Contact_Organization:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Water Resources Management (WRM)
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edited Choctahatchee Trib (Class II) in Walton Co. Removed the portion that extended to Motes Point at request of Janet Klemm.
Process_Date: 20080213
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edited Class II waters of Largo Inlet near Allen Creek in Pinellas County at the request of Janet Klemm.
Process_Date: 20100811
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Inserted new layer obtained from WRM in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
Process_Date: 20100825
Process_Time: 15410200
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Inserted updated layer obtained from WRM in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
Process_Date: 20110105
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20110125
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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
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Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting. Generally coastal waters where commercial shellfish harvesting occurs.
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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.
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Agricultural Water Supplies. Generally located in agriculture areas around Lake Okeechobee.
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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
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City: Gainesville
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Metadata_Date: 20110224
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 6520
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
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