FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: IMPAIRED WATERS WITH TMDLS BY CAUSES OF IMPAIRMENT AND PROBABLE SOURCES AND TMDL POLLUTANT IN FLORIDA (LINE) - 2015

Geodataset Name:       USEPA_OW_TMDL_L_MAY15
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         2933
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains line data that can be used to identify the distribution of impaired waters with a TMDL within the State of Florida for pollutants of interest. Under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), states, territories, and authorized tribes, collectively referred to in the Act and here as "states," are required to develop lists of impaired waters. A state s 303(d) impaired waters list is comprised of all waters where required pollution controls are not sufficient to attain or maintain applicable water quality standards. The law requires that states establish priority rankings for waters on the lists and develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of the load reduction needed from various sources of the pollutant.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20150501 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20150501 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: USEPA_OW_TMDL_L_MAY15
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER
40 String
EVENTDATE
36 Date
REACHCODE
14 String
REACHSMDATE
36 Date
REACHRESOLUTION
4 Integer
FEATURE_PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER
40 String
FEATURECLASSREF
4 Integer
SOURCE_ORIGINATOR
130 String
SOURCE_DATADESC
100 String
SOURCE_FEATUREID
100 String
FEATUREDETAILURL
4000 String
FMEASURE
8 Double
TMEASURE
8 Double
EVENTOFFSET
8 Double
EVENTTYPE
4 Integer
EVENT_LENGTHKM
8 Double
GEOGSTATE
2 String
CYCLE_YEAR
4 String
START_DATE
36 Date
END_DATE
36 Date
WBD_HUC12
12 String
WBD_HUC12_PERCENT
8 Double
NAVIGABLE
1 String
VERTICES
4 Integer
ESRI_KEY
255 String
WBD_HUC12_NAME
120 String
DESCRIPT
120 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER [PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER] 40-char GUID value that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each event.

EVENTDATE [EVENTDATE] The date the event was created or updated.

REACHCODE [REACHCODE] Unique identifier composed of two parts. The first eight digits are the subbasin code defines by FIPS 103, next six digits is a randomly assigned sequential number unique within a Cataloging Unit, length 14.

REACHSMDATE [REACHSMDATE] Date that the reach code was assigned.

REACHRESOLUTION [REACHRESOLUTION] Code for source resolution: 1=Local resolution, 2=High resolution, 3=Medium resolution.

FEATURE_PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER [FEATURE_PERMANENT_IDENTIFIER] 40-char GUID value that uniquely identifies the NHD feature upon which the event is located.

FEATURECLASSREF [FEATURECLASSREF] Domain value indicating the type of NHD feature the event is associated with.

SOURCE_ORIGINATOR [SOURCE_ORIGINATOR] The organization responsible for the submission of the data. In most cases this is a state abbreviation.
FL = Unknown


SOURCE_DATADESC [SOURCE_DATADESC] Waterbody Quality Assessment Report ID (Waterbody ID), supplemental data relevant to the event. For example, SOURCE_DATADESC = 'FL-272' links to the following: https://ofmpub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_waterbody.control?p_list_id=FL-272

SOURCE_FEATUREID [SOURCE_FEATUREID] TMDL ID, key field linking the event to source program data.

FEATUREDETAILURL [FEATUREDETAILURL] TMDL ID Report. Http link leading to online resources with further information about the event.

FMEASURE [FMEASURE] Linear from measure.

TMEASURE [TMEASURE] Linear to measure.

EVENTOFFSET [EVENTOFFSET] Event display offset.

EVENTTYPE [EVENTTYPE] Domain value indicating the program for which the event has been created.

EVENT_LENGTHKM [EVENT_LENGTHKM] Length of linear event record in meters.

GEOGSTATE [GEOGSTATE] Abbreviation of US state or state equivalent where the majority of the event is located.
FL = Unknown


CYCLE_YEAR [CYCLE_YEAR] The even numbered year associated with the list or assessment (e.g., 1996, 1998, 2000). This field indicates the cycle year used for spatial representation of the TMDL.
1998 = Unknown

2002 = Unknown


START_DATE [START_DATE] Start date of data

END_DATE [END_DATE] End date of data

WBD_HUC12 [WBD_HUC12] WBD HUC12 subwatershed that most encompasses the NHD feature.

WBD_HUC12_PERCENT [WBD_HUC12_PERCENT] Percentage of the feature contained within the WBD12 unit.

NAVIGABLE [NAVIGABLE] Flag indicating whether an event occurs on an NHD flowline which may be navigated using NHDPlus tools.
N = Unknown

Y = Unknown


VERTICES [VERTICES] Numeric count of individual vertices in the Event feature.

ESRI_KEY [ESRI_KEY] Convenience key provided to aid in join and relates activies in ESRI software.

WBD_HUC12_NAME [WBD_HUC12_NAME] Name of the WBD HUC12 subwatershed that most encompasses the NHD feature. Derived from FGDL layer: NHDWBD_HUC12_DEC17

DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on fields: [WBD_HUC12_NAME], [SOURCE_DATADESC], and [SOURCE_FEATUREID]. Calculated as: [WBD_HUC12_NAME] & " [WB ID: " & [SOURCE_DATADESC] & "] [TMDL ID: " & [SOURCE_FEATUREID] & "]"

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.LEN Length in meters

The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data 
associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are 
provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that 
appear as fields/table entries of the data set.
USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
EPA - Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described 
in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully 
for additional details. 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.

This dataset contains line data that can be used to identify the distribution of 
impaired waters with a TMDL within the State of Florida for pollutants of interest. 
The attribute information provided (e.g., TMDL pollutant, location, waterbody name) 
can be associated with the geospatial information (TMDLs on Impaired Waters 
NHD Indexed Dataset found at https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/waters-
geospatial-data-downloads). The attribute information can be downloaded at 
http://watersgeo.epa.gov/GEOSPATIALDOWNLOADS/attgeo_tmdlcaussrcepoll_
20150501.xlsx . Please note that a water can be identified on a State s 303(d) list 
as impaired for more than one cause of impairment and be identified as having more 
than one probable source. EPA considers TMDLs as water/pollutant combinations, 
please be mindful of this information when aggregating the attributes for analysis 
needs.

EPA - A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the 
data set has not been conducted. This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal 
positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan.

EPA - A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data 
set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable. This data is provided 'as is' 
and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan.

None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available 
information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data 
and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by 
the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of 
Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, 
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the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this 
documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our 
webpage at: https://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Development of the data set by the agency / individuals identified in the 'Originator' 
element in the Identification Info section of the record.
Process Date: 20150501

Metadata Date Stamp https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BFEC21D2C-D1CE-4CC5-A9DA-BDDFABE8ACA5%7D Process Date: 20160805
GeoPlan Center Process Steps: Downloaded data from the following EPA website on July 9th, 2018. https://edg.epa.gov/clipship/ 1. Select Area: Florida 2. Select Data EPA Office of Water OW TMDL - pts OW TMDL - line OW TMDL - area 3. Select Vector Format: FGDB 4. N/A 5. Select Spatial Reference: WGS84 Downloaded ----------- Accessed various metadata samples from the following EPA websites: Primary Metadata: https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id= %7BFEC21D2C-D1CE-4CC5-A9DA-BDDFABE8ACA5%7D Metadata Attributes: https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id={66F27299-6B1B-42BF-8AA0- 1127D7646631}&xsl=metadata_to_html_full Metadata Attributes: https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/reach-address-database-rad#eventmetadata ----------- Reprojected to FGDL Albers using the following transformation: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida ----------- Uppercased all fields except those containing website links. ----------- Added and populated the following fields. [WBD_HUC12_NAME] - Based on FGDL dataset NHDWBD_HUC12_DEC17 [DESCRIPT] - Based on following calculation [WBD_HUC12_NAME] & " [WB ID: " & [SOURCE_DATADESC] & "] [TMDL ID: " & [SOURCE_FEATUREID] & "]" [FGDLAQDATE] [AUTOID] Process Date: 20180709
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180719
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:
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
OW_TMDL__line
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW MC 4503T
Washington, DC
20460
202-566-1705

https://edg.epa.gov/clipship/ reid.wendy@epa.gov Wendy Reid

FGDL CONTACT:
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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