FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WELLS - MAY 2010

Geodataset Name:       WELLS_NWFWMD_MAY10
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Multipoint
Feature Count:         52111
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Well Construction permitting data shows locational information about some of the wells permitted by the District. The Water Resources Act of 1972 gave the Northwest Florida Water Management District the responsibility to protect, conserve and manage the ground waters in northwest Florida from Escambia County to western Jefferson County. As required by law, the District initiated regulation of the construction, repair and abandonment of all water wells. Those regulations, found in Chapter 40A-3, Florida Administrative Code (www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/permits/rules/ch40A3.pdf), require permits for all wells, establish minimum well construction standards and conduct inspections and enforcement. Spatial distribution of wells help permitting personnel determine whether the construction of proposed well will be according to the Florida Statutes. For example, whether it will adversely affect the ground/surface water resources or will be close to a ground water contamination area. This is an update to the wells_nwfwmd layer. The location information may have been provided by the well contractor or owner and may not have been verified by the District. Please keep these limitations in mind when using the data.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Northwest Florida Water Management District
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20100528 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20100528 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WELLS_NWFWMD_MAY10.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
PERMIT_NUM
10 String
OWNER_KEY
8 Double
OWNER_FIRS
20 String
OWNER_LAST
40 String
WATER_USE
2 String
DIAMETER
8 Double
WELL_DEPTH
8 Double
CASING_DEP
8 Double
WELL_STREE
40 String
ISSUE_DATE
10 String
CU_PERMIT
8 Double
CU_APNUM
8 Double
STATE_ID
7 String
LOC_METHOD
8 Double
CONT_LICEN
8 Double
INSPECTOR_
8 Double
X_COORD
8 Double
Y_COORD
8 Double
DESCRIPT
23 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

PERMIT_NUM Permit number assigned to the permit application.

OWNER_KEY A relate key for the owner.

OWNER_FIRS Owner's first name.

OWNER_LAST Owner's last name.

WATER_USE Code describing the use of the water being pumped.
AI = Agricultural Irrigation

AQ = Aquaculture

AR = Aquifer Recharge

AS = Aesthetic

CO = Commercial

DI = Diversion / Impoundment

DM = Domestic / Multiple Family

DW = Dewatering Wells

DO = Domestic

ES = Essential Service

FI = Fire

FP = Freeze Protection

GI = Golf Course Irrigation

HR = Heat Pump Recharge

HS = Heat Pump Supply

IN = Industrial

IN = Institutional

LA = Landscape Irrigation

LI = Livestock

LP = Limited Use Public Supply

MI = Mining

Monitor = MO

NA = Navigation

NI = Nursery Irrigation

OO = Other Outside Use

PP = Power Production

PS = Public Supply

PS = Recreation Irrigation

RI = Recreation Irrigation

RW = Restoration Well

SF = Soil Flooding

SN = Sanitation

TE = Test

WR = Water Based Recreation

XX = Unknown


DIAMETER Diameter of the well, in inches.

WELL_DEPTH Depth of the well, in feet.

CASING_DEP Length of water bearing casing in the completed well (feet).

WELL_STREE Street address of the well location (as opposed to the owner's address).

ISSUE_DATE Date permit was issued.

CU_PERMIT Consumptive use permit number.

CU_APNUM Contains the Consumptive Use Permit application number.

STATE_ID Florida Unique Well Identification (FLUWID).Multiple agencies have tagging authority in the District Jurisdictional area. This occassionally results in wells having multiple FLUWID numbers. Public Supply wells are particularly suseptible to this.

LOC_METHOD Method used to locate the well.
O = Unknown

1 = Geographic Information System

2 = Global Positioning Satellite

3 = Surveyed

4 = Topographic Map

5 = Driller supplied


CONT_LICEN Undefined by source.

INSPECTOR_ Undefined by source.

X_COORD X coordinate in current projection.

Y_COORD Y coordinate in current projection.

DESCRIPT Based on WATER_USE.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
On going.  Also, not all wells are recorded.  Wells permitted before 1976 are not 
included in the dataset.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
The Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD or District) stretches 
from the St. Marks River Basin in Jefferson County to the Perdido River in 
Escambia County. The District is one of five water management districts in 
Florida created by the Water Resources Act of 1972.  The District has worked 
for decades to protect and manage water resources in a sustainable manner for 
the continued welfare of people and natural systems across its 16-county region.  
It serves Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, 
Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, Washington and western 
Jefferson County.

Purpose of the data is to regulate the distribution and volume of  water to 
conserve and assure supply in relation to demand for the present and the 
future. Construction, repair and proper abandonment of water wells, both 
public and private, and the quantities of water that may  be extracted, are 
regulated by the Water Management Districts. The primary purpose of this 
data is to assist the District with evaluation of permits issued under Part 
II of Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes(Consumptive Use Permitting) and 
under Part III of Chapter 373, Florida Statutes (Well Construction Permitting).

Accuracy is not always verified.  Following is a list of methods used to locate the wells;
Code Locational Method
1 Geographic Information System
2 Global Positioning Satellite
3 Surveyed
4 Topographic Map
5 Driller-supplied
Historically datum information for latitude/longitude has not been accurately recorded.

Not known

The District has geographic coordinates for only about 15% of the wells permitted.  
The spatial data provided may therefore only represent a small fraction of the 
existing wells.  The data represents the records for wells permitted for 
construction beginning in the year 1976.  The locational information may have been 
provided by the well contractor or owner and may not have been verified by the 
District. Please keep these limitations in mind when using the data.

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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
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:
http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/aboutdistrict.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Tabular data is recorded everyday into Oracle database.  GIS layer is updated overnight 
to reflect the data entered the day before. Then the layer is inserted into SDE.
Process Date: Updated every night

GeoPlan Center Process Steps: Geoplan acquired the data via email from the NWFWMD on May 28, 2010. The data downloaded was in shapefile format packaged together in a zip file called nwfwmd_wells. The shapefile was extracted and originally named: nwfwmd_wells. The data was in the following projection: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_16N The following tasks were undertaken: - Reprojected to the FGDL Albers NAD83 HARN projection. - Removed 45 points due to their location falling outside the terrestrial boundary of Florida - All records were uppercased. - Changed original layer name from nwfwmd_wells to wells_nwfwmd_may10. - Dropped the AREA, PERIMETER, CPS_, and CPS_ID fields. - Added the DESCRIPT field based on WATER_USE. - Added the FGDLAQDATE based on the date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source Process Date: 20110203
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20110214
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:
Northwest Florida Water Management District
NWFWMD
81, Water Management Dr.
Havana, FL
32333
850-539-5999

http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/ Ferdouse Sultana and Tom Brown

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