FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT LANDS

Geodataset Name:       WMDL_AUG06
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
Feature Count:         26035
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data set contains water management district owned lands for the state of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida's Water Management Districts
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20060825
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WMDL_AUG06.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
WMD
7 String ---
NAME
75 String ---
TYPE
40 String ---
COMMENTS
100 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
MGMT_AREA
40 String ---
PERIMETER
19 Float 11
AREA
19 Float 11
DESCRIPT
75 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

WMD Water Management District
NWFWMDL = Northwest Florida Water Management District Land

SFWMDL = South Florida Water Management District Land

SJRWMDL = St. Johns River Water Management District Land

SRWMDL = Suwannee River Water Management District Land

SWFWMDL = Southwest Florida Water Management District Land


NAME Name of district land

TYPE Type of district land
FEE = Water Management District owns outright (FEE Simple)

LTF = Water Management District owns a Conservation Easement (CE).

ESMT = Easement

NON-FEE = Non-Fee Interest

PROPFEE = Proposed Fee Acquisition

PROPESMT = Proposed Easement

70 = SJRWM District owned

71 = SJRWM District owned less than fee

72 = SJRWM Joint ownership

73 = Potential acquisition

74 = Potential acquisition full fee only

75 = Other public conservation lands

76 = Regulatory easements

FEE QUALITY COMM = Fee Simple, Quality Community acquisition

FEE W/O MINERAL = Fee without mineral rights

FEE W/ ACCESS = Fee with access easement granted to another party

FEE W/ CE = Fee with conservation easement

FEE W/ PUBLIC ROAD = Fee with prescriptive easement

FEE W/ UTILITY = Fee with utility easement

CONSERVATION ESMT = Conservation Easement, no public access

CE QUALITY COMM = Conservation Easement, no public access, Quality Community Acquisition

ACCESS ESMT PUB = Ingress Egress with public access allowed

ACCESS ESMT NO PUB = Ingress Egress with no public access allowed

DEED RESTRICTED = Disposed with some retained interest

DISPOSED = Properties formally owned by the district. District retains no interest

DISPOSED QUALITY COMM = Disposed Quality Community

0 = Undefined

1 = SWFWMD Fee Acquisition

2 = SWFWMD Less-than-fee Acquisition

3 = Proposed SWFWMD Fee Acquisition

4 = Proposed SWFWMD Less-than-fee Acquisition

5 = SWFWMD Perpetual Easement


COMMENTS Comments

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date received from source

MGMT_AREA Post closing name given to the acquired public lands by the managing agency

PERIMETER Perimeter of polygon (meters)

AREA Area of polygon (square meters)

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on NAME


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.

The source date for the district lands data is different for each water 
management district. The FGDLAQDATE field holds information on the 
original source date for each individual WMD. More information can be 
obtained about each water management districts individually owned lands 
at http://www.fgdl.org. Individual WMD lands shapefiles often contain 
more attribute information.

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.

A note concerning 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.

1:250000 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 analyses. 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 web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Northwest Florida Water Management District - http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/
St. Johns River Water Management District - http://sjr.state.fl.us/http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/
South Florida Water Management District - http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/
Suwannee River Water Management District - http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/
Southwest Florida Water Management District -http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:

DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL(S)

	SOURCE TITLE:		1999 DOQ's and Survey
	SCALE:			1:12,000
	DATUM:			NAD1983
	MAP PROJECTION:		UTM 
	MEDIA OF SOURCE:  	USGS
	CONDITION OF MEDIA:  	GOOD

PRE-AUTOMATION COMPILATION:	
	COMPUTER HARDWARE USED:			Sun
	OPERATING SYSTEM:			Solaris 2.5.1
	DATABASE SOFTWARE AND VERSION USED:	ARC/INFO 7.1.1
	GIS/MAPPING SOFTWARE AND VERSION USED:	Digitization
	METHOD OF AUTOMATION:			Digitization

	RESOLUTION OF AUTOMATION:		.001
	TOLERANCE OF DEGITIZER, SCANNER, ETC.:	unknown
	INITIAL DATE OF AUTOMATION:		unknown
	UPDATE SCHEDULE:			n/a
	SIZE OF DIGITAL FILE:			unknown
	FORMAT OF DIGITAL FILE:			arc/info
	CONTROL POINTS -			USGS Quads

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Northwest 
Florida Water Management District website 
(http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/isb/gis.htm) in April 2005. 
The data was downloaded as a coverage and was in 
the following projection: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_16N. 
The dataset was exported to a shapefile, and projected 
from NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_16N to FGDL Albers HPGN.

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:

Parcels included in this data base are those for which the District has 
obtained an interest (fee, easement, flow easement, etc) or have been
proposed for acquisition.  For more information about the selection process 
see the land acquisition web site at http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=10. 

The primary source of parcel boundary lines is the digital parcel boundary 
data derived from county programs. These are transferred or copied from 
district copies of the county layers.  Parcel information maintained in an 
Oracle data base has been joined to the GIS spatial layers, and additional 
fields added, to produce the coverage attribute tables.
Process Date: Unknown

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the South Florida 
Water Management District website 
(http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/gisit/index.html) in July 2006. 
The data downloaded was in shapefile format and in the following 
projection: NAD 83 State Plane Florida East FIPS 0901 Feet. 
The dataset was projected from NAD 83 to FGDL Albers HPGN.

- All fields in the table were upcased.
- The GIS Acres field was recalculated using x-tools.
- The following fields contained no data and were deleted:
  ACQUISITION, CURRENT_NO, CLOSING_OW, PRIOR_NON
- The following fields were also deleted:
  ACQ_ID, SFWOWN_ID, SFWMD_OWN_ID
- A DESCRIPT field was added based on PROJECT_NA
- A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source
- 145 Slivers (acreage of 0) were removed using the Eliminate command.
Process Date: 20060711

ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:

The polygons and lines are from various sources including 
surveys that  have been submitted as a requirement for purchase.  
Users should check the DIG-SOURCE / COGO-SOURCE 
attributes within the Polygon Attribute Table to determine the
integrity of property boundaries.  The Lands Acquisition Maps 
utilize the "acq_sym" attribute; polygons with no attributes 
or an empty "acq_sym"  field are of no consequence (either 
they are sliver polygons produced during editing, or they are 
parcels no longer in public ownership and/or not targeted for 
acquisition.)
Process Date: Unknown

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the St. Johns 
River Water Management District website 
http://sjr.state.fl.us/programs/data.html) in July 2006. 
The data was downloaded in shapefile format and was 
in the following projection: NAD 1983 HARN UTM Zone 17N. 
The dataset was projected from NAD 1983 HARN UTM Zone 17N 
to FGDL Albers HPGN

- Upcased all records in the table.
- Added a DESCRIPT field based on PARCEL_NAM
- Added a FGDLAQDATE field based on date downloaded from source
- Deleted fields SHAPE_AREA and SHAPE_LEN
- Also deleted OBJECTID, LANDS_ID, DIGITAL_CA,
  SEQ_NUM, and COMMENTS
- Added AREA and PERIMETER fields
- Removed 18 slivers with acreage less than 0.09 acres
Process Date: 20060711

SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:

GeoPlan received this dataset from the Suwannee
River Water Management District via email in August
2006. The data was received in shapefile format 
and was in the following projection: 
NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Florida_North_FIPS_0903_Feet. 
The dataset was projected to FGDL Albers HPGN.

- A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date received from source.
- Deleted TRANSLILNK4 field
- Recalculated GIS_ACRES field with X-tools
- Recalculated AREA and PERIMETER fields with X-tools
- Removed Slivers (Feature count went from 1018 to 982)
Process Date: 20060823

 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:

FEE AND LESS-THAN-FEE ACQUISITIONS
The ground control surveys used for creating the majority of these 
data were made by the Survey section of the Southwest Florida 
Water Management District (SWFWMD).

Some surveys were completed by individual survey firms under contract 
to the seller, but had to meet the Southwest Florida Water Management 
District Survey Section's requirements.  A Professional Surveyor verified 
these from the Survey section of the SWFWMD.

For large multi-parcel acquisition projects, such as the Green Swamp and 
Annutteliga Hammock, surveys were not obtained for the small tracts (most 
are less than 20 acres).  Sketches were made based on the legal descriptions.  
These projects are located in Lake, Polk and Hernando counties.
Process Date: 20060622

This layer is derived from the District's Land Parcel layer.   The ArcINFO 
DISSOLVE command was used to eliminate internal parcel lines and leave 
only the exterior project boundaries. A metadata report for the Parcel layer 
is available from the District.

Each new parcel is combined with the existing coverage and attributed 
within ArcEdit.  Topology is created for the coverage using CLEAN or BUILD.

Since 2003, either a shapefile that is created in AutoCAD Map or a DXF 
file is provided of the parcel boundary.   The file's projection is defined 
and then projected using ArcToolBox.  The parcel is then combined  with 
the existing Parcel feature class and attributed within ArcMap.  The 
topology is validated and any errors corrected.
Process Date: 20060622

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Southwest 
Florida Water Management District website:
(http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/index.htm) in 
July 2006. The data was downloaded in shapefile format 
and was in the following projection: NAD_1983_HARN_UTM_Zone_17N. 
The dataset was projected to FGDL Albers HPGN.

- A DESCRIPT item was added based on the item PROJECTNAM.
- A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source.
- Deleted OBJECTID, Shape_len, and Shape_area
- Recalculated ACRES with X-tools
- Added AREA and PERIMETER fields with X-tools
Process Date: 20060711

The five individual Water Management District shapefiles were merged
using the merge command in ArcCatalog.
Process Date: 20060823

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:                   ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr. Name:             SJRWMD
Address:                St. John's River Water Management District
                        P.O. Box 1429
                        Palatka FL 32178-1429
Phone:                  (904) 329-4500
Fax:                    1-800-451-7106
Web site:               http://sjr.state.fl.us/index.html      
Contact Person:         Data Administrator

Name:                   SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr. Name:             SFWMD
Address:                South Florida Water Management District
                        P.O. Box 24680
                        301 Gun Club Rd
                        West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680
Phone:                  1-800-662-turn  or  (561) 686-8800
Web site:               http://www.sfwmd.gov         
Contact Person:         
         Phone:         (561) 687- 6718

Name:                   SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 
Abbr.name:              SWFWMD
Address:                2379 Broad Street
                        Brooksville, FL 34609-6899
Phone:                  352-796-7211 
Web site:               www.swfwmd.state.fl.us    

Name:                   NORTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 
Abbr. Name:             NFWMD
Address:                North Florida Water Management District
			81 Water Management Drive
			Havana, FL  32333
Phone:                  (850) 539-5999

Web site:               http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/

Name:                   SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISCTRICT 
Abbr. Name:             SRWMD
Address:                Suwannee River Water Management District
			9225 CR 49
			Live Oak, FL 32060
Phone:                  (386) 362-1001

Web site:               http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/

FGDL CONTACT:
Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

Contact FGDL: 

      Technical Support:	        http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:		http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html