FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: WATER MONITORING SECTION (WMS) REPORTING UNITS

Geodataset Name:      WMSREP
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains WMS (Water Monitoring Section) Tier 1 Status
Network Reporting Units. The purpose of the Status Network is to 
characterize the environmental conditions of Florida's water resources 
in an efficient, systematic, and scientifically defensible manner.
There are four reporting units within each water managment district,
which are the basis of a five-year rotating monitoring plan. USGS
staff created the reporting unit boundaries using a Hydrologic Unit
coverage that existed prior to the 1997 updated 1:24,000 Major
Hydrologic Basins.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:2,000,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     11/30/2001
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: WMSREP.DBF

ITEM NAME       WIDTH     TYPE      PRECISION

SHAPE              8      SHAPEPOLY     0
AREA              19      DECIMAL       9
PERIMETER         19      DECIMAL       9
REPUNIT            3      CHARACTER     0
NAME              30      CHARACTER     0
YEAR1              2      CHARACTER     0
YEAR2              2      CHARACTER     0
YEAR3              2      CHARACTER     0
YEAR4              2      CHARACTER     0
UNIT               1      CHARACTER     0
DESCRIPT           3      CHARACTER     -

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM                     ITEM DESCRIPTION

SHAPE			 Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
	  		 which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
AREA                     Area of polygon in square meters
PERIMETER                Perimeter of polygon in meters
REPUNIT                  A 3 character alphanumeric code identifying the Water
                         Management District and Unit.
                         First 2 characters identify which Water Management District:
                         	NW	Northwest Florida Water Management District,
                         	SW	Southwest Florida Water Management District
                         	SF	South Florida Water Management District
                         	SR	Suwannee River Water Management District
                         	SJ	Saint Johns River Water Management District
                         Third character identifies which of the four reporting units
				Reporting Unit "A", "B", "C" or "D"

NAME                     The name of the reporting unit
YEAR1                    A code identifying whether the reporting unit was sampled
			 the year 2000
                         	"Y" Reporting unit is sampled during specified year
                         	"N" Reporting unit is not sampled during specified year
YEAR2                    A code identifying whether the reporting unit was sampled
			 the year 2001
                         	"Y" Reporting unit is sampled during specified year
                         	"N" Reporting unit is not sampled during specified year
YEAR3                    A code identifying whether the reporting unit was sampled
			 the year 2002
                         	"Y" Reporting unit is sampled during specified year
                         	"N" Reporting unit is not sampled during specified year
YEAR4                    A code identifying whether the reporting unit was sampled
			 the year 2003
                         	"Y" Reporting unit is sampled during specified year
                         	"N" Reporting unit is not sampled during specified year

UNIT                     A single character alphanumeric code identifying WMD sequence
                         number.
                         1 alphanumeric character
                         A, B, C, D

DESCRIPT                 FGDL added field based on NAME

USER NOTES:

The state was divided into five primary spatial strata that coincide with
Florida's five Water Management Districts (WMD's).  Secondary spatial strata
were determined (reporting units) as one or more USGS Hydrologic Units: each WMD
was divided into four reporting units.  The four reporting units within each WMD
are the basis of a five-year rotating monitoring plan.  During the five-year
cycle, all reporting units from each WMD will be sampled in a random sequence.

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets are not
suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling 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

These data are based on interpretation of available information and should
not be construed as legally binding.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Upcased all character records
-DESCRIPT item was added based on Name
-Changed original file name from "wms_reporting_units" to "wmsrep"
-Updated Area and Perimeter using XTools for ArcView 3.2

REFERENCES:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was downloaded in shapefile format by the GeoPlan Center in 2002 from
Florida Department of Environmental Protection webpage at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis
In the WMSREP.DBF a DESCRIPT item was added based on Reunit, and lowercase characters
within the attribute table were upcased. Updated Area and Perimeter
using XTools for ArcView 3.2 When received, data was in Geographic projection,
Albers Equal Area Conic Datum: HPGN Units: Meters.

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
  latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000
  false easting (meters)               400000.00000
  false northing (meters)              0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:           Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Abbr.name:      FDEP
Contact Person: GIS Section/GIS Help Desk
         Phone: 850/921-9745
      Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/

FGDL CONTACT:

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