SFWMD NORTH/SOUTH EVERGLADES AND NEEPP BOUNDARIES - 2014

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: South Florida Water Management District
Publication_Date: 20180522
Title:
SFWMD NORTH/SOUTH EVERGLADES AND NEEPP BOUNDARIES - 2014
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
State of Florida
Online_Linkage: https://geo-sfwmd.opendata.arcgis.com/
Description:
Abstract:
This feature class contains the boundaries for the Northern Everglades, Southern Everglades, and the protection plans for the Lake Okeechobee (LOPP), Caloosahatchee River Watershed (CRWPP), and St. Lucie River Watershed (SLRWPP). The feature class has a field named "Type"; corresponding to the following values:0 = set for the boundaries comprising the Northern and Southern Everglades; 1 = set for the overlap between the two areas North and South; 2 = set for Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP); 3 = set for watersheds; 4 = set for subwatersheds; 5 = set for drainage basins; 6 = set for the Lake Okeechobee (waterbody).  The boundary for the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP) is defined as the combined area for the Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee River, and St. Lucie River watersheds. These boundaries were defined over time from varying versions of the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED) and other supplemental data and were last updated in 2014.
Purpose:
This feature class contains boundaries for the Northern Everglades, Southern
Everglades, and the protection plans for the Lake Okeechobee (LOPP),
Caloosahatchee River Watershed (CRWPP), and St. Lucie River Watershed
(SLRWPP).
Supplemental_Information:
Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program:

Underscoring the state's commitment to Greater Everglades ecosystem 
restoration, the Florida Legislature in 2007 expanded the Lake Okeechobee 
Protection Act to strengthen protection for the Northern Everglades. This 
is being achieved by restoring and preserving the Lake Okeechobee 
watershed and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries. The legislation 
required watershed plans for Lake Okeechobee (including Fisheating Creek), 
the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers and their estuaries. Features of 
the Northern Everglades & Estuaries Protection Program:
* Recognizes that the Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie
  watersheds are critical water resources of the State
* Builds upon and consolidates numerous restoration activities into a 
  comprehensive approach
* Expands use of the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund to include Northern
  Everglades restoration and extends it through 2020 Initial phases of these 
  plans are now being implemented, as is planning for feasibility studies of 
  sub-basins within each plan. 

More information about the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection 
Program can be found at the following SFWMD webpage: https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/northern-everglades


North/South Everglades and NEEPP Boundaries:

The boundary for the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program
(NEEPP) is defined as the combined area for the Lake Okeechobee, 
Caloosahatchee River, and St. Lucie River watersheds. These boundaries
were defined over time from varying versions of the SFWMD ArcHydo-
Enhanced-Dataset (AHED) and other supplemental data. The boundaries for 
the Lake Okeechobee Watershed are primarily based on the 2013 linework 
for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED), the official repository for
watershed boundaries. Polygon boundary of the Northern Everglades and 
Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP), as of July 2014. 

This dataset provides a common reference for linework and polygon areas
associated with the Northern Everglades, Southern Everglades, and the 
protection plans for the Lake Okeechobee (LOPP), Caloosahatchee River
Watershed (CRWPP), and St. Lucie River Watershed (SLRWPP). Boundaries 
are derived primarily from the current (July 2012) AHED linework. The Northern
Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program was mandated in 2007 by the 
Florida Legislature. The 2012 Florida Statutes, section 373.4595 -- Northern 
Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program -- defines the Northern Everglades 
as "the Lake Okeechobee watershed, the Caloosahatchee River watershed, 
and the St. Lucie River watershed", and finds that "the Lake Okeechobee
watershed, the Caloosahatchee River watershed, and the St. Lucie River 
watershed are critical water resources of the state, providing many economic,
natural habitat, and biodiversity functions benefiting the public interest, including 
agricultural, public, and environmental water supply; flood control; fishing;
navigation and recreation; and habitat to endangered and threatened species 
and other flora and fauna. "The protection plans (PP) are revised every three 
years. 

The Lake Okeechobee Watershed includes four major tributary systems: 
Kissimmee River, Lake Istokpoga - Indian Prairie/Harney Pond, Fisheating 
Creek, and Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough, as well as other drainage networks
around east, west, and south of the Lake. These tributary systems and 
drainage networks are generally bound by the drainage divides of the major 
water bodies and are further divisible into 69 drainage basins and grouped by 
nine sub-watersheds based on hydrology and geography. The data set 
represents the external boundaries of the Lake Okeechobee Watershed, the 
9 sub-watersheds which comprise the LOW, and the 69 Basins which comprise 
the sub-watersheds as per the 2014 LOWPP Update and the Northern 
Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program. The basis for the boundaries 
was the technical work associated with the "Draft - Technical Support 
Document: Lake Okeechobee Watershed Performance Measure Methodologies"
Lake Okeechobee document dated February 2013 developed for revisions to 
the 40E-61 Works of the District Program, with minor modifications.

The boundaries for the St. Lucie River Watershed are based on the current
linework for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED), the official 
repository for watershed boundaries. The St. Lucie River Watershed has the 
following subwatersheds: C-25, C-24, C-23, C-44 (that includes S-153 and 
Basin 8), St. Lucie North Fork, Basin 4, 5, and 6, North Mid-Estuary, South 
Mid-Estuary, South Coastal, South Fork. 

The boundaries for the Caloosahatchee River Watershed are based on the 
current linework for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED), the 
official repository for watershed boundaries. The Caloosahatchee River 
Watershed has five subwatersheds: S4, East Caloosahatchee, West 
Caloosahatchee, Tidal, Coastal. 

The dataset has one field named "Type" that corresponds to the following 
values:0 = set for the boundaries comprising the Northern and Southern 
Everglades 1 = set for the overlap between the two areas, North and 
South2 = set for Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Plan 
(NEEPP)3 = set for watersheds4 = set for subwatersheds5 = set for 
drainage basins6 = set for the Lake Okeechobee (water body).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2014
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Access_Constraints: NONE
Use_Constraints:
The data is provided by the South Florida Water Management District 
and is made available to the public in response to the Florida Public
Records Law, Florida Statutes, Chapter 119. Any information, including 
but not limited to software and data, received from the South Florida Water 
Management District ("DISTRICT") is provided "AS IS" without warranty 
of any kind, and the District expressly disclaims all express and implied 
warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability 
and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the results and 
performance of any information obtained from the District is entirely assumed
by the recipient. This layer is not intended for analysis that may require a 
higher degree of horizontal and/or vertical accuracy, resolution and control 
that exceed those of this dataset. It is the responsibility of the user to use 
professional judgment to determine if the dataset is suitable to meet their 
needs.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: South Florida Water Management District
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
3301 Gun Club Road
City: West Palm Beach
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisdata@sfwmd.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
South Florida Water Management District
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
North/South Everglades and NEEPP Boundaries: https://geo-sfwmd.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/northsouth-everglades-and-neepp-boundaries Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program: https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/northern-everglades
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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_Scale_Denominator: Unknown
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
SFWMD
Source_Contribution:
Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
This dataset was downloaded by the GeoPlan Center from the SFWMD Open Data Portal 
(https://geo-sfwmd.opendata.arcgis.com/) on 8/16/2018. When received the dataset was 
in the following projection: WGS84. The dataset was reprojected to FGDL Albers. 

The following table operations were performed: 
- Added the field DESCRIPT based on the following: 
  Where TYPE = 0-2, DESCRIPT based on BOUNDARY
  Where TYPE = 3, DESCRIPT based on WATERSHED
  Where TYPE = 4, DESCRIPT based on SUBWATERSH
  Where TYPE = 5, DESCRIPT based on DRAINAGEBA
  Where TYPE = 6, DESCRIPT = "LAKE OKEECHOBEE [WATERBODY]"
- Added the field FGDLAQDATE based on date downloaded from source.
- Deleted fields OBJECTID, SHAPE_AREA, and SHAPE_LENGTH
- Upcased all text in the attribute table.
- Data set was renamed NEEPP_BND_2014 from NEEPP_NORTH_SOUTH_EVERGLADES
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20180816
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Server=wopr.fla-etat.org; Service=5151; User=etat; Version=SDE.DEFAULT
Process_Date: 20180906
Process_Time: 16480400
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 111
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: NEEPP_BND_2014
Entity_Type_Definition:
NEEPP_BND_2014.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DRAINAGEBA
Attribute_Definition:
(DRAINAGEBASINS) The drainage basins are smaller areas and are part of subwatersheds.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBWATERSH
Attribute_Definition:
(SUBWATERSHED) Subwatersheds are composed by drainage basins and form a watershed.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WATERSHED
Attribute_Definition:
(WATERSHED) The watershed is composed by subwatersheds.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BOUNDARY
Attribute_Definition:
(BOUNDARY) The boundaries available are the NEEPP and Northern/southern Everglades.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_
Attribute_Definition:
(TYPE) The types values are: 0 = set for the boundaries comprising the Northern and Southern Everglades; 1 = set for the overlap between the two areas North and South; 2 = set for Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP); 3 = set for watersheds; 4 = set for subwatersheds; 5 = set for drainage basins; 6 = set for the Lake Okeechobee (waterbody).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GIS_AC_ACR
Attribute_Definition:
The shape area of these polygons converted to acreages.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
SFWMD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition:
GeoPlan added field based on the following:
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Where TYPE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
0-2, DESCRIPT based on BOUNDARY
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Where TYPE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
3, DESCRIPT based on WATERSHED
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Where TYPE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
4, DESCRIPT based on SUBWATERSH
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Where TYPE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
5, DESCRIPT based on DRAINAGEBA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Where TYPE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
6, DESCRIPT = "LAKE OKEECHOBEE [WATERBODY]"
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition:
GeoPlan added field based on date downloaded from source.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute_Definition:
Area in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition:
Perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source:
GeoPlan
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Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
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Address:
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20180906
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: South Florida Water Management District
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
3301 Gun Club Road
City: West Palm Beach
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisdata@sfwmd.gov
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