FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: BEACH WATER MONITORING LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 2016 

Geodataset Name:       BEACHWTR_FEB16
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         259
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the location of sampling points for the Florida Healthy Beaches Program. The statewide testing program tests for enterococci, which the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended states adopt as a saltwater quality indicator. Enterococci are enteric bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and animals. The presence of enteric bacteria can be an indication of fecal pollution, which may come from stormwater runoff, pets and wildlife, and human sewage. If they are present in high concentrations in recreational waters and are ingested while swimming or enter the skin through a cut or sore, they may cause human disease, infections or rashes. This is an update to the beachwtr_may11. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Health
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20160201
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20160201
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: BEACHWTR_FEB16.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
SPID
8 Double
COUNTY
15 String
EPABEACHID
10 String
ACTIVE
8 Double
SPLOCATION
45 String
SPLAT
8 Double
SPLONG
8 Double
DESCRIPT
45 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















SPID

Sample ID
















COUNTY

County Name
















EPABEACHID

Environmental Protection Agency Beach Sample ID
















ACTIVE

Undefined by Source
















SPLOCATION

Sample Location
















SPLAT

Sample Latitude
















SPLONG

Sample Longitude
















DESCRIPT

GeoPlan added field based on SPLOCATION
















FGDLAQDATE

The date GeoPlan 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













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.













In 1998, five of Florida's coastal counties began monitoring for enterococci
bacteria under a grant-funded pilot program. By the beginning of 2000, 11
Florida counties were participating in the program, which continued through
July 2000.

In August 2000, the Beach Water Sampling Program was extended to 30 of Florida's
coastal counties through state legislation (Senate Bill 1412 and House Bill 2145)
and funding. In addition, sampling under the new program now includes fecal
coliform as well as enterococci bacteria. The rationale for selecting these two
bacteria for analysis and implications of the sampling results are described below.
In August 2002, the beach water sampling program began collecting water samples
on a weekly basis with additional funding from U.S. EPA. The most recent results
from the current program can be reviewed here:
http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/beach-water-quality/index.html















The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems 
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.















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















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REFERENCES: 






Florida Healthy Beaches Program:

http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/beach-water-quality/index.html









DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








GeoPlan took the following steps during the QA/QC Process:
 - Downloaded the dataset from FDOH on 10/31/2016 using this link:
   http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html
   (original dataset in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic
   coordinate system).
 - Dataset projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection and renamed.
 - DESCRIPT field added based on the SPLOCATION field.
 - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date dataset was downloaded
   from source.
 - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths
   were shortened to the appropriate shortest length possible.
 - Uppercased fields and records in the dataset.
Process Date: 20161104









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:




Florida Department of Health, Florida Healthy Beaches Program
FDOH
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, FL
32399
850-245-4240


http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html
AskEH@flhealth.gov










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