FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: BROWNFIELD POINT LOCATIONS

Geodataset Name:       BROWNFIELDS_POINTS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains brownfield point locations which are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act primary goals are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of sites.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2001
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: BROWNFIELDS_POINTS.dbf
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
SHAPE
0 Geometry ---
AREAID
11 String ---
AREANAME
75 String ---
CITY
30 String ---
COUNTY
30 String ---
ACREAGE
19 Number 5
RESDATE
8 Date ---
DEPDISTRIC
12 String ---
WMDISTRICT
10 String ---
LAT_DD
19 Number 5
LAT_MM
19 Number 5
LAT_SS
19 Number 5
LONG_DD
19 Number 5
LONG_MM
19 Number 5
LONG_SS
19 Number 5
COL_METH
9 String ---
ACCURACY
19 Number 5
OBJECTID
10 Number ---
DESCRIPT
35 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AREAID Brownfield Area ID determined as "BF" + "DEP county code (2 characters)" + "year of resolution date (two characters)" + "sequential area number for the specified county (2 characters)" + "000"

AREANAME Brownfield Area name

CITY City in which the Brownfield Area lies

COUNTY County in which the Brownfield Area lies

ACREAGE Brownfield Area acreage provided by the local government in which the area was designated

RESDATE Date the Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA) resolution was signed

DEPDISTRIC FDEP District in which the Brownfield Area lies

WMDISTRICT Water Management District in which the Brownfield Area lies

LAT_DD Degrees in latitude.

LAT_MM Minutes in Latitude.

LAT_SS Seconds in Latitude.

LONG_DD Degrees in longitude

LONG_MM Minutes in Longitude.

LONG_SS Seconds in Longitude.

COL_METH Method for collecting latitude/longitude (GPS, surveying, or other)

ACCURACY Numeric degree of correctness

OBJECTID ID of Area

DESCRIPT Based on 'AREANAME'

USER NOTES:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Brownfields data is provided to assist in the determination of areas with potential for economic revitalization.


A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare 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 sectionand 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:
FDEP http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Points were derived for Brownfield Locations by converting lat/long information
in the database to an ArcView shapefile.  The point locations were then compared
to their respective polygon boundaries.  Where points did not fall within in 
their Brownfields Area, they were moved.  The new lat/long information was 
obtained and then written back into the source Access database.

Locations and attributes of the original 44 Brownfields current at the time
of data development were visually verified by Camisha Clarke and Carl
Eichenberger and independently QCd by Patrick Pence. 

10/31/01
A seventh Ocala Brownfield area was added by screen digitizing.
Process Date: 2000

Layer reinserted from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 3 new Brownfields Areas. Process Date: 06/05/02
Layer reinserted from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 1 new Brownfield Area. Process Date: 07/17/02
Layer reinserted from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. DEPDISTRICT column changed to reflect full name of district. Process Date: 08/30/02
Layer initialized from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 1 new Brownfield Area. Process Date: 10/17/02
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 3 new points. Process Date: 11/07/02
Ocala Area 4 point moved from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke. Process Date: 12/17/02
Layer initialized from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 3 new Brownfields Areas. Process Date: 01/29/03
Layer initialized from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 3 new Brownfields Areas. Process Date: 02/25/03
Metadata imported. Process Date: 04/08/03
Layer recreated from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 2 new Brownfields Areas and a column change for LDS compliance. Process Date: 04/08/03
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 3 new points. Process Date: 04/23/03
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 1 new point. Process Date: 06/06/03
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 5 new points. Process Date: 07/21/03
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 1 new point. Process Date: 10/20/03
Layer appended to from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 1 new point. Process Date: 10/25/03
Layer initialized from shapefile provided by Camisha Clarke with the Bureau of Waste Cleanup. The shapefile included 11 new points. Process Date: 04/06/04
Appended 2 records from shapefile obtained from Camisha Clarke. Process Date: 06/22/04
Process Date:
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the FDEP website and performed a QAQC procedure in which the following occured. -All text in the Attribute table was UPCASED. -'DESCRIPT' field was added based on 'AREANAME' Process Date: 07/30/04
Dataset copied. Process Date:

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):

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Contact Person:
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd, Twin Towers MS 6520
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400
850/245-8238

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp GIS Section
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