FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: CRITICAL HABITAT IN FLORIDA FOR THE GULF STURGEON (ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS DESOTOI) (RIVER UNITS 1-7) - 2003

Geodataset Name:       CH_NMFS_STURGULFL_MAR03
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         36
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
These data identify, in general, the areas of Final riverine Critical Habitat for the Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) (Units 1-7) in the State of Florida. There is a separate geospatial dataset that shows the final marine critical habitat Units 8-14. Omissions of river distributaries may be possible due to the extent of source data (NHD) and because a number of the smaller streams are not named and easily identifiable. Based on the legal narrative unit descriptions in the Federal Register, all distributaries are included; however, they may not be graphically represented in this dataset. Please Note: This dataset only contains data present at the Florida extent.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    NOAA - National Marine Fisheries Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20030319 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20021126 End Date: 20030319 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: CH_NMFS_STURGULFL_MAR03.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
SINGLMULTI
10 String
COMNAME
200 String
SCINAME
200 String
SPCODE
4 String
VIPCODE
3 String
UNIT
20 String
SUBUNIT
20 String
UNITNAME
50 String
SUBNITNAM
50 String
STATUS
20 String
LEADOFFICE
10 String
COOPOFFICE
10 String
COOPOFMORE
254 String
FEDREG
10 String
PUBDATE
8 String
EFFECTDATE
8 String
VACATEDATE
8 String
ACCURACY
50 String
LENGTH_MET
8 Double
RIVER_MILE
8 Double
HUC_CODE
16 String
DESCRIPT
100 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

SINGLMULTI Single or multiple species

COMNAME Legal common name of the species

SCINAME Binomial or trinomial scientific name

SPCODE Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted

VIPCODE Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted

UNIT Critical habitat unit code

SUBUNIT Critical Habitat subunit code

UNITNAME Critical Habitat unit name

SUBNITNAM No description available.

STATUS Critical Habitat Status
FINAL = Final Critical Habitat

PROPOSED = Proposed Critical Habitat

EXCLUDED = Excluded (4A3 or 4B2)

VACATED = Vacated by Court Order


LEADOFFICE Lead Office Cost Center Code

COOPOFFICE Cooperating Office Cost Center Code

COOPOFMORE Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes

FEDREG Federal Register ID

PUBDATE Federal Register publication date

EFFECTDATE Effective date for critical habitat designation

VACATEDATE Date critical habitat designation vacated

ACCURACY Accuracy items or concerns
Temporal Adjustment = Data is dependent on temporal factors

Seasonal Adjustment = Data is dependent on seasonal factors

Tidal Adjustment = Data is dependent on tidal fluctuations

Historical Adjustment = Reference features, streams, boundaries, etc. have changed

Source Adjustment = Source data is inconsistent or coarse

Other = Other concern


LENGTH_MET No description available.

RIVER_MILE No description available.

HUC_CODE HUC CODE

DESCRIPT Field added by GeoPlan calculated as: [UNITNAME] & " (" & [UNIT] & ") - " & [SUBNITNAM]

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.LEN Length in meters


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The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.

Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed
species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the 
importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections 
and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, 
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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:
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
Critical Habitat Designations, Maps, and GIS Data
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat

Southeast NOAA Fisheries Region: critical habitat maps and data
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/tags/southeast-critical-habitat-map

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
This data set was created using ArcView 3.2a
The process steps for creating the final Gulf sturgeon riverine critical habitat units were:
1. NHD arc and route.reach files were brought into the view for each basin 
    covered by the final critical habitat.
2. Records in the route.reach files were selected by querying on the name field. 
    Additional unnamed records (mainly distributaries) were selected within the view using the selector tool.
3. Records in the arc files were selected using the "Select by theme..." command, 
    choosing all records that were completely within the route.reach files. 
    The selected records were visually checked to ensure that only river centerlines were included.
4. Using the X-Tools extension "merge themes" command, all selected records from the 
    NHD arc files were combined into the stg_ch_final.shp file.
5. Distributaries that were not included in the NHD arc files but were included in the Federal Register maps or 
    DeLorme state gazetteers were added to the shapefile with on-screen digitizing.
6. Using the narrative unit descriptions from the Federal Register, some arcs were spilt and parts were removed. 
    This only occurred in units where the highest river reach included stopped at a road crossing. 
    The roads layer used to determine this stopping point is from the 
    ESRI Sample Data and Maps, CD Volume 5, Southern U.S., August 1999.
Process Date: 20021126

The GeoPlan Center downloaded the critical habitat dataset on October 17th, 2019 from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Critical Habitat Website: ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION: Critical Habitat https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat Southeast critical habitat maps and data https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/tags/southeast-critical-habitat-map Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat Map and GIS Data Map and GIS data representing critical habitat for the conservation of threatened Gulf sturgeon in the Southeast U.S. June 26, 2019 - Map , Southeast https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/gulf-sturgeon-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/webdam/download/91216925 shapefile-Gulf-sturgeon-critical-habitat-all-units-USFWS-NMFS-SERO.zip shapefile_Gulf_sturgeon_critical_habitat_Unit1_7_USFWS_SERO.shp During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Select features that intersected the CH_NMFS_EXTENT_OCT19.shp - Reprojected to FGDL Albers via the following: Original Projection: GCS_WGS_1984 Transformation used to Reproject to FGDL Albers: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida - Clipped to the CH_NMFS_EXTENT_OCT19.shp - Uppercased all records in the table (Except Scientific Names). - Uppercased all field names - A DESCRIPT field was added based on [UNITNAME] & " (" & [UNIT] & ") - " & [SUBNITNAM] - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed to: CH_NMFS_STURGULFL_MAR03 - Updated Metadata. Process Date: 20191017
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20191101
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

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NOAA/NMFS Southeast Regional Office
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St. Petersburg, FL
33701
727-824-5312

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/gulf-sturgeon-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data amanda.frick@noaa.gov@noaa.gov Amanda Frick

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