FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FINAL DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT IN FLORIDA FOR CHROMOLAENA FRUSTRATA (CAPE SABLE THOROUGHWORT) - 2014

Geodataset Name:       CS_TWORT_CH_FEB14
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         9
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data represents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designation of critical habitat for the Chromolaena Frustrata (Cape Sable Thoroughwort) in the state of Florida. The final rule designation is effective as of February 7, 2014.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, South Florida Ecological Services Office
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20121011 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20140207 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: CS_TWORT_CH_FEB14.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
10 String
UNITNAME
50 String
SUBUNITNAM
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
ACRES
8 Double
DESCRIPT
23 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

SINGLMULTI Differentiates between Critical Habitats of single species and multiple species.
SINGLE = Shapefile represents a single species.

MULTIPLE = Shapefile represents 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

SUBUNITNAM Critical Habitat subunit name

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


ACRES ACRES

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on COMNAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date received from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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.

To represent the designated critical habitat in Florida for the Chromolaena 
Frustrata (Cape Sable Thoroughwort).

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

It is important to understand that the designated critical habitat information 
accessed from the USFWS website DOES NOT represent all of the critical habitat 
designated by the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service. Only digitized critical habitat 
submitted into this system as of the time of download is available.

This means that there is additional designated critical habitat that is not 
accounted for in reports generated from this website.

While the Service makes every effort to represent the data shown on 
these maps as completely and accurately as possible (given existing 
time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed 
or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. 
Graphical representations provided by the use of this data do not represent 
any legal description of the data herein and are provided only as a general 
representation of the data.

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REFERENCES:
Federal Register PDF:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-08/pdf/2013-31576.pdf

South Florida Ecological Services GIS:
http://www.fws.gov/verobeach/GIS.html

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat For the Cape Sable Thoroughwort:
http://www.fws.gov/verobeach/20140107CHDesignforCSTNR.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan received the data via email in October 2014. When received
the data was in geographic coordinate system WGS 1984. The data was
projected to the NAD_1983_HARN_Albers projection.

- Renamed dataset from cape_sable_thoroughwort-critical_habitat
  to cs_twort_ch_feb14
- Added and calculated acres field
- Upcased all data in the attribute table
- Added a DESCRIPT field based on COMNAME
- Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data.
Process Date: 20141017

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:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, South Florida Ecological Services Office
USFWS
1339 20th Street
Vero Beach, Florida
32960
772-562-3909 x341

http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab/ jane_cooke@fws.gov Jane Cooke

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

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