FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: SEA TURTLE NESTING ACTIVITY 1998 TO 2002 - ALLIGATOR POINT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, FLORIDA 

Geodataset Name:       ALLGTR_PT
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 




This data set shows monitored sea turtle activity (nests and crawls)
along the coast of Alligator Point, which is in Franklin County, Florida.
Data has only been collected for the past few years, and this data set 
shows activities from 1998 through the beginning of Summer 2002.






DATA SOURCE(S):                    US Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      June 2002
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: ALLGTR_PT.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
GIS_ID
7 String ---
DATE
8 Date ---
YEAR
5 Number ---
SPECIES
16 String ---
OBSERVER
9 String ---
NEST_ID__
10 String ---
NEST_CRAWL
10 String ---
LAT_DEG
7 Number ---
LAT_MIN
7 Number 3
Y_COORD
12 Number 8
LONG_DEG
9 Number ---
LONG_MIN
9 Number 3
X_COORD
15 Number 8
CRAWL_WIDT
17 Number ---
DEPTH_TO_E
20 Number ---
CRAWL_TYPE
10 Number ---
EMERGENCE_
51 String ---
Z_HATCHED_
16 String ---
Z_UNHATCHE
18 String ---
Z_DEPREDAT
19 String ---
PREDATION
31 String ---
Z_LIVE_PIP
13 String ---
Z_DEAD_PIP
15 String ---
Z_LIVE_HAT
16 String ---
Z_DEAD_HAT
18 String ---
CLUTCH_SIZ
11 String ---
HATCH_SUCC
18 String ---
DIST_TO_MH
22 String ---
DEPTH_TO_1
26 String ---
DEPTH_BOTT
41 String ---
INCUBATION
23 String ---
COMMENTS
234 String ---
COMMENT2
100 String ---
DIST_TO_DU
19 String ---
DIST_TO__1
20 Number ---
NEST_FOUND
15 String ---
EGGS_FOUND
26 String ---
HS_DATE
10 String ---
DISORIENTA
13 String ---
NEST_SAT
19 String ---
RESCUE_REL
21 String ---
ADDRESS
83 String ---
HIGH_TIDE
19 String ---
LOW_TIDE
19 String ---
SUNRISE
8 String ---
SUNSET
8 String ---
MOON_RISE
11 String ---
MOON_SET
10 String ---
MOON__VISI
14 String ---
CLASSIFY
48 String ---
DESCRIPT
150 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





FID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















GIS_ID

Unique value for each record
















DATE

Date of event
















YEAR

Year of event
















SPECIES

Character: Loggerhead, Green, or unknown
















OBSERVER

Person that observed event/tracks
















NEST_ID__

Unique field number given for each event
















NEST_CRAWL

Describes the event as a nest or a false crawl
















LAT_DEG

Latitude degree
















LAT_MIN

Latitude minutes
















Y_COORD

Y coordinate in decimal degrees
















LONG_DEG

Longitude degree
















LONG_MIN

Longitude minutes
















X_COORD

X coordinate in decimal degrees
















CRAWL_WIDT

Turtle crawl width in inches
















DEPTH_TO_E

Depth to eggs, in inches
















CRAWL_TYPE

Type of crawl, unknown values
















EMERGENCE_

Date of turtle emergence, estimates and actual dates
















Z_HATCHED_

Number of hatched eggs
















Z_UNHATCHE

Number of unhatched eggs
















Z_DEPREDAT

Number of depredated eggs
















PREDATION

Was the nest depredated
















Z_LIVE_PIP

Number of live pipped turtles
















Z_DEAD_PIP

Number of dead pipped turtles
















Z_LIVE_HAT

Number of live hatchlings
















Z_DEAD_HAT

Number of dead hatchlings
















CLUTCH_SIZ

Clutch size
















HATCH_SUCC

Hatch Success - percentage
















DIST_TO_MH

Distance to MHW (in feet) at HS (hatch success?)
















DEPTH_TO_1

Depth to eggs (in inches) at HS (hatch success?)
















DEPTH_BOTT

Depth to bottom of nest chamber (in inches) at HS (hatch success?)
















INCUBATION

Incubation Period (Days)
















COMMENTS

Comments
















COMMENT2

Comments
















DIST_TO_DU

Distance to dune flag in feet
















DIST_TO__1

No description
















NEST_FOUND

Was the nest found and verified?
















EGGS_FOUND

Were the eggs found so the nest was verified?
















HS_DATE

Hatch success date
















DISORIENTA

Were the hatchlings disorientated?
















NEST_SAT

Was the nest sat during hatching?
















RESCUE_REL

Rescue/Release info
















ADDRESS

Address where the event occured and owner's name if available
















HIGH_TIDE

Time of high tide
















LOW_TIDE

Time of low tide
















SUNRISE

Time of sunrise
















SUNSET

Time of sunset
















MOON_RISE

Time of moon rise
















MOON_SET

Time of moon set
















MOON__VISI

Moon visibility, percentage or phase
















CLASSIFY

Field used in ArcView to classify the legend based on values such as year, type of event, and species
















DESCRIPT

Based on nest_crawl, year, and species
















USER NOTES:







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























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modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best
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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: 






U.S. Fish and Wildlife:

http://www.fws.gov/







DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 









1)Data was received as five separate MS Excel Spreadsheets. 
Additional records for the 2002 season were received as the 
text within an e-mail.

2) The data was compiled into a new MS Excel Spreadsheet
that included all five years of data. Some field names were
changed to more accurately describe all data sets. The
spreadsheet was then saved out as a DBF4 (dBASE IV) file.

3) The table was imported into ArcView 3.2a and checked for
accuracy, and data that was deleted from the fields was
re-entered with data from the original Excel spreadsheets.

4) The points were plotted in decimal degrees using "View:
Add Event Theme." 

5) The points were projected to a custom Albers projection
using the ESRI Projector! extension.
Process Date: 20020619









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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US Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS
1601 Balboa Ave.
Panama City, FL
32405
850-769-0552 x247


http://www.fws.gov/
wendy_gierhart@fws.gov
Wendy Gierhart







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