FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: Reclass of Wetland Habitats of High Priority to Endangered and Threatened Species in Florida - 2012 

Geodataset Name:       PRIORITY_WETLANDS_2012_RECLASS
Geodataset Type:       RASTER
Geodataset Feature:    30-METER CELL
Feature Count:         7
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Priority Wetlands 2012 updates the original priority wetlands map produced in 1994, developed by Kautz et al. This raster dataset identifies Florida wetlands important to wetland-dependent vertebrates listed by the State of Florida as endangered, threatened, or species of special concern. The dataset also ranks the relative importance of wetland areas based on species richness of the selected vertebrate species. We selected 33 wetland-dependent species based on the species used to create the original version (see Table 1 in Kautz et al. 1994; also see Entity and Attribute Information section). Changes from the species selected in the 1994 version include removing Bald Eagles (Federal and State delisting) and Dusky Gopher Frogs (extirpated in FL). We also added striped mud turtles (Lower Keys) to the 2012 version. This species was not included in the 1994 version due to insufficient data. Wetland habitats were identified using known occurrence records and vegetative cover derived from the Florida Land Cover image, produced in 2003 by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC Land Cover). For the selected suite of species, we used the potential habitats modeled in this and previous efforts to identify used FL wetlands and their adjacent uplands. The potential habitat models are binary rasters of potential habitat | non-habitat with 30- x 30-m resolution. Sometimes, potential-habitat maps were re-sampled to a larger pixel size because the software package had processing limitations on the maximum number of pixels. We calculated species richness to rank the relative importance of the identified wetland areas. After receiving the original grid from FFWCC, GeoPlan executed a reclass on the priority field. This reduced the number of values from 2844 down to 7. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  Unpublished Material
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20120306
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: PRIORITY_WETLANDS_2012_RECLASS
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
VALUE
4 Integer
OBJECTID
4 OID
COUNT
4 Integer
RED
10 String
GREEN
10 String
BLUE
10 String
PRIORITY
2 SmallInteger
DESCRIPT
50 String

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





VALUE

Pixel value representing PRIORITY VALUE
















OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















COUNT

Pixel count for record attributes
















RED

For display purposes
















GREEN

For display purposes
















BLUE

For display purposes
















PRIORITY

Relative importance of Wetlands and Uplands determined by calculating the species richness in both classes; assigned values as Priority Values 1-6, 6 being the most important.




1 = 1-3 wildlife species, Uplands

2 = 4-6 wildlife species, Uplands

3 = 1-3 wildlife species, Wetlands

4 = 4-6 wildlife species, Wetlands

5 = 7-9 wildlife species, Wetlands

6 = 10-11 wildlife species, Wetlands













DESCRIPT

GeoPlan added field based on PRIORITY




























USER NOTES:








Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values













Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges and all pixel cells were classified.













Unknown,  input data models were not validated













Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as 
the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been 
changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida 
Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to 
ongoing research, new research, and contact information.















To identify Florida wetlands important to the long-term survival of wetland-
dependent vertebrates listed as endangered, threatened, or species of special 
concern in the State of Florida. Data are intended to provide landscape-scale 
guidance to decision makers involved in public land acquisition, land use planning 
and other land conservation efforts at regional scales















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















Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be 
appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment 
as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of 
this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to 
create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are 
modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should 
be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time 
periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in 
mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC 
shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal 
documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and 
should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.














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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








FWC Land Cover was reclassified into Wetlands, Uplands, and background.

We defined Wetlands with the following 16 land cover types:  Freshwater Marsh 
and Wet Prairie; Sawgrass Marsh; Cattail Marsh; Shrub Swamp; Bay Swamp; 
Cypress Swamp; Cypress/Pine/Cabbage Palm; Mixed Wetland Forest; Hardwood 
Swamp; Hydric Hammock; Bottomland Hardwood Forest; Salt Marsh; Mangrove 
Swamp; Scrub-Mangrove; Tidal Flats; and Open Water.

We defined Uplands as uplands that were immediately adjacent to wetlands with 
the following 20 land cover types:  Coastal Strand; Beach/Sand; Xeric Oak Scrub; 
Sand Pine Scrub; Sandhill; Dry Prairie; Mixed Hardwood-Pine Forest; Hardwood 
Hammock and Forest; Pineland; Cabbage Palm-Live Oak Hammock; Tropical 
Hardwood Hammock; Shrub and Brushland; Grassland; Bare soil/Clearcut; 
Improved Pasture; Unimproved/Woodland Pasture; Sugarcane; Citrus; Row/Field 
Crops; and Other Agriculture. 

To identify the number of wildlife species that might use Wetlands and Uplands in 
the state, distribution maps from previously created models were identified for 33 
species (see Entities and Attributes Section for list). We overlaid these distributions 
on the FWC Land Cover data with the schema grouped as described above.
Process Date: 

This data was received from FFWCC in May 2013. When received the data was in 
GRID format and the Albers HARN projection.

GeoPlan did the following to the GRID:
-Executed a reclass on the PRIORITYVALUE reducing the number of unique pixel values from 2844 to 7.
-Renamed from priorwet12 to PRIORITY_WETLANDS_2012_RECLASS
-Added a DESCRIPT based on PRIORITYVALUE text descriptions
Process Date: 20130509









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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