FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: ETAT.WATQUAL305B_2000

Geodataset Name:       ETAT.WATQUAL305B_2000
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         5129
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Statewide shapefile of Water Quality Data created by the Watershed Planning & Coordination Section
DATA SOURCE(S):                    FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,WATERSHED PLANNING & COORDINATION
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20000101 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20000101 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WATQUAL305B_2000.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
HUC
8 String ---
BASIN
22 String ---
WBID
5 String ---
GROUPNAME
27 String ---
WBTYPE
10 String ---
WBSIZE
19 Number 6
WBUNIT
13 String ---
WBSIGLAKE
3 String ---
ASDATE
2 String ---
ASCYCLE
4 String ---
ASTMDL
3 String ---
ASBDATE
2 String ---
ASEDATE
2 String ---
USE
2 String ---
WQ
7 String ---
FULLY
19 Number 6
THREAT
19 Number 6
PARTIAL
19 Number 6
NOTSUPP
19 Number 6
NOTATTAIN
19 Number 6
NAUASS
19 Number 6
EXCELL
19 Number 6
VERY
19 Number 6
GOOD
19 Number 6
FAIR
19 Number 6
POOR
19 Number 6
NUMSITES
19 Number 6
ASTYPE
4 String ---
ASTYPE1
4 String ---
ASTYPE2
4 String ---
ASSOMAG
1 String ---
NUTM
19 Number 6
TPM
19 Number 6
TNM
19 Number 6
BACM
19 Number 6
DOM
19 Number 6
TSSM
19 Number 6
ALGM
19 Number 6
TURM
19 Number 6
OTHM
19 Number 6
MERMF
19 Number 6
MERMP
19 Number 6
MERMN
19 Number 6
METALM
19 Number 6
TOXTOTM
19 Number 6
ASM
19 Number 6
CDM
19 Number 6
CUM
19 Number 6
CRM
19 Number 6
PBM
19 Number 6
HGM
19 Number 6
SEM
19 Number 6
ZNM
19 Number 6
AMM
19 Number 6
CHLM
19 Number 6
STPM
19 Number 6
INDM
19 Number 6
AGM
19 Number 6
REM
19 Number 6
SLM
19 Number 6
LDM
19 Number 6
URM
19 Number 6
CNM
19 Number 6
HMM
19 Number 6
OTM
19 Number 6
TREND
1 String ---
MONITOR
9 String ---
SHAPE
11 Number ---
OBJECTID_1
4 OID ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
DESCRIPT
8 Date ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL obtained the data from the source.

OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

HUC USGS hydrologic unit code

BASIN Undefined by source

WBID Unique water body identifier number

GROUPNAME Undefined by source

WBTYPE Undefined by source

WBSIZE Undefined by source

WBUNIT Undefined by source

WBSIGLAKE Undefined by source

ASDATE Undefined by source

ASCYCLE Undefined by source

ASTMDL Undefined by source

ASBDATE Undefined by source

ASEDATE Undefined by source

USE Undefined by source

WQ Undefined by source

FULLY Undefined by source

THREAT Undefined by source

PARTIAL Undefined by source

NOTSUPP Undefined by source

NOTATTAIN Undefined by source

NAUASS Undefined by source

EXCELL Undefined by source

VERY Undefined by source

GOOD Undefined by source

FAIR Undefined by source

POOR Undefined by source

NUMSITES Undefined by source

ASTYPE Undefined by source

ASTYPE1 Undefined by source

ASTYPE2 Undefined by source

ASSOMAG Undefined by source

NUTM Undefined by source

TPM Undefined by source

TNM Undefined by source

BACM Undefined by source

DOM Undefined by source

TSSM Undefined by source

ALGM Undefined by source

TURM Undefined by source

OTHM Undefined by source

MERMF Undefined by source

MERMP Undefined by source

MERMN Undefined by source

METALM Undefined by source

TOXTOTM Undefined by source

ASM Undefined by source

CDM Undefined by source

CUM Undefined by source

CRM Undefined by source

PBM Undefined by source

HGM Undefined by source

SEM Undefined by source

ZNM Undefined by source

AMM Undefined by source

CHLM Undefined by source

STPM Undefined by source

INDM Undefined by source

AGM Undefined by source

REM Undefined by source

SLM Undefined by source

LDM Undefined by source

URM Undefined by source

CNM Undefined by source

HMM Undefined by source

OTM Undefined by source

TREND Undefined by source

MONITOR Undefined by source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

OBJECTID_1 Internal feature number.

AUTOID No description

SHAPE.AREA No description

DESCRIPT Based on 'BASIN'

SHAPE.LEN No description


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.
POLYGON

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

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

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling 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.  1:125000 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 analysis.  Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our webpage at: http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

THE FGDL DATA AS PROVIDED BY CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER (COLLECTIVELY THE 'MATERIALS') ARE COPYRIGHTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER FOR THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS (THE 'DATA PROVIDERS'). DO NOT REPRODUCE, REDISTRIBUTE OR RESELL THE MATERIALS, OR PROVIDE THE MATERIALS FOR FREE TO CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS, OR PLACE THE MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD ON A WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN USING FGDL DATA OR SOFTWARE IN PROJECTS, MAPS, ETC.; YOU AGREE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FGDL AS A DATA SOURCE. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS'. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE QUALITY OR SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIALS, EITHER EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Statewide basins coverage was converted into a shapefile and subdivided into 8
smaller units by Joe Hand.  Additional basins were created in ARCVIEW (For
information on the procedures and rationale used to subdivide the statewide
coverage and create these new basins, contact Joe Hand).  The eight shapefiles were
used as a source for making an updated statewide 305b coverage.  Each shapefile was
converted into an ARC/INFO REGIONS coverage using SHAPEARC command with the subclass
option.  Coverages were projected from Decimal Degrees NAD27 to Albers-Hpgn. Topology
was rebuilt using the CLEAN command.  A tolerance of 1 was used for fuzzy and dangle
length. The regions coverages were converted to ARC polygon coverages using the
REGIONPOLY command.  The eight polygon coverages were mapjoined using the MAPJOIN
command. Sliver polygons (coverage-id = 0) were eliminated with the ELIMINATE
command. As a final check, the linework of the coverage was checked using each of
the individual eight coverages as a backcover in ARCEDIT. Some additional small
slivers were deleted manually in ARCEDIT. To assure that each polygon has a unique
WBID (water body id), a summary statistics on item WBID was performed in ARCVIEW.
There were 18 duplicated WBID'S. They were reassigned unique WBID'S following the
guidelines supplied by Joe Hand.  A shapefile was made of this coverage. DBASE
tables (containing summaries of chemical and biological data) from the 305b report
were joined to the attribute table of the shapefile in ARCVIEW. WBID was used as
the joinitem. For a full description of the attribute table contact Joe Hand. The
shapefile with the joined attribute table was converted into an ARC/INFO polygon
coverage using SHAPEARC (with regions option), CLEAN (fuzzy and dangle length 1)
and REGIONPOLY commands.  This resulted in the 1996 version of the 305b data.

The original datset was updated for 1998 using ArcView 3.1 by updating
database information and by adding new polygons to accomodate new stations. 

The 1998 datset was updated for 2000 using ArcView 3.2 by updating
database information and by adding new polygons to accomodate new stations.
Process Date: 20000101

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the data from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp) (1) Projection file changed to FGDL Albers HPGN (2) Upcased all records in the table (3) Added a DESCRIPT field based on BASIN (4) Added FGDLAQDATE based on Geoplan acquisition date Process Date: 20060615
Metadata imported. Process Date:
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20090525
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20091013
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:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400
850-245-8238

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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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