Geodataset Name:       WINDZONES
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         170

DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  200708
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 20070726    End Date: unknown
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WINDZONES.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
NAME	County name
FGDLCODE	County Code used by FGDL (coincides with alphabetical order)
FIPS	Federal Informational Processing Standard Code. Unique county code used by the Census Bureau.
WINDSPEED	Wind speed designation for minimum wind load of all buildings and structures
COUNTY	County name
SOURCE	Source of wind speed line description
EXPOSURE	Exposure classification. Exposure is the term used to describe the area surrounding the building in question with regard to the ability of wind to blow directly on the structure without disruption from surrounding structures B = Urban and suburban areas with many single-family or similar sized buildings within a distance of 1500 feet. All buildings not determined to be exposure C will be designed for Exposure B regardless of whether the structure is in the middle of a field or in the middle of a suburban setting C = Waterfront. Also known as the open country exposure. Is used in the Florida Building Code as applicable only to Miami-Dade and Broward counties, the barrier islands, and land areas within 1500 ft of the coastline in the rest of the state.
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on WINDSPEED
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.

Section 1: Pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Building Code, a Wind Speed Line is hereby created in Washington County, Florida to be located as follows: The Wind Speed Line for Washington County, Florida, shall be State Road 20, which runs through southern Washington County, and passes through Ebro, Florida. Section 2: For the purpose of regulating building construction standards, as required by the Florida Building Code, the wind speed requirements for Washington County, are hereby established as follows: The wind speed requirement for all portions of the County lying south of State Road 20 shall be 130 miles per hour, and the wind speed requirements for all portions of the County lying north of State Road 20 shall 120 miles per hour. Interpolation may be used as provided in the Florida Building Code, but all requirements of said code shall be strictly followed. Section 3: This Ordinance shall become effective when filed with the Secretary of State's Office. Ordinance Enacted July 26, 2007

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

This data is intended to give a generalized representation of wind speed zones designated by each county government. This data is not to be used for making specific insurance, property or building codes decisions.

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. 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 data sources. 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 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

REFERENCES:

Florida Department of Community Affairs Wind Speed Maps: http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/maps/1_maps.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

GeoPlan received wind speed line information from various county sources. Wind speed lines and county ordinance information was used to cut county boundary polygons (taken from FGDL) into wind speed zones. This was done using the Cut Polygon Features task in ArcMap. Process Date: 2008 63 counties merged and loaded to SDE Process Date: 20100301 Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20100301

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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