University of Florida GeoPlan Center 20210521 vector digital data Gainesville, FL University of Florida GeoPlan Center State of Florida www.fgdl.org This dataset is an inventory of Land Uses and Land Covers classified in the State of Florida. The dataset has been derived from data created by the five Water Management Districts and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Watershed Restoration. The land use and land cover classification level 3 code is defined by the Florida DOT's FLUCCS classification system. This dataset represents land use and land cover information derived from imagery for the following range of years; 2014 - 2019. Land use and land cover information provides environmental scientists an understanding of the relationships between human activities, land surface physiography and water resources. This layer was created by merging the following FGDL layers with priority given to the most recent data: LU_NWFWMD_2019, LU_SFWMD_2016, LU_SJRWMD_2014, LU_SRWMD_2017, and LU_SWFWMD_2017. This dataset is an update to the FGDL layer LU_L3_STATE_FEB20. This layer is the parent for WMD Wetlands (FLUCCS Level 3), which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 6000 and FLUCCS < 7000. This layer is the parent for WMD Residential Areas (FLUCCS Level 3), which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS < 1400. This layer is the parent for WMD Industrial Areas (FLUCCS Level 3), which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 1500 and FLUCCS < 1600. This layer is the parent for WMD Agricultural Lands (FLUCCS Level 3), which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 2000 and FLUCCS < 3000. This layer is the parent for Residential, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS < 1400. This layer is the parent for Industrial, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 1500 and FLUCCS < 1600. This layer is the parent for WMD FLUCCS Agricultural, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 2000 and FLUCCS < 3000 . This layer is the parent for WMD Wetlands, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 6000 and FLUCCS < 7000. This layer is the parent for WMD Residential Areas, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS < 1400. This layer is the parent for WMD Industrial Areas, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 1500 and FLUCCS < 1600. This layer is the parent for WMD Agricultural Lands, which uses the following selection: LU_L3_STATE.FLUCCS >= 2000 AND FLUCCS < 3000. The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes. 20140101 20191231 publication date Complete As needed -87.639228 -79.858414 31.042871 24.484566 None SFWMD SJWMD SRWMD Landuse NWFWMD Planning and Development SWFWMD Land Use LULC FLUCCS ISO 19115 Topic Category ImageryBaseMapsLandCover PlanningCadastre None Florida None 2014 2017 2019 2016 None 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. University of Florida GeoPlan Center Kate Norris Geospatial Data Manager mailing and physical

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Gainesville FL 32611 US data@fgdl.org data@fgdl.org www.fgdl.org NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJWMD, SFWMD, SWFWMD and FDEP Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Watershed Management https://floridadep.gov/DEAR/Watershed-Assessment-Section Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) https://www.nwfwater.com/ Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) https://www.mysuwanneeriver.com/ St. Johns River Water Management District (SJWMD) https://www.sjrwmd.com/ Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/ South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) https://www.sfwmd.gov/ GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. 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. 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 12000 onLine Spatial and Attribute Information The following Water Management District Land Use/ Land Cover data sets were used in the creation of the data layer. LU_SRWMD_2017 LU_NWFWMD_2019 (Newest dataset, publication date: 20210521) LU_SFWMD_2016 LU_SJRWMD_2014 LU_SWFWMD_2017 The five WMD layers were combined in the order given above to create one statewide land use layer. Overlaps were erased giving precedence to the dataset with the latest date and the newest information. Finally the newly created LU_L3_STATE_MAY21 dataset was cleaned up using the following techniques. 1. The geometry was then cleaned using the repair geometry tool. 2. The layer was then converted from multipart to single part. 3. The following fields were created and updated ACRES, AREA, LENG, SLIVER, and TEST. The following calculation was used to populate the SLIVER field: 4 * (( 3.14 * [area] ) / ( [leng] * [leng] )) The TEST field was calculated using the equation [ACRES] * [SLIVER]. 4. A selection was made where TEST < 0.1 The Eliminate command was then run on this selection set. 5. Further slivers were eliminated using the following selection sets: ACRES < 0.5 AND SLIVER < 0.2 6. Slivers that were not absorbed via the Eliminate command were later deleted. 7. Finally the repair geometry function was run once more and the ACRES field was updated. GeoPlan 20210525 University of Florida GeoPlan Center Kate Norris Geospatial Data Manager mailing and physical

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Gainesville FL 32611 US data@fgdl.org data@fgdl.org www.fgdl.org Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 1380021 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 LU_L3_STATE_MAY21 LU_L3_STATE_MAY21.DBF GeoPlan OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. FLUCCS The land use and land cover classification Level 3 code as defined in the Florida DOT's FLUCCS classification system. GeoPlan OTHER The following represents the original field from the source Water Management District Layer. A secondary classification assigned to account for the fact that any given polygon may have more than one use or a use and a physiographic cover. GeoPlan SOURCE Water Management District of Coverage/Origin. GeoPlan SOURCE2 Agency of Origin: WMD or Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Watershed Restoration. GeoPlan FLUCCS_L1 The highest level (level 1) designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels. The following represents the original field from the source Water Management District Layer. GeoPlan LEVEL1 Level 1 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema. GeoPlan FLUCCS_L2 The second highest level (level 2) designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels. The following represents the original field from the source Water Management District Layer. GeoPlan LEVEL2 Level 2 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema. GeoPlan FLUCCS_L3 The third highest level (level 3) designation in a hierarchical coding scheme containing 4 levels. The following represents the original field from the source Water Management District Layer. GeoPlan LEVEL3 Level 3 land use description, based on the FDOT classification schema. GeoPlan ACRES Number of Acres. GeoPlan DESCRIPT Based on the field LEVEL3. GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. GeoPlan AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan GeoPlan SHAPE.AREA SHAPE.LEN Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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