FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: PROPERTY TAX DATA RECORDS SUMMARIZED TO SECTION 

Geodataset Name:       TAXS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    TABLE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains tax data summarized by use to the Township, Range, Section (TRS) level. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 County Specific

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: TAXS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OID
4 OID ---
CASE_
11 Number ---
FREQUENCY
11 Number ---
TRS
8 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
UCOLD
20 Float ---
JV
20 Float 6
AV
20 Float 6
TV
20 Float 6
LAND
20 Float 6

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





OID

Internal feature number.
















CASE_

Arc/Info internal record number
















FREQUENCY

Number of occurrences for each value of the items listed below
















TRS

Township, range, section
















DESCRIPT

Description for the DORCODE
















UCOLD

DOR Use Code (See DESCRIPT item for corresponding item)
















JV

Sum of total value for all records in that TRS section value
















AV

Sum of assessed value for all records in that TRS section value
















TV

Sum of assessed value for all trecords in that TRS section value
















LAND

Sum of land value for all records in that TRS section value
















USER NOTES:








GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original 
data. This table was created using the TAXD records for each county.  
The lack of properly defined township, range and section values in some of 
the counties can cause some data loss when creating this table. See the 
TAXS metadata (FGDL) specific to the particular year you are interested in 
to learn more about inherent errors in tax data and those errors specific to 
each county. TRS values = 00N00E00 OR 00S00W00 OR 0000000, etc. 
are records that did not have valid TOWNSHIP RANGE and SECTION 
Values, this was done to create a uniform representation for these records.
The Florida Keys (TAXD0244) records were orginally listed as 01S01E01, 
this was changed to 99S99E99 so as to not be confused with the TRS 
values (01S01E01) found in LEON CO. 

Many field names vary from previous years. The fields are still in the same 
exact order. See metadata by year for definitions.

























A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare 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.

1:250000 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 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: 






Florida Department of Revenue. 1994. Manual of Instructions for Ad Valorem Tax Administration.









DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








Data received from Florida Department of Revenue in DBF format. 
The data was then summarized by Township, Range, and Section 
(TRS) by the GeoPlan Center to produce TAXS.
Process Date: Varies









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 Revenue
FDOR
2410 Allen Rd.
Tallahassee, FL
32303
(850) 488-9719 (main number)


http://fcn.state.fl.us/dor/











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

Contact FGDL: 

      Technical Support:	        http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:		http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html