FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.
TITLE: OUTSTANDING FLORIDA WATERS
Geodataset Name: OUTWAT Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains boundaries for Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW) as described in Section 62-302.700, F.A.C. that are designated as OFW other categories.
DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Department of Environmental Protection SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:24,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1997 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: OUTWAT.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPE 8 SHAPEPOLY 0 AREA 19 DECIMAL 9 PERIMETER 19 DECIMAL 9 NAME 60 CHARACTER 0 ALTNAME 60 CHARACTER 0 TYPE 8 CHARACTER 0 OWNER 3 CHARACTER 0 OFW_ID 6 DECIMAL 0 SOURCE 20 CHARACTER 0 NAME2 60 CHARACTER 0 ALTNAME2 60 CHARACTER 0 TYPE2 8 CHARACTER 0 OWNER2 3 CHARACTER 0 OFW_ID2 6 DECIMAL 0 SOURCE2 20 CHARACTER 0 DESCRIPT 60 CHARACTER 0
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
AREA Area of polygon in square meters
PERIMETER Perimeter of polygon in meters
NAME Name as it appears in Section 62-302.700 F.A.C
ALTNAME Alternate name given to feature
TYPE OFW category found in Section 62-302.700, F.A.C
NERR -NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
NF -NATIONAL FOREST
NM -NATIONAL MEMORIAL
NMS -NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
NP -NATIONAL PARK
NPRES -NATIONAL PRESERVE
NRESW -NATIONAL RESOURCE WATER
NS -NATIONAL SEASHORE
NWR -NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESERVE
NWSRS -NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENT
SAS -STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
SBS -STATE BOTANICAL SITE
SCS -STATE CULTURAL SITE
SG -STATE GARDENS
SGS -STATE GEOLOGICAL SITE
SHS -STATE HISTORICAL SITE
SP -STATE PARK
SPRES -STATE PRESERVE
SRA -STATE RECREATION AREA
SRES -STATE RESERVE
SUAP -STATE UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVE
SWP -STATE WILDLIFE PARK
APRES -AQUATIC PRESERVE
AR -AQUATIC RESERVE
DU -DESIGNATION UNDETERMINED
PGL -STATE PROGRAM LANDS
SPECW -SPECIAL WATERS
WSRS -WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENT
OUT -OUT PARCEL
OWNER Original source data item describing ownership of land
F - FEDERAL LANDS
S - STATE LANDS
P - PRIVATE LANDS
OFW_ID Unique DEP OFW identifier
SOURCE Source of digital boundary
SCAN - indicates boundary was scanned from published materials,
registered and rectified with 1:24,000 USGS Public Land Survey
section corners. Data is then extracted from USGS 1:24,000
hydrology layer and attributed. For boundaries not completely
represented by USGS 1:24,000 hydrology layer, scanned material
was used to depict boundary.
BUREAU PARKS & REC - source data compiled from legal
description.
PMLANDS - source data from the GEOPLAN version 1 of Conservation
Lands
HYDRO-100-NT - USGS HYDROLOGIC DATA 1:100,000
HYDRO-24-NT - USGS HYDROLOGIC DATA 1:24,000
Out Parcel (Out parcel)
NAME2 Second OFW name when boundary overlap occurs
ALTNAME2 Overlap OFW Alternate name given to overlap OFW boundary
TYPE2 Same attribute codes as TYPE recorded for the overlap OFW
boundary
OWNER2 Same attribute codes as OWNER recorded for the overlap OFW
boundary
OFW_ID2 Overlap Unique OFW identifier
SOURCE2 Same attribute codes as SOURCE recorded for the overlap OFW
boundary
DESCRIPT FGDL added item based on NAME.
USER NOTES:
The legislature of the State of Florida established a category of surface water features called "Outstanding Florida Waters" (OFWs )that are to be protected from any degradation from their current water quality classification. A description of the water features eligible for inclusion as an OFW and a list of currently established OFWs is contained in Section 62-302.700, F.A.C., (Attachment 4). Additionally, "Waters" are defined in Section 403.031, F.S., as "... rivers, lakes, streams, springs, impoundments, and wetlands ... including fresh, brackish, saline, tidal, surface, and underground waters." Chapter 62-340, F.A.C., "Delineation of the Landward Extent of Wetlands and Surface Waters" details the plants and soil types that indicate the existence of wetland or surface water, under authority granted in Section 373.421, F.S. Most of the OFWs are contained within the boundaries of publicly-owned lands managed for conservation and/or recreation so that the extent of the water features that are protected can be defined by the legal boundary of the park, recreation area, preserve, or other publicly-owned property. Three categories of OFWs do not have boundaries so described: 1) the three river segments designated as wild and scenic under the Florida Scenic and Wild Rivers Program, federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the Myakka River Wild and Scenic Designation and Preservation Act; 2) the 16 streams or lakes in the National Forests, and 3) the 56 streams and lakes defined as Special Waters. A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling 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 section and 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
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Changed original file name from "other_outstanding_fl_waters" to "outwat" -DESCRIPT item added based on NAME -Upcased all character records
REFERENCES:
FDEP, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
This shapefile was downloaded in shapefile format from the FDEP website,
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm, by the GeoPlan Center in 2002.
When received, the data was in Albers HPGN projection (See "Map Projection
Parameters" below). Changed original name from "other_outstanding_fl_waters"
to "outwat", added DESCRIPT item based on NAME, and lowercase characters
within the attribute table were upcased.
The dataset's prior history from DEP is as follows:
Other divisions within the FDEP have felt the need to develop digital
coverages for the State-owned or managed properties they oversee and are in the
process of reducing the legal descriptions on deeds into a digital form by
interpreting and transferring the legal description to a quad sheet or using
one or another of the COGO (COordinate GeOmetry) systems. These lands include
the Aquatic Preserves and the State Park boundaries. Where possible, to
minimize duplication of effort, the Division of Environmental Permitting either
acquired the boundaries already created for the Aquatic Preserves, or entered
into a joint venture to create boundaries for the 145 lands managed by the
Division of Parks and Recreation.
All other OFW categories
All other categories are taken from the Lands managed for Conservation
created and compiled by GEOPLAN or have been created by us using descriptions
from the Outstanding Florida Waters documentation. Those boundaries created
internally were scanned from published materials, registered and rectified with
1:24,000 USGS Public Land Survey section corners. Data was then extracted from
USGS 1:24,000 hydrology layer and attributed. For boundaries not completely
represented by USGS 1:24,000 hydrology layer, arcs were digitized directly from
the scanned material to complete the boundary.
State Parks and Recreational Areas Category
The COGO method has several advantages and disadvantages for use in
producing a database for the OFWs. It uses primary source material - the legal
description on the deed. Data created using this method should have validity
within the legal system because it is from a source familiar to the courts.
Other agencies are using the COGO system so it is a familiar process and
product. COGO methodology is appropriate in that it weds the new system for
describing land ownership to the existing system. Additionally, each parcel
boundary will be maintained in a digital form and can be extracted from the
official boundary as a parcel's status changes. This data layer will also be
maintained and updated by the stewards of all the state park boundaries data,
so as the parcel boundaries change, the OFW boundaries will automatically be
updated. The downside is that COGO (or the survey data it automates) is labor
intensive and requires extensive training and expertise to use. Each legal
description references source materials that may only be available locally or
from the county appraiser's office, at a cost of travel and materials. Each
park boundary may have numerous parcels transferred to the state at different
times and some parcel boundaries overlap.
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum HPGN Spheroid GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 0 0.000 latitude of projection's origin 24 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 400000.00000 false northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Abbr.name: FDEP
Contact Person: GIS Section/GIS Help Desk
Phone: 850/921-9745
Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture
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