Description: This data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, by compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale, but they are large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
Copyright Text: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Esri
Description: This data set represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in the United States and its Territories. These data delineate the areal extent of wetlands and surface waters as defined by Cowardin et al. (1979). Certain wetland habitats are excluded from the National mapping program because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and near shore coastal waters. Some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs) have also been excluded from the inventory. These habitats, because of their depth, go undetected by aerial imagery. By policy, the Service also excludes certain types of "farmed wetlands" as may be defined by the Food Security Act or that do not coincide with the Cowardin et al. definition. Contact the Service's Regional Wetland Coordinator for additional information on what types of farmed wetlands are included on wetland maps.
Description: The Potential Natural Areas data layer identifies privately owned lands in Florida that are not managed or listed for conservation purposes but that are possible examples of good-quality natural communities. These areas were determined from FNAI's scientific staff vegetative interpretation of 1988-1993 FDOT aerial photographs and from input received during Regional Ecological Workshops held for each regional planning council. These workshops were attended by experts familiar with natural areas in the region. Potential Natural Areas have been assigned ranks of PNA-1 through PNA-4 (with 1 being highest value) mostly based on size and perceived quality and type of natural community present. The areas included in internal rank PNA-5 (former ACI Category C) are exceptions to the above criteria. These areas were identified through the same process of aerial photographic interpretation and regional workshops as the PNA 1 through 4 ranked sites, but do not meet the standard criteria. These PNA 5 areas are considered lower priority for conservation than areas ranked PNA 1- 4, but nonetheless are believed to be ecologically viable tracts of land representative of Florida's natural ecosystems. The original PNAs were digitized based on 1:100,000 scale county maps and lacked the geographic precision desirable for the type of geographic overlay analyses undertaken in the Conservation Needs Assessment. We therefore revised the PNA boundaries using land cover datasets, most recently by overlaying the original PNA polygons onto FNAI's 2010 Cooperative Landcover dataset (CLC). Based on comparison with digital ortho quarter quad (DOQQ) aerial photography, the CLC land cover boundaries were found to conform more closely to land cover patterns than the original PNA boundaries. In addition, the original PNAs did not take into consideration existing managed areas, Save Our Rivers (SOR) acquisition projects, or Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) acquisition projects that existed at the time of the original analysis (roughly 1995). We added these by selecting all CLC "natural" or "semi-natural" polygons within 1995 managed area or CARL project boundaries and 1997 SOR boundaries (all of these polygons were "clipped" by the boundaries of the managed area or CARL project). PNAs on CARL projects were assigned a rank by FNAI staff; PNAs on conservation lands and SOR projects at the time of that analysis were not ranked, they have a grid value of 100. For the April 2011 revision we added original ACI sites into the analysis for the first time. ACI sites were never ranked by FNAI scientists in the same way as PNAs, so we developed an automatic ranking system based on the acres of priority natural commmunities each site contained. ACI ranks overall are a good match for PNA ranks, but the different methodology means that the two are not entirely comparable. The April 2011 revisions also involved the demotion or deletion of some PNAs. These rank demotions and deletions were based on the percentage of the original PNA boundary filled by CLC-identified natural and semi-natural land cover. In other words, using the CLC as a representation of current landcover, fragmented PNAs were demoted and highly fragmented PNAs were deleted. Despite the revisions, PNAs have not been completely re-ranked since they were originally created in the mid-1990s. For most uses, we strongly recommend grouping PNA ranks 1-4 and 100 as one class of "high value" potential natural areas, with PNA rank 5 as a separate "moderate value" class. This avoids issues with the different methodologies used to prioritize PNAs, ACIs, and CARL projects.
Description: Known bald eagle nesting territories within the state of Florida were surveyed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) during the 2013 nesting season with fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft beginning in late November 2012 and extending through mid-April 2013. Nest locations were determined with the use of aircraft-based Global Positioning System (GPS) units. Accuracy of locations is estimated to be within 0.1 miles of the true location. Locations are given in longitude and latitude to hundredths of a minute. The Township, Range, and Section of each nest location are also provided. Township, Range, and Section were determined from the Public Land Survey System grid that includes Land Grant parcels. Yearly nest activity status is listed for the 1998 through 2013 nesting seasons. 'Y' denotes an active nest, 'N' denotes an inactive nest, 'U' denotes a nest that was visited but status was undetermined, '-' denotes an unobserved nest, and '*' denotes a nest that was not surveyed.New Survey Protocol: In 2008 the statewide bald eagle nesting territory survey protocol changed. The protocol change reduces annual statewide survey effort and increases the amount of information gained from the nests that are visited during the survey season. Nest productivity is now determined for a sub-sample of the nests that are surveyed annually. Nest activity and productivity information are critical to determining if the goals and objectives of the Bald Eagle Management Plan are being met.
Description: Statewide coverage of Wastewater Facility Regulation (WAFR) Facilities that may potentially accept septage. This dataset includes facilities whose current operating status is Active, Closed but Monitored, or Under Construction. Also included are un-permitted facilities for which a permit is required. These facilities are regulated by the following Florida Department of Environmental Protection programs - "Industrial Wastewater Program", "Domestic Wastewater Program", "Phosphate Management Wastewater Program", "Power Plant Management Wastewater Program".
Copyright Text: FDEP, Division of Water Resource Management
Name: Non DEP Wastewater Facilities Potentially Accepting Septage
Display Field: FACILITY_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: Wastewater Facilities that may potentially accept septage. This dataset includes facilities that are exempt for permitting through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). These facilities may be permitted by other agencies or local governments.
Copyright Text: FDEP, Division of Water Resource Managment
Description: This layer was created from dental licensure data gathered from the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). The dentist practice location was then geocoded and reviewed for accuracy. Points that were obviously geocoded incorrectly were moved to the correct practice location. The data attempts to report the practice locations of the active dentists within Florida that may be subject to the proposed federal rule, “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category, 40 CFR Parts 403 and 441.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to adopt this rule on or about June 2016.
Copyright Text: FDEP, Water Resource Management's Program Support
Description: This layer shows the existing septage land application sites as of July 1, 2016. This layer was created from a spreadsheet, containing Lat/Long values, obtained from the Department of Health (DOH).
Description: In 1998, five of Florida's coastal counties began monitoring for enterococci bacteria under a grant-funded pilot program. By the beginning of 2000, 11 Florida counties were participating in the program which continued through July 2000. In August 2000, the beach water sampling program was extended to 34 of Florida's coastal counties through state legislation (Senate Bill 1412 and House Bill 2145) and funding. In addition, sampling under the new program now includes fecal coliform as well as enterococci bacteria. In August 2002, the beach water sampling program began collecting water samples on a weekly basis with additional funding from U.S. EPA. Fecal coliform and enterococci are both enteric bacteria that normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and animals. The presence of enteric bacteria is an indication of fecal pollution, which may come from stormwater runoff, pets and wildlife, and human sewage. If they are present in high concentrations in recreational waters and are ingested while swimming or enter the skin through a cut or sore, they may cause human disease, infections or rashes.
Copyright Text: FDOH, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Bureau of Environmental Health - Water Programs
Name: National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Boundaries
Display Field: SITE_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive catalog that provides detailed information for existing marine protected areas in the United States. The inventory provides geospatial boundary information (in polygon format) and classification attributes that seek to define the conservation objectives, protection level, governance and related management criteria for all sites in the database. The comprehensive inventory of federal, state and territorial MPA sites provides governments and stakeholders with access to information to make better decisions about the current and future use of place-based conservation. The information also will be used to inform the development of the national system of marine protected areas as required by Executive Order 13158. FWRI has reselected only the areas within the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Please see www.mpa.gov for the complete inventory.
Copyright Text: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior provided the data and metadata. FWRI has altered the metadata to include processing done by FWRI staff.
Name: Florida State Park Burn Goals (Current Year)
Display Field: PARK_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: The Florida State Park Burn Goals (Current Year) layer contains all management zones that are in the burn goals plan for the current fiscal year.
Copyright Text: Florida DEP, Division of Recreation and Parks
Name: Florida State Park Burn Goals (Previous Year)
Display Field: PARK_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: The Florida State Park Burn Goals (Previous Year) layer contains all management zones that were in the burn goals plan for the previous fiscal year.
Copyright Text: Florida DEP, Division of Recreation and Parks
Name: Florida State Park Management Zones - Last Burn Date
Display Field: PARK_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: State Park Management Zones are divisions of land within Florida State Parks based on factors such as Natural Community types, physical boundaries, land use and geography.
Copyright Text: Florida DEP Division of Recreation and Parks
Description: This layer shows the predicted extent of Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) from tidal water bodies of Florida, as determined by analyzing tidal and elevation data. NOAA provides these datasets as a screening-level tool that uses best-available, nationally consistent data sets and analyses.
Copyright Text: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM) 2016 Charleston, SC NOAA's Ocean Service, Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://www.coast.noaa.gov/slr
Description: The NOAA Office for Coastal Management’s composite shoreline is a high-resolution vector shoreline based on a multi-temporal collection of NOAA shoreline manuscripts (T-sheets), which are special-use planimetric or topographic maps that precisely define the shoreline and alongshore natural and man-made features. Note that shorelines may have eroded, acreted, or been anthropogenically altered since the historic T-sheets were produced.These data are derived from shoreline data that were produced by the NOAA National Ocean Service including its predecessor agencies. Where T-sheets are unavailable, NOAA’s extracted vector shoreline (EVS) was used to compile seamless shoreline coverage. For this layer, NOAA's national dataset was clipped to the Florida state boundary and control points, jetties, and piers were removed.
Copyright Text: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management
Description: This is a selection of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), which is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD.
Description: This is a selection of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), which is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD.
Description: This is a selection of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), which is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD.
Description: This a consolidation of multiple datasets that together represent the approximate extent of retained waters, with a 300-foot buffer applied to each dataset. It is divided into 2 components, Screening Level 1 and Screening Level 2, which overlap in many areas.Screening Level 1 Datasets:Retained Waters List – This is a subset of lines and polygons from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset (1:24,000) representing the waters that are named on the MOA’s Retained Waters List. NOAA Composite Shoreline – This layer depicts shorelines of tidal waterbodies as digitized from NOAA’s historic surveys (T-sheets) of shorelines at Mean High Water (MHW) Screening Level 2 Datasets:FWC Shoreline (1:12,000) – This layer depicts shorelines of tidal and other major waters as digitized from aerial imagery (2004 DOQQs)NOAA MHHW Inundation (Sea Level Rise 0 foot) – This layer is a GIS analysis of tidal and elevation data to show areas that would be inundated at Mean Higher High Water (MHHW)Note that mapped shorelines may be changed by erosion, accretion, construction, and sea level rise, may be obscured by vegetation, and may not take into account the presence of water control structures, so the mapped shoreline may not be the same as the actual shoreline. The actual location of the 300 foot guideline must and shall be measured from the actual presence & location of the MHW (for tidal waters) or OHW (for non-tidal portions of the Retained Waters List) based on application drawings, site observations, or professional surveys.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, US Army Corps of Engineers
Description: This is 1 of 2 datasets that together depict certain rivers and lakes. This dataset provides the Flowline (e.g., if the river is wide, will be a line roughly down the center). The other dataset is the Waterbody (e.g., lakes).
Description: This is 1 of 2 datasets that together depict certain rivers and lakes. This dataset provides the Flowline (e.g., if the river is wide, will be a line roughly down the center). The other dataset is the Waterbody (e.g., lakes).