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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GISLIB.BEACHMOUSE_CRITICAL_HABITAT

Entity_Type_Definition: Beach mouse distribution polygons

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USFWS-NFESO

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Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Species

Attribute_Definition:

AIBM = Anistasia Island beach mouse range SEBM = Southeastern beach mouse range

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS-NFESO

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Acres

Attribute_Definition: Acres per GIS, using Xtools

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS-NFESO

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Lineage:

City: Jacksonville

City: Jacksonville

City: Jacksonville

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Johnson's Seagrass Critical Habitat

Metadata:

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• Data_Quality_Information
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• Spatial_Reference_Information
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• Metadata_Reference_Information
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• Distribution_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA/NMFS Southeast Regional Office

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: Johnson's Seagrass Critical Habitat

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce

Publication_Date: 20000329

Title:

Designated Critical Habitat: Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass, [Docket No. 991116305-0083-02; I.D. No. 110599D][A]

Online_Linkage: <http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/GISDataandMaps.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

These data represent the critical habitat for Johnson's Seagrass as designated by Federal Register Vol. 65, No. 66, Wednesday, April 5, 2000, Rules and Regulations.

Purpose:

The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.

Supplemental_Information:

In addition to the coordinates provided in the Federal Register document, the following data were used to assist in the production of this dataset: US Army Corps of Engineers - IWW_IR to DA.dgn (Microstation Design File depicting the Intracoastal Waterway), Miami Harbor 83-90.dgn (Microstation Design File depicting the federally authourized navigation channels in Miami Harbor; According to the USACE, these channels are likely to be updated in the near future). St. John's River Water Management District - cb24_det.e00 (ArcInfo Interchange format file, converted to an ArcInfo Coverage depicting a detailed shoreline, last update 12/10/99.) Edited February 2012. See process steps.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20031114

Time_of_Day: unknown

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.465414

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.042778

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.854603

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.749997

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Johnson's Seagrass

Theme_Keyword: Critical Habitat

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: Seagrass

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Sebastian Inlet

Place_Keyword: Fort Pierce Inlet

Place_Keyword: Indian River Lagoon

Place_Keyword: St. Lucie Inlet

Place_Keyword: Hobe Sound

Place_Keyword: Jupiter Inlet

Place_Keyword: Lake Worth

Place_Keyword: Lake Worth Lagoon

Place_Keyword: Lake Wyman

Place_Keyword: Biscayne Bay

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Due to the collection of data used in this analysis from multiple data sources, some instances occur where the USACE ICW file intersects areas of the SJRWMD file classified as "Land", particularly in the vicinity of Hobe Sound. Clearly this is not the real world situation and efforts will be made to resolve these conflicts in the data. At this time, these were the best data available. The text description in 50 CFR Part 226 is always the one, true definition of Johnson's seagrass critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NMFS Southeast Regional Office

Contact_Person: Amanda Frick

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 263 13th Ave South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm

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Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown

Completeness_Report: Complete pending review

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A point layer was created using the coordinates in the Federal Register. Those points were then used to digitize polygons. The polygons were then "clipped" to a detailed shoreline (cb24_det.e00) obtained from St. John's River Water Management District (SJRWMD). Following the clip operation, microstation design files of the ICW and Miami Harbor navigation channels were obtained from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and converted to shapefiles. The final ICW shapefile was created by using a 62.5ft buffer on either side of the centerline and editing that buffer file to match the widening areas in the vicinity of the critical habitat areas. The final Miami Harbor shapefile was created by digitizing a polygon over the channel edge line work in the design file. An Edit Clip was then performed to "punch a hole" through the Critical Habitat areas where they intersected the ICW and the Miami Harbor navigation channel, thus excluding the federally authorized navigation channels from the Critical Habitat areas. Finally, the data in the vicinity of Miami Harbor in Biscayne Bay were edited visually to correspond to the paper maps in the federal register document. Additionally, all data used were reprojected to match the detailed shoreline. (UTM Zone 17, NAD 83, HARN)

Process_Date: 20031114

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC)

Contact_Person: Chris Henton

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst/Metadata Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: Builing 1100

City: Stennis Space Center

State_or_Province: MS

Postal_Code: 39529

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 228-688-2354

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.henton@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Process_Step:

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NMFS Southeast Regional Office

Contact_Person: Amanda Frick

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 263 13th Ave South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 9:00am-5:30pm M-F

Process_Description:

2011/2012 edits to shapefile: (a) Indian River north Sebastian Inlet: The original shapefile from NCDDC used an erroneous vertex in the SE corner. I recreated the polygon according to eCFR 50 CFR 226.213 in 2007. All else OK. (b) Indian River south Sebastian Inlet: OK (c) Indian River Lagoon - Fort Pierce inlet: OK (d) Indian River Lagoon - St. Lucie Inlet: The western coordinates of the original shapefile were on the west side of the ICW, and there were sliver polygons on the west side. I included the ICW in the shapefile, and created one solid polygon. I also redigitized the eastern side along the shoreline using Bing Maps as a background in ArcMap. (e) Hobe Sound: The coordinate in the FR is suppose to be at SR 708, but looking at Bing Maps, it is to the south. I edited the shapefile to continue north to SR 708. I also made one big poly that does not depict the ICW exclusion. The polygon shorelines were also edited to follow the Bing Maps background. (f) Jupiter Inlet: In this area, a point was added to the southern boundary to better define the shoreline. Both the South center and SE points are on land, and the SW corner is in the water. none are at the shoreline. I was instructed to digitize a boundary that followed the shoreline (again, employing heads-up digitizing techniques using Bing Maps). (g) Lake Worth: the original shapefile had a 4 vertice polygon that approximated the shoreline on the south side. I was instructed to digitize the shoreline along the south side using Bing Maps as a guide. (h) Lake Worth Lagoon - Boynton Inlet: There is an error in the rule for this area. The NE and NW coordinates are reversed. Also, the eastern coordinates are in the ICW, so I edited the polygon to go all the way to the coordinates (the shape file does not exclude the ICW). I also redigitized the western edge to follow the Bing Maps shoreline. (i) Lake Wyman: There is an error in the rule for the area. The SW and SE corners are reversed. The original shapefile excluded the ICW, so I redigitized the polygon to extend to the published coordinates. This unit did not follow the shoreline on the eastern side, so I redigitized it to follow the Bing Maps shoreline. (j) A portion of Northern Biscayne Bay, FL: I received a new Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve boundary from Florida DEP, Bureau of Survey and Mapping, Division of State Lands (rev. 2010). The boundary is from Section 258.39 (11) Florida Statutes, and Section 258.397. They send me the exterior boundary for the AP. They said that the law for the boundary has not changed, but the boundary is more accurate now. If there are questions about specific sites within the boundary, contact the Title and Land Records Section of the Bureau of Survey and Mapping Division of State Lands (850)245-2788.

Process_Date: 02/16/2012

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: JohnsonsSeagrass_Critical_Habitat

Entity_Type_Definition:

Critical Habitat for Johnson Seagrass as of February 16, 2012 with visual edits made based on existing maps.

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Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

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Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

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User Assigned Unit Identification number used for data creation.

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Unrepresentable_Domain:

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Attribute_Definition: Name of physical location of designated unit

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120216

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NMFS Southeast Regional Office

Contact_Person: Amanda Frick

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 263 13th Ave South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 9am-5:30pm, Monday through Friday

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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Manatee

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Lineage:

Identification_Information:

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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Description:

Abstract:

Federally designated critical habitat for the West Indian Manatee

Purpose:

This layer identifies designated critical habitat in south Florida under the Endangered Species Act.

Supplemental_Information:

The original file was crithab.shp. Origin unknown. The polygon file defines all water adjoining the coast and islands and all connecting bays, estuaries and rivers. [G Dennis 9-30-03]. Revised file manatee_ch_10-23-03.shp derived from clipping only other areas described in critical habitat designation and only in south Florida region. [G Dennis 10-23-03]
Official language 42 FR 47841 1977
FLORIDA MANATEE (Trichechus manatus) Florida. Crystal River and its headwaters known as King's Bay, Citrus County: the Little Manatee River downstream from the U.S. Highway 301 bridge. Hillsborough County; the Manatee River downstream from the Lake Manatee Dam, Manatee County; the Myakka River downstream from Myakka River State Park. Sarasota and Charlotte Counties: the Peace River downstream from the Florida State Highway 760 bridge, De Soto and Charlotte Counties: Charlotte Harbor north of. the Charlotte-Lee county line, Charlotte County: Caloosahatchee River downstream from the Florida State Highway 31 bridge, Lee County; all U.S. territorial waters adjoining the coast and islands of Lee County; all U.S. territorial waters adjoining the coast and Islands and all connected bays, estuaries, and rivers from Gordon's Pass, near Naples. Collier County, southward to and including Whitewater Bay, Monroe County; all waters of Card, Barnes, Blackwater, Little Blackwater, Manatee, and Buttonwood sounds between Key Largo, Monroe County, and the mainland of Dade County: Biscayne Bay, and all adjoining and connected lakes, rivers, canals, and waterways from the southern tip of Key Biscayne northward to and including Maule Lake, Dade County; all of Lake Worth, from its northernmost point immediately south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and Florida State Highway A1A -southward to its southernmost point immediately north of the town of Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County: the Loxahatchee River and its headwaters, Martin and West Palm Beach Counties; that section of the intracoastal waterway from the town of Sewalls Point, Martin County to Jupiter Inlet, Palm Beach County; the entire inland section of water known as the Indian River, from its northernmost point immediately south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and Florida State Highway 3. Volusia County, southward to its southernmost point near the town of Seawalls Point, Martin County, and the entire inland section of water known as the Banana River and all waterways between Indian and Banana rivers, Brevard County: the St. Johns River including Lake George, and including Blue Springs and Silver Glen Springs from their points of origin to their confluences with the St. Johns River; that section of the Intracoastal Waterway from its confluence with the St. Marys River on the Georgia-Florida border to the Florida State Highway AlA bridge south of Coastal City. Nassau and Duval Counties.

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Orignal source unknown.

Publication_Date: 10-23-03

Title: Manateeee

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: \\IFW9-JDTXP12\C\workdir\Manateeee.shp

Originator: Modified by G. Dennis 10-23-03

Time_Period_of_Content:

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 10-23-03

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.374845

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.034009

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.861060

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.127117

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Endangered Species

Theme_Keyword: West Indian Manatee

Theme_Keyword: (Trichechus manatus)

Theme_Keyword: Designated Critical Habitat

Theme_Keyword: South Florida

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Address:

Address: South Florida Ecological Services Office

Address: 1339 20th Street

Address_Type: mailing address

City: Vero Beach

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32960

Country: USA

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Position: GIS Data Coordinator

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 772-562-3909

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 772-562-4288

Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Person: George D. Dennis

Contact_Organization: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

City: Vero Beach

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32960

Address: South Florida Ecological Services Office

Address: 1339 20th Street

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 772-562-3909 x309

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: george_dennis@fws.gov

Metadata_Date: 20100607

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Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 3.243

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piping plover critical habiat (Final)

Metadata:

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• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Publication_Date: 20010710

Title: piping plover critical habiat (Final)

Edition: Final Rule

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Federal Register (50 CFR Part 17)

Publisher: Department of Interior

Other_Citation_Details: Federal Register Vol. 65, No. 130, pg. 41782, July 6, 2000

Online_Linkage: <http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Publication_Date: 20010710

Title:

Final Determination of Critical Habitat for Wintering Piping Plovers

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Federal Register

Publisher: Department of Interior

Online_Linkage: plover.fws.gov

Description:

Abstract:

Polygon shapefile that depicts the piping plover critical habitat units on its wintering grounds. This file does not contain those units that were vacated in North Carolina (2004) or in Texas (2006). The Texas areas have been re-designated (2009) and are in a separate file.
The units were created by generalizing or bounding the buffered mapped critical habitat shoreline in an attempt to capture the dynamics of these systems to the recovery date of 2020. Mapped critical habitat shoreline was created by "on-screen"/ "heads-up" digitizing based on 1992-1998 Black & White or Color InfraRed Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads at 1, 3, or 6 meter resolution.
Note: The GIS file and the associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for wintering piping plover. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. The areas included within the boundaries of the GIS file do not follow the legal boundaries of the critical habitat designation. See USE CONSTRAINTS for further information.

Purpose:

Final determination of critical habitat on the wintering grounds for the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains populations of piping plover under court order (Civil No. 1:96-CV02695AER, Civil No. 1:97-CV00777AER).

Supplemental_Information:

Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) are federally listed shorebirds breeding along the north Alantic Coast, the Northern Great Plains, and the Great Lakes regions. The Great Lakes population is federally listed as endangered, while the Atlantic and Northern Great Plains populations are listed as threatened. Piping plovers are considered threatened on their wintering grounds. In the United States these populations winter along the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina south, along the Gulf coast to Texas, and the Carribean. Piping plovers spend the majority of the year on the wintering grounds. Due to the difficulty of seperating out the populations of piping plover (Great Lakes, Northern Great Plains, and Atlantic) when on their wintering grounds, critical habitat was designated for all wintering piping plover. Critical habitat are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. It does not afford any special protection or restriction other than where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20000229

Ending_Date: 20010710

Currentness_Reference: Court Order

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.405629

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.149171

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.699660

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.546904

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Charadius melodus

Theme_Keyword: Civil No. 1 96-CV02695AER

Theme_Keyword: Civil No. 1 97-CV0077AER

Theme_Keyword: critical habitat

Theme_Keyword: ctitical habitat shoreline

Theme_Keyword: ctitical habitat unit

Theme_Keyword: Great Lakes

Theme_Keyword: Northern Great Plains

Theme_Keyword: piping plover

Theme_Keyword: vector

Theme_Keyword: wintering habitat

Theme_Keyword: Final determination

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Alabama

Place_Keyword: Atlantic coast

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico coast

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Georgia

Place_Keyword: Louisiana

Place_Keyword: Mississipi

Place_Keyword: North Carolina

Place_Keyword: Region 4

Place_Keyword: Region 2

Place_Keyword: South Carolina

Place_Keyword: Southeast Region

Place_Keyword: Southwest Region

Place_Keyword: Texas

Place_Keyword: United States

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The 'S_STATUS' attribute field should be used to show listing status of each polygon.
The legal boundaries are verbally described in the Federal Register.
The GIS file, map products and the associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for wintering piping plover. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. The areas included within the boundaries of the GIS file do not follow the legal boundaries of the critical habitat designation for the following reasons: 1) the waterward boundary of Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) has not been incorporated into the GIS file because a definitive source for the MLLW line across the entire wintering range was unavailable, therefore, the areas defined by the GIS file are known to extend out into areas of open water that are not utilized by the piping plover and are not designated as critical habitat, and 2) the landward boundary where densely vegetated habitat, not used by the piping plover, begins and where constituent elements do not occur were not digitized and, therefore, areas included within the GIS file may extend landward into areas not designated as critical habitat. Users of the GIS file are cautioned to refer to the final textual unit descriptions provided in the final rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. Additionally, interested parties are encouraged to contact the Service for a definitive finding of whether a location is within critical habitat (See Technical/Consultative Contacts:).
This geospatial dataset is the final critical habitat units layer for wintering piping plovers. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 2

Contact_Person: Mark Jacobsen

Contact_Position: Director of Information Management & GIS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: P.O. Box 1306

City: Albuquerque

State_or_Province: NM

Postal_Code: 87103

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 505/248-6662

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 505/248-6788

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_jacobsen@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8a.m. - 4:00p.m MST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes were verified by displaying them both tabularly and graphically. Unit numbers were checked for accuracy. Measurement attributes were not formally checked for accuracy.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are logically consistent. The data was checked for label errors, dangling arcs, node errors, incorrect attribution in Arc/Info and/or ArcView.

Completeness_Report:

The data represents sites with constituent elements used by piping plover in the wintering grounds. Mapped sites were based on information provided by state and federal biologists, Christmas Bird counts, and the 1991 and 1996 International Piping Plover surveys. Omissions may be possible due to the extent of coverage and difficulty of surveying all coastal areas.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal accuracy was not tested; however, data was created by digiziting on screen using 1 meter Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads at a 1:5000 view scale. Therefore, it is assumed that the accuracy is within National Map Accuracy Standards of 10m at the 95% C.I. for horizontal accuracy.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1992-1998

Title: Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: imagery

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: www.-wmc.wr.usgs.gov/doq/

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1992-1998

Title: National Digital Orthophoto Program

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: mapping.usgs.gov/www/ndop/

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1992

Ending_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: Photography Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: doq

Source_Contribution:

The DOQQs source data set provided the imagery in which shoreline was mapped for piping plover wintering sites which was the basis for the creation of the units. The photography was also used to review the unit boundaries and make suggested edits.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Office of Ocean Resources Conservation & Assessment

Publication_Date:

Title: Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html

Publisher: National Oceanic & Atmoshpheric Administration

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Oceanic & Atmoshpheric Administration

Publication_Date:

Title: Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Publisher: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Online_Linkage: seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html

Source_Scale_Denominator: 70000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1988

Ending_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: noaa

Source_Contribution:

The Medium Resolution Shoreline was used as a guide in determining the shoreline for which mapping of units were conducted.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This data set was created using Arc/Info 7.1.2 and ArcView3.1 or ArcView3.2a on a Sun ULTRA2 workstation or Windows desktop pc's.
The following processing steps were used to create the critical habitat unit boundaries in ArcView and Arc/Info software: 1). The mapped critical habitat shoreline shapefile or coverage was buffered by the buffering distance (calculated by the sum of: the erosion or accretion rate * years from present to the recovery date + erosion or accretion rate * the number of years from present to the date of the photography + doqq error). 2). The newly created buffer polygons were either generalized or bounded by doing on-screen digitizing. 3). Line defining land and water was digitized by hand or by inputting into the layer. 4). Attributes were added to the layer by either manual entry or by populating from a source file.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Shapefiles were imported into ESRI ArcGIS personal geodatabase

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Featureclass attributes were modified for consistencey with other USFWS Region 2 digital critical habitats.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Individual feature attibutes were updated as needed to reflect changes in the status of the individual units and the overal designation.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

\\IFW2RO-MDICKWK\D$\Critical_Habitat\CH_Geodatabase\GDb_By_Species\PipingPlover.gdb

Process_Date: 20090211

Process_Time: 08571500

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Geographic:

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000003

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: piping_plover_ply_gcs83_2002_FL

Entity_Type_Definition: piping plover critical habiat (Final)

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FR_YR

Attribute_Definition: Year of designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Species common name

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WATER_BODY

Attribute_Definition:

Rivers, creeks, lakes or springs included in critical habitat designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMPLEX

Attribute_Definition:

Complex/Reach identified in critical habitat designation or assigned by FWS staff

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT

Attribute_Definition:

Unit of complex/reach identified in critical habitat designation or assigned by FWS staff

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIP

Attribute_Definition:

Abbreviated spatial description based on Federal Register description

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: S_STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Status of individual segments within designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: D_STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Status of designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute_Definition_Source: XTools

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HECTARES

Attribute_Definition_Source: XTools

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH_MI

Attribute_Definition: Segment length in Miles

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH_KM

Attribute_Definition: Segment length in Kilometers

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition: States included in critical habitat designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RECOVERY_U

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute_Definition: Counties included in critical habitat designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIPS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SPP_CODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OTHER_INFO

Attribute_Definition:

Any other information regarding the designation or a particular segment

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: KML_lab

Attribute_Definition: Label to use when converting to KML.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact_Person: Mark Jacobsen

Contact_Position: Director of Information Management & GIS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: P.O. Box 1306

City: Albuquerque

State_or_Province: NM

Postal_Code: 87103

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 505/248-6662

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 505/248-6788

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mark_jacobsen@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8a.m. - 4:00p.m MST

Resource_Description: Final critical habitat units for wintering piping plover.

Distribution_Liability:

These data were created in reponse to court orders (Civil No. 1:96-CV02695AER, Civil No. 1:97-CV00777AER) to designate critical habitat for listed populations of piping plover on their wintering grounds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data are not to be redistributed to anyone. These data shall be obtained directly from the appropriate USFWS (see Section 6.1 Distributor) office or official USFWS internet web page, when available. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregated use with other data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.023

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120109

Metadata_Review_Date: 20010824

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact_Person: Paul A. Lang

Contact_Position: Ecologist/GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and physical address

Address: 1601 Balboa Ave.

City: Panama City

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32405

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850/769-0552 x230

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850/763-2177

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: paul_lang@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7a.m. - 3:00p.m CST

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Contact_Information:

Alabama: Daphne Field Office 334/441-5181 Florida Panhandle: Panama City Field Office 850/769-0552 North Florida: Jacksonville Field Office 904/232-2580 South Florida: Vero Beach Field Office 561/562-3909 Georgia: Athens Field Office 706/613-9493 Louisiana: Lafayette Field Office 337/291-3100 Mississippi: Jackson Field Office 601/965-4900 North Carolina: Raleigh Field Office 919/856-4520 South Carolina: Charleston Field Office 843/727-4707 Texas: Corpus Christi Field Office 361/994-9005

Lineage:

GISLIB.USFWS_FL_WOOD_STORK_NESTS

Metadata:

• Lineage
• Identification_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Data_Quality_Information

Lineage:

Identification_Information:

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Description:

Abstract: Florida wood stork nesting colony locations.

Purpose:

This data set was developed for use by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff to construct a graphic representation of the wood stork nesting colony locations in the State of Florida as described by various surveys.

Supplemental_Information: Imported into SJRWMD SDE database November 4, 2009.

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Publication_Date: May 27, 2008

Title: GISLIB.USFWS_FL_WOOD_STORK_NESTS

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

Server=earth; Service=esri_sde; User=gislib; Version=SDE.DEFAULT

Time_Period_of_Content:

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: October 2006

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.380330

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.118521

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.596422

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.167187

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Wood stork

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

This data set was constructed for use by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistently within the limitations of data in general and these data in particular.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Billy Brooks

Contact_Organization: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Billy_Brooks@fws.gov

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Person: Linda White

Contact_Organization: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:

REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.

City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.

State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.

Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Linda_White@fws.gov

Metadata_Date: 20091105

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000125

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000125

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GISLIB.USFWS_FL_WOOD_STORK_NESTS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Dataset downloaded from <http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/WoodStorks/wood-storks.htm> and imported into SDE; metadata created from a text file that accompanied the dataset.

Process_Date: November 4, 2009