Counties 1:24,000 Scale Polygon Florida

Metadata:

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

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: Unknown

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: Counties 1:24,000 Scale Polygon Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS data set contains Florida county boundaries found on the most recent 7.5-minute USGS (1:24000 scale) quadrangles available in 1997. The county borders extend to the state water line. The linework along the state borders with Alabama and Georgia exactly matches FWRI's 1:40K shoreline.

Purpose:

Use county boundaries for graphical purposes as well as some analyses.

Supplemental_Information:

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. There is a problem with the county line between Manatee and Hillsborough. Linework in the water is arbitrary and may not reflect actual submerged boundaries.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 199708

Currentness_Reference: date of GIS creation

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.639377

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.813569

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.042638

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.353586

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Theme

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: mapping

Theme_Keyword: bounds

Theme_Keyword: counties

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Operational Tiers

Theme_Keyword: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Theme_Keyword: Information Science and Management

Theme_Keyword: Center for Spatial Analysis

Theme_Keyword: GIS Data Management and Technical Services

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Place

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Place_Keyword: northeast Florida

Place_Keyword: northwest Florida

Place_Keyword: southwest Florida

Place_Keyword: south Florida

Place_Keyword: Florida Keys

Place_Keyword: southeast Florida

Place_Keyword: north Florida

Place_Keyword: east coast of Florida

Place_Keyword: west coast of Florida

Place_Keyword: Florida Panhandle

Place_Keyword: Florida Peninsula

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Region

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-North Central

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northeast

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northwest

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-South

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Southwest

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts

Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: South Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: St. Johns River Water Management District

Place_Keyword: Suwannee River Water Management District

Access_Constraints:

All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701-5095

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available with caution

Security_Handling_Description: Available with caution

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All entities and attributes have been identified and documented.

Logical_Consistency_Report: unknown

Completeness_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: United States Geological Survey

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps, digital

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: scanned and georeferenced quadrangle maps

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps, digital

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Quad maps

Source_Contribution: The source maps provided county boundaries at a 1:24000 scale.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)-Division of State Lands, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Center for Spatial Analysis

Publication_Date: 19990304

Title: ISM_CSA_statewaters_fl

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19990304

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: State water line

Source_Contribution: County boundaries were extended to the state water line.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

County boundaries were heads-up digitized from scanned and georeferenced USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps.

Process_Date: 199708

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The county boundaries were extended into the water to intersect the state water line.

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FWRI staff INTERSECTed the state waters arcs with a shoreline to add the ATTRIBUTE field to indicate whether a line passed over land or water.

Process_Date: 200504

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FWRI staff recreated the outer boundary of this layer to reflect more accurate information. The water boundaries were extended to the Submerged Lands Act shapefile form NOAA and the boundary (land and water) between Florida and neighboring states was digitized from the 1:24,000 scale Digital Raster Graphic files.

Process_Date: 200710

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The county line between Broward and Palm Beach Counties was edited to reflect a change in the boundary effective 9/18/2009.

Process_Date: 201003

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The boundary between Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties was edited for accuracy. The new boundary is based off of data received from Escambia County GIS Department.

Process_Date: 2012-03-27

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The boundary was updated between Martin and St Lucie counties to reflect changes made as per bill HB 800 passed in 2012 by the Florida Senate. The change reflects 129 acres of land along the eastern bank of the St Lucie River in Northern Martin County obtained from St. Lucie County which includes the Beau Rivage West subdivision.

Process_Date: 20160510

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.counties24k_fl_poly

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon data set representing Florida's counties.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

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: COUNTY

Attribute_Definition: County name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: County name.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.area

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.len

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FMRI.counties24k_fl_arc

Entity_Type_Definition:

The vector data set contains county boundaries from 7.5-minute USGS Quadrangles. The main attribute is COUNTY name.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ATTRIBUTE

Attribute_Definition: Indicates whether county line is over land or water.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water or small island.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CODE

Attribute_Definition: Indicates type of boundary line.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: COUNTY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: County boundaries

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: STATE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State boundary (both land and water).

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal ID used by SDE.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Internal ID used by SDE.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Feature geometry

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: ARC perimeter.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Arc perimeter

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701-5095

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set or the appropriate originator; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Transfer_Size: 2.227

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://research.myfwc.com>

Fees:

None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required.

Ordering_Instructions:

Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.

Turnaround:

Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer

Custom_Order_Process:

These data have caveats. Contact GIS Librarian for details. If these data are maintained by an agency other than FWC-FWRI, then the source agency should be contacted directly for requests.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120503

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701-5095

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata

Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FWRI-MC

Metadata_Security_Classification: Available

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.