Gulf sturgeon USFWS critical habitat Units 1-7

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:

Publication_Date: 20030319

Title: Gulf sturgeon USFWS critical habitat Units 1-7

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

These data identify, in general, the areas of Final riverine critical habitat for Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf Sturgeon). There is a separate geospatial dataset that shows the final marine critical habitat Units 8 through 14.Omissions of river distributaries may be possible due to the extent of source data (NHD) and because a number of the smaller streams are not named and easily identifiable. Based on the legal narrative unit descriptions in the Federal Register, all distributaries are included; however, they may not be graphically represented in this dataset.

Purpose:

Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.394986

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.681569

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.397040

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.279473

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Theme_Keyword: habitat

Theme_Keyword: Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi

Theme_Keyword: Gulf Sturgeon

Theme_Keyword: critical

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: biota

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Southeast

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of species described in this dataset, but are used to identify areas which contain the physical and biological features essential to the conservation of the species or areas otherwise determined to be essential. Inherent in any dataset used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of these data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register. 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. Please refer to Federal Register Citation Number 68FR13370, published 20030319 for the legal critical habitat information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Contact_Person: Gayle Martin

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 1601 Balboa Avenue

City: Panama City

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32405

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-769-0552

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-763-2177

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gayle_martin@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (CST)

Contact_Instructions: Email or phone.

Data_Set_Credit: U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

Horizontal accuracy was not tested; however, data was created using National Hydrography Dataset which is assumed to have horizontal accuracy.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Type_of_Source_Media: None

Source_Contribution: Refer to the Federal Register (68FR13370), 20030319.

Source_Information:

Type_of_Source_Media: None

Source_Contribution:

USGS and U.S. EPA 20011129 - 20020605 National Hydrography Dataset medium resolution arc data: The NHD is based upon the content of USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) hydrography data integrated with reach-related information from the EPA Reach File Version 3 (RF3). The NHD supersedes DLG and RF3 by incorporating them, not by replacing them. Historical online Linkage FTP://edc.usgs.gov/pub/data/nhd/fod_cache/medium_resolution/arc/

Source Scale Denominator: 100000; Type of Source Media: ArcInfo coverages; Source Time Period of Content: 2001-11-29 - 2002-06-05; Source Currentness Reference: publication date; Source Citation Abbreviation: NHD; Source Contribution: base river layers

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This data set was created using ArcView 3.2a The process steps for creating the final Gulf sturgeon riverine critical habitat units were: 1. NHD arc and route.reach files were brought into the view for each basin covered by the final critical habitat. 2. Records in the route.reach files were selected by querying on the name field. Additional unnamed records (mainly distributaries) were selected within the view using the selector tool. 3. Records in the arc files were selected using the "Select by theme..." command, choosing all records that were completely within the route.reach files. The selected records were visually checked to ensure that only river centerlines were included. 4. Using the X-Tools extension "merge themes" command, all selected records from the NHD arc files were combined into the stg_ch_final.shp file. 5. Distributaries that were not included in the NHD arc files but were included in the Federal Register maps or DeLorme state gazetteers were added to the shapefile with on-screen digitizing. 6. Using the narrative unit descriptions from the Federal Register, some arcs were spilt and parts were removed. This only occurred in units where the highest river reach included stopped at a road crossing. The roads layer used to determine this stopping point is from the ESRI Sample Data and Maps, CD Volume 5, Southern U.S., August 1999.

Process_Date: 20021126

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 57

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 8.983152841195215e-09

Longitude_Resolution: 8.983152841195215e-09

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FCH_Acipenser_oxyrinchus_desotoi_20030319_LINE_2

Entity_Type_Definition:

Final Critical Habitat for Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf Sturgeon)

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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: SINGLMULTI

Attribute_Definition: Single or multiple species

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMNAME

Attribute_Definition: Legal common name of the species

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SCINAME

Attribute_Definition: Binomial or trinomial scientific name

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SPCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VIPCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT

Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat unit code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUBUNIT

Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat subunit code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNITNAME

Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat unit name

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUBNITNAM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATUS

Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat Status

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FINAL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Final Critical Habitat

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PROPOSED

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Proposed Critical Habitat

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: EXCLUDED

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Excluded (4A3 or 4B2)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: VACATED

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vacated by Court Order

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LEADOFFICE

Attribute_Definition: Lead Office Cost Center Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COOPOFFICE

Attribute_Definition: Cooperating Office Cost Center Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COOPOFMORE

Attribute_Definition: Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEDREG

Attribute_Definition: Federal Register ID

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PUBDATE

Attribute_Definition: Federal Register publication date

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EFFECTDATE

Attribute_Definition: Effective date for critical habitat designation

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VACATEDATE

Attribute_Definition: Date critical habitat designation vacated

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACCURACY

Attribute_Definition: Accuracy items or concerns

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Temporal Adjustment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Data is dependent on temporal factors

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Seasonal Adjustment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Data is dependent on seasonal factors

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tidal Adjustment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Data is dependent on tidal fluctuations

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Historical Adjustment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference features, streams, boundaries, etc. have changed

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Source Adjustment

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Source data is inconsistent or coarse

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other concern

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH_MET

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RIVER_MILE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUC_CODE

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Contact_Person: Gayle Martin

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 1601 Balboa Avenue

City: Panama City

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32405

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-769-0552

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-763-2177

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gayle_martin@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (CST)

Contact_Instructions: Email or phone.

Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions:

This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20131217

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Contact_Person: Gayle Martin

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 1601 Balboa Avenue

City: Panama City

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32405

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-769-0552

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-763-2177

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gayle_martin@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (CST)

Contact_Instructions: Email or phone.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time