Gulf sturgeon USFWS critical habitat Units 1-7
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Publication_Date: 20030319
- Title: Gulf sturgeon USFWS critical habitat Units 1-7
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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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:
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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.
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.394986
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.681569
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.397040
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.279473
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- 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:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme_Keyword: environment
- Theme_Keyword: biota
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Southeast
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
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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:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
- Contact_Person: Gayle Martin
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
- Contact_Address:
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- 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:
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Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
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Horizontal accuracy was not tested; however, data was created using National Hydrography Dataset which is assumed to have horizontal accuracy.
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Type_of_Source_Media: None
- Source_Contribution: Refer to the Federal Register (68FR13370), 20030319.
- Source_Information:
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- Type_of_Source_Media: None
- Source_Contribution:
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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:
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- Process_Description:
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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:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
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- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 57
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 8.983152841195215e-09
- Longitude_Resolution: 8.983152841195215e-09
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- 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:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: FCH_Acipenser_oxyrinchus_desotoi_20030319_LINE_2
- Entity_Type_Definition:
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Final Critical Habitat for Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf Sturgeon)
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: FID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SINGLMULTI
- Attribute_Definition: Single or multiple species
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: COMNAME
- Attribute_Definition: Legal common name of the species
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SCINAME
- Attribute_Definition: Binomial or trinomial scientific name
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: SPCODE
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Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: VIPCODE
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Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: UNIT
- Attribute_Definition: Critical habitat unit code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SUBUNIT
- Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat subunit code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: UNITNAME
- Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat unit name
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SUBNITNAM
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- Attribute_Label: STATUS
- Attribute_Definition: Critical Habitat Status
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: FINAL
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Final Critical Habitat
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: PROPOSED
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Proposed Critical Habitat
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: EXCLUDED
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Excluded (4A3 or 4B2)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: VACATED
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vacated by Court Order
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: LEADOFFICE
- Attribute_Definition: Lead Office Cost Center Code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: COOPOFFICE
- Attribute_Definition: Cooperating Office Cost Center Code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: COOPOFMORE
- Attribute_Definition: Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: FEDREG
- Attribute_Definition: Federal Register ID
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: PUBDATE
- Attribute_Definition: Federal Register publication date
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: EFFECTDATE
- Attribute_Definition: Effective date for critical habitat designation
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: VACATEDATE
- Attribute_Definition: Date critical habitat designation vacated
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ACCURACY
- Attribute_Definition: Accuracy items or concerns
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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
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- 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:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- 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
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Source Adjustment
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Source data is inconsistent or coarse
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other concern
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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- Attribute_Label: LENGTH_MET
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: RIVER_MILE
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: HUC_CODE
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
- Contact_Person: Gayle Martin
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
- Contact_Address:
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- 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.
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: <http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/>
- Fees: None
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This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20131217
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
- Contact_Person: Gayle Martin
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
- Contact_Address:
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- 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
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