Gulf sturgeon USFWS critical habitat Units 1-7

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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

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