FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA SAND SKINK AND BLUE-TAILED (BLUETAIL) MOLE SKINK SUITABILE HABITAT 

Geodataset Name:       SKINK_SUITABILITY_JAN13
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         9913
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains suitable habitat for the Florida Sand Skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink (Eumeces egregius lividus). This layer was created by University of Florida - GeoPlan Center using criteria set forth in the Peninsular Florida Species Conservation and Consultation Guide for Skinks. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida - GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  201301
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            201301
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: SKINK_SUITABILITY_JAN13.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
SHAPE
4 Geometry
GRIDCODE
8 Double
ELEV
20 String
DESCRIPT
50 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















SHAPE

Feature geometry.
















GRIDCODE

Code from grid that represents elevation range
















ELEV

Elevation range
















DESCRIPT

GeoPlan added field based on "HABITAT" + elevation
















FGDLAQDATE

Date GeoPlan acquired data from source
















AUTOID

Unique ID added by GeoPlan
















SHAPE.AREA

Area in meters
















SHAPE.LEN

Perimeter in meters




























USER NOTES:








This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology













This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.













GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

























The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems 
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.















This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan















This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan















NONE














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are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
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information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
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REFERENCES: 






http://www.fws.gov/verobeach









DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








-Select features from NRCS_SOILS_JUN12 that are one of the 20 suitable soil 
types. The following selection on soil type was executed:

COMPNAME = 'APOPKA' OR COMPNAME = 'ARREDONDO' OR COMPNAME = 
'ARCHBOLD' OR COMPNAME = 'ASTATULA' OR COMPNAME = 'CANDLER' OR 
COMPNAME = 'DAYTONA' OR COMPNAME = 'DUETTE' OR COMPNAME = 
'FLORAHOME' OR COMPNAME = 'GAINESVILLE' OR COMPNAME = 'HAGUE' 
OR COMPNAME = 'KENDRICK' OR COMPNAME = 'LAKE' OR COMPNAME = 
'MILLHOPPER' OR COMPNAME = 'ORSINO' OR COMPNAME = 'PAOLA' OR 
COMPNAME = 'POMELLO' OR COMPNAME = 'SATELLITE' OR COMPNAME = 
'ST. LUCIE' OR COMPNAME = 'TAVARES' OR COMPNAME = 'ZUBER'

-Select from selection set only those features that intersect the skink consultation 
area and export to new feature class

-ran reclass on 1ft FLIDAR_MOSAIC DEM to get values 70-82ft and 82ft and above in ArcMap with 
mask set as extent of skink_ca.

-export reclass result to shapefile, repair geometry, export to fgdb

-ran intersect on soil selection and elevation

-ran dissolve on elevation field. single part shapes preserved.

-clipped to skink_ca

-ran eliminate on all polygons less than 25 square meters (chose the 25 because of 
grid cells of dem 5x5m). 3044 values selected during eliminate command

-any values that didn't eliminate get deleted (this would be any island polygon less 
than 25 square meters) 157 values deleted

-Renamed output SKINK_SUITABILITY_JAN13

-Added DESCRIPT field based on "HABITAT" + ELEV field

-Added FGDLAQDATE based on process date
Process Date: 20130122









MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS: 



Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000




DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):








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