Description: This data presents features that represent all statewide adopted minimum flows and levels (MFLs) of the water management districts with adopted MFLs as of March 2021 (NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD). The information was provided to the Office of Water Policy by each water management district. Attributes include information for each MFL. For technical issues or updates please contact pamela.flores@floridadep.gov.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Northwest Florida Water Management District; Suwannee River Water Management District; St. Johns River Water Management District; Southwest Florida Water Management District; South Florida Water Management District; Pamela Flores
Description: This dataset represents swallets (stream to sink features) discovered, researched and mapped by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Geological Survey, Florida Swallet Survey. The Florida Swallet Survey was a mapping program funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Springs Initiative. A swallet is a stream to sink feature, meaning there is a contribution area that concentrates runoff into identifiable streams that disappear underground at a specific point through a sinkhole. The streams may be either intermittent or continuously flowing. Data collected includes: GPS points from a Trimble ProXR and TSC-1 Data Logger; length and width of pools and basins using a range finder; pool depths, if possible, using a hand-held sonar depth finder; color, clarity and visibility of the water in the pool using a secchi disk; photos were taken and written assessments were made of the geology, topography, vegetation, and notations of anything within a 150-meter radius. This dataset represents swallet locations that were within the scope of the Florida Springs Initiative / Florida Swallet Survey project. As such, not all Florida swallets are included in this dataset, and it is by no means comprehensive.
Description: This dataset contains the best available locations of springs that have had some data collection or field activities or were included in publications by various agencies. Currently this collection has 1093 unique spring vents, karst windows and associated sinkholes that are recognized in Florida and are represented in this dataset.
Description: This data set contains Florida's designated Wild & Scenic Rivers. This layer depicts national wild and scenic river segments designated by Congress and the Secretary of the Interior, as well as state wild and scenic river segments designated by the State of Florida. "Wild" rivers are free of dams, generally inaccessible except by trail, and represent vestiges of primitive America. "Scenic" rivers are free of dams, with shorelines or watersheds still largely primitive and shorelines largely undeveloped, but accessible in places by roads. "Recreational" rivers are readily accessible by road or railroad, may have some development along their shorelines, and may have been dammed in the past. Data for national wild and scenic rivers were provided by the U.S. Forest Service and come from a variety of sources including the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Spatial data for national rivers were referenced to the latest High Resolution National Hydrological Data Layer (NHD 1:24,000 Scale or better), published by United States Geological Survey (USGS). State wild and scenic river data were obtained from High Resolution National Hydrological Data flowlines (NHD 1:24,000 Scale or better), originally published by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and modified by the NHD data steward for Florida (FDEP).
Name: National Wild and Scenic River Active Study Rivers
Display Field: WSR_RIVER_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolyline
Description: This dataset contains Wild and Scenic Rivers Active Study Rivers in Florida. For more information, please see: https://www.rivers.gov/study-rivers.
Description: This data presents features that represent adopted river minimum flows and levels (MFLs) of the water management districts with adopted river MFLs as of March 2021 (NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD). The information was provided to the Office of Water Policy by each water management district. Attributes include information for each MFL. For technical issues or updates please contact pamela.flores@floridadep.gov.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Northwest Florida Water Management District; Suwannee River Water Management District; St. Johns River Water Management District; Southwest Florida Water Management District; South Florida Water Management District; Pamela Flores
Description: This dataset contains Golf Course Facilities boundary information for the State of Florida. The data contains selected fields denoting the name, physical address, and other facility information for golf courses located in Florida. This data is meant to be used for planning purposes only and is not intended to represent a 100% inventory of golf courses in Florida. Golf Course locations that have been verified are marked with the letter V in the FLAG field.
Description: This dataset contains Outstanding Florida Springs (OFS) located in the State of Florida. Section 373.802(4), Florida Statutes (F.S.), defines "Outstanding Florida Springs" or OFS to include all historic first magnitude springs, as determined by the department using the most recent Florida Geological Survey springs bulletin, and the following additional six springs: DeLeon, Peacock, Poe, Rock, Wekiva, and Gemini. OFS do not include submarine springs or river rises. There are 30 OFS springs consisting of 24 historic first magnitude springs and the 6 named additional springs. While the statutory definition includes the spring runs associated with these springs and spring groups, this coverage identifies the WBIDs associated with the OFS spring vents.
Description: This dataset contains Springs Priority Focus Areas located in the State of Florida. As per the Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (part VIII of chapter 373, Florida Statutes), the department delineates priority focus areas for each Outstanding Florida Spring that is impaired by excessive nutrient pollution. Using the best data available, the department delineates the priority focus areas considering groundwater travel time to the spring, hydrogeology, nutrient loads in the springshed, and other factors. The priority focus areas are adjusted to rely upon understood and easily identifiable boundaries such as roads or political jurisdictions. The priority focus areas become effective upon incorporation into a basin management action plan (BMAP).
Description: This data presents features that represent adopted lake minimum flows and levels (MFLs) of the water management districts with adopted lake MFLs as of March 2021 (NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD). The information was provided to the Office of Water Policy by each water management district. Attributes include information for each MFL. For technical issues or updates please contact pamela.flores@floridadep.gov.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Northwest Florida Water Management District; Suwannee River Water Management District; St. Johns River Water Management District; Southwest Florida Water Management District; South Florida Water Management District; Pamela Flores
Description: This data presents features that represent adopted estuary minimum flows and levels (MFLs) of the water management districts with adopted estuary MFLs as of March 2021 (NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD). The information was provided to the Office of Water Policy by each water management district. Attributes include information for each MFL. For technical issues or updates please contact pamela.flores@floridadep.gov.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Northwest Florida Water Management District; Suwannee River Water Management District; St. Johns River Water Management District; Southwest Florida Water Management District; South Florida Water Management District; Pamela Flores
Description: This data presents features that represent adopted aquifer minimum flows and levels (MFLs) of the water management districts with adopted aquifer MFLs as of March 2021 (NWFWMD, SRWMD, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD). The information was provided to the Office of Water Policy by each water management district. Attributes include information for each MFL. For technical issues or updates please contact pamela.flores@floridadep.gov.
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Northwest Florida Water Management District; Suwannee River Water Management District; St. Johns River Water Management District; Southwest Florida Water Management District; South Florida Water Management District; Pamela Flores
Description: This dataset contains Sensitive Karst Areas found within the Southwest Florida Water Management District. This is a subset of the data layer found on the map titled "Geologic Map of the State of Florida", created by the Department of Environmental Protection . This data layer is a reselection of the formation types that were determined to be "Sensitive Karst Areas". Karst is a terrain with distinctive landforms and hydrology created from the dissolution of soluble rocks, principally limestone and dolomite. Karst terrain is characterized by springs, caves, sinkholes, and a unique hydrogeology that results in aquifers that are highly productive but extremely vulnerable to contamination.
Description: Outstanding Florida Waters, (OFW), are waters designated worthy of special protection because of their natural attributes. This special designation is applied to certain waters, and is intended to protect and maintain existing acceptable quality standards. The OFW layer is a GIS spatial dataset that represents the OFW boundaries throughout the state of Florida. This project involves adding new data to and modifying existing data within the OFW data layer for better accuracy and representation. Boundaries for Outstanding Florida Waters (OFWs) as described in Section 62-302.700, F.A.C. This layer includes all three types of OFWs: OFW Aquatic Preserves, Special OFWs, and Other OFWs.
Name: Basin Management Action Plans (BMAP) Areas in Florida
Display Field: GROUP_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This dataset contains Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) areas for the State of Florida. A BMAP (Basin Management Action Plan) is a water quality restoration plan prepared pursuant to Section 403.067(7), Florida Statutes. BMAPs are designed to reduce pollutant loadings to achieve the limitations identified in an adopted Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) through a comprehensive set of management strategies --permit limits on wastewater facilities, urban and agricultural best management practices, conservation programs, etc. These broad-based plans are developed with local stakeholders--they rely on local input and local commitment--and are adopted by Secretarial Order and are enforceable.
Description: This dataset contains Verified Impaired Waters in the State of Florida. The "verified list" of impaired waters is the list of Florida's waterbodies that fail to attain any of its designated uses and/or meet the minimum criteria for surface waters established in the Surface Water Quality Standards (62-302, F.A.C.) and the Impaired Water Rule (IWR, 62-303, F.A.C.). The entire state of Florida is divided into five basin groups in which each waterbody in re-assessed on a rotating basis every five years. If a waterbody is assessed as impaired a TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) must be developed to determine the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and remain healthy. Coverage includes all the WBIDs (Waterbody IDs - RUN 54) that have been included on the verified list for any parameter. If a WBID is impaired for multiple parameters the coverage contains overlapping polygons for each parameter. For more information or questions regarding the verified list and assessments, please contact Kevin O'Donnell (kevin.odonnell@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8469). For more information or questions regarding TMDLs please contact Erin Rasnake (Erin.Rasnake@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245 - 8338).
Description: This dataset contains Adopted Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in the State of Florida. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a scientific determination of the maximum amount of a given pollutant that a surface water can absorb and still meet the water quality standards that protect human health and aquatic life. Water bodies that do not meet water quality standards are identified as 'impaired' for the particular pollutants of concern--nutrients, bacteria, mercury, etc.--and TMDLs must be developed, adopted and implemented for those pollutants to reduce pollutants and restore the water body so that designated uses are attained. The threshold limits on pollutants in surface waters--Florida's surface water quality standards on which TMDLs are based--are set forth primarily in rules 62-302 and 62-303, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), and the associated table of water quality criteria. What is a WBID? For assessment purposes, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Department) has divided the State of Florida into water assessment polygons with a unique waterbody identification (WBID) number for each water segment. 1) Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Nutrient TMDLs include TMDLs for the following impaired parameters Dissolved Oxygen, BOD, Nutrients, and Un-ionized Ammonia. 2) Bacteria TMDLs include TMDLs that are Fecal Coliform impaired. 3) Other TMDLs include TMDLs for pollutants other than Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, and Bacteria, such as Iron, Lead, and Turbidity. Planning List Through 2022: TMDLs in process of being developed. Draft: after a TMDL is presented at a Rule Development Workshop, but before it is adopted into rule. State Adopted TMDL: those TMDLs that have been adopted into State Rule (62-304, FAC), but have not been approved by EPA. State Adopted and EPA Approved TMDLs: those TMDLs that have been adopted into State Rule and have been approved by EPA, Region 4.
Description: Class I and II surface water classification boundaries. The Clean Water Act requires that the surface waters of each state be classified according to designated uses. Florida has six classes with associated designated uses, which are arranged in order of degree of protection required: Class I - Potable Water Supplies Fourteen general areas throughout the state including: impoundments and associated tributaries, certain lakes, rivers, or portions of rivers, used as a drinking water supply. Class II - Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting Generally coastal waters where shellfish harvesting occurs. For a more detailed description of classes and specific waterbody designations, see 62-302.400.
Description: This data set represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in the United States and its Territories. These data delineate the areal extent of wetlands and surface waters as defined by Cowardin et al. (1979). The National Wetlands Inventory - Version 2, Surface Waters and Wetlands Inventory was derived by retaining the wetland and deepwater polygons that compose the NWI digital wetlands spatial data layer and reintroducing any linear wetland or surface water features that were orphaned from the original NWI hard copy maps by converting them to narrow polygonal features. Additionally, the data are supplemented with hydrography data, buffered to become polygonal features, as a secondary source for any single-line stream features not mapped by the NWI and to complete segmented connections. Wetland mapping conducted in WA, OR, CA, NV and ID after 2012 and most other projects mapped after 2015 were mapped to include all surface water features and are not derived data. The linear hydrography dataset used to derive Version 2 was the U.S. Geological Survey's National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Specific information on the NHD version used to derive Version 2 and where Version 2 was mapped can be found in the 'comments' field of the Wetlands_Project_Metadata feature class. Certain wetland habitats are excluded from the National mapping program because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and near shore coastal waters. Some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs) have also been excluded from the inventory. These habitats, because of their depth, go undetected by aerial imagery. By policy, the Service also excludes certain types of "farmed wetlands" as may be defined by the Food Security Act or that do not coincide with the Cowardin et al. definition. Contact the Service's Regional Wetland Coordinator for additional information on what types of farmed wetlands are included on wetland maps. This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Wetlands_Project_Metadata layer, which contains project specific wetlands mapping procedures and information on dates, scales and emulsion of imagery used to map the wetlands within specific project boundaries.