FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: SURFICIAL GEOLOGY

Geodataset Name:       SURGEO_2001
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         9536
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Groundwork for a new geologic map of Florida began in the 1980s with a county-level mapping effort as part of a statewide radon investigation. The county maps created for the radon project were merged and modified to produce a new State map.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental, Florida Geological Survey
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20011001 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1988 End Date: 2001 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SURGEO_2001.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
FORM_CODE
5 String
PERIOD
20 String
EPOCH
20 String
DESCRIPT
60 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

FORM_CODE Formation Code

PERIOD Period associated with geology

EPOCH Epoch associated with geology

DESCRIPT Physical description of geology

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters

FORMATION_CODE DESCRIPTIONS: 

	Quaternary

	Holocene  
	Qh		Holocene sediments

	Pleistocene and Holocene  
	Qal		Alluvium
	Qbd		Beach ridge and Dune
	Qu		Undifferentiated

	Pleistocene  
	Qa		Anastasia Fm
	Qk		Key Largo Fm
	Qm		Miami Ls
	Qtr		Trail Ridge Sands
	
	
      Tertiary/Quaternary

	Pliocene/Pleistocene  
	TQsu		Shelly sediments of Plio-Pliestocene
	TQu		Undifferentiated TQ seds
	TQd       	Dunes
	TQuc		Undiff. reworked Cypresshead sediments

      Tertiary

	Pliocene  
	Tc		Cypresshead Fm
	Tci		Citronelle Fm
	Tic		Intracoastal Fm
	Tjb		Jackson Bluff Fm
	Tmc		Miccosukee Fm
	Tt		Tamiami Fm

	Miocene/Pliocene  
	Thcc		Hawthorn Gp, Coosawhatchie Fm, Charlton Mbr
	Thpb		Hawthorn Gp, Peace River Fm, Bone Valley Mbr
	Thp       	Peace River Fm


	Miocene  
	Tab		Alum Bluff Gp
	Tch		Chattahoochee Fm
	Th		Hawthorn Gp
	Thc		Coosawhatchie Fm
	Ths		Statenville Fm
	Tht		Torreya Fm
	Trm		Residuum on Miocene sediments
	Tsmk		St. Marks Fm

	Oligocene/Miocene  
	Tha		Hawthorn Gp, Arcadia Fm
	That		Hawthorn Gp, Arcadia Fm, Tampa Mbr

	Oligocene  
	Tro		Residuum on Oligocene seds
	Ts		Suwannee Ls
	Tsm		Suwannee Ls - Marianna Ls undiff.

	Eocene  
	Tap		Avon Park Fm
	To		Ocala Ls
	Tre		Residuum on Eocene seds.
USER NOTES:
These data are believed to be logically consistent, though
no tests were performed. Polygon geometry is topologically clean.
The boundary of Florida is dependent on the shoreline and/or edges of
rivers and bays as delineated on a USGS 7.5 minute Topographic Map.
The edges or borders of the boundary might change as the natural land
changes or better maps and aerial photography become available. The
boundary was not based on legal parcels or definitions.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
The geologists from the Florida Geological Survey (FGS) involved in the 
project included Jon Arthur, Richard Green, Guy Means, Jacqueline Lloyd, 
Ken Campbell, Joel Duncan, Frank Rupert, and Tom Scott. Tom Missimer, 
Missimer International, Ft. Myers, Florida was part of the mapping team for 
Charlotte and Lee Counties. Previous mapping provided a basis for this 
project. Geologists involved in the preliminary mapping included Paulette 
Bond, Richard Johnson, Ed Lane, Walt Schmidt and Bill Yon.

To produce a new State Geological Map

Varies from several hundred feet to one-half mile


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A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
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
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
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made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
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:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Geological Survey:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The original data were paper County Geological Maps at 1:100,00 scale.
The maps were redrawn in Autocad Version 12 by Jim Jones and Ted Kiper.
The projection was Nad27.
Process Date: 1992-93

GeoPlan downloaded this data from The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp) in September of 2008. When downloaded the data was in the following projections: GCS_North_American_1983_HARN. - Added DESCRIPT field based on Geology Description found in metadata - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date downloaded from source. - Added PERIOD field based on FORM_CODE description - Renamed FORM_AGG to EPOCH - Deleted fields AREA, PERIMETER, and OBJECTID. - Upcased all fields except FORM_CODE Process Date: 20080925
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20081021
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

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us

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