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South Florida Hydrology Database

Entry ID: SF_hydro_db

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Summary

Abstract: The data were produced by several projects: Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity, and Nutrients; Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay; Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay; Flow Monitoring along the Tidal Caloosahatchee River and Tributaries West of Frankin Locks, Hydrodynamic and Salinity Characteristics of Rivers and Estuaries of the Ten Thousand Islands, Southwest Florida Coastal and Wetland Systems Monitoring, Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay, and Sediment Transport and Saline Intrusion on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, FL (a USGS-NPS Water Quality Partnership Program project). Data are available for 73 separate sites.

Purpose: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project needed to restore the south Florida ecosystem. Provisions within WRDA 2000 provide for specific authorization for an adaptive assessment and monitoring program. A Monitoring and ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 26.73

S: 24.75

E: -80.35

W: -82.01

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Eduardo Patino; Jeff Woods; Mark Zucker

Dataset Title: South Florida Hydrology Database

Dataset Release Date: 2012

Data Presentation Form: maps and data

Online Resource: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Stop Date: 2011-09-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1
Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds
Longitude Resolution: 1
Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds
Vertical Resolution: 0.01
feet

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DISCHARGE/FLOW

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Project

USGS_SOFIA > South Florida Information Access

Quality LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT:
Data collected include stage/water level, salinity, temperature, discharge, specific conductance, collection date and time. Not all sites have data for all parameters. Data were collected every 15 minutes on specific days during the water year.

Broad River and Lostmans River - NAVD-88 datum corrected, ... WY2001-2004 records revised as of 12-7-2006.
Chatham River and Lopez River - NAVD-88 datum established at these locations, WY2001-2004 records revised as of 12-7-2006.

Previous corrections for other sites have been incorporated into the South Florida Hydrology Data database.

At the Lostmans River site on September 5, 2009, due to insignificant vertical stratification at this monitoring location the bottom salinity/temp probe was raised to mid-depth and time-series data assumed unchanged.

At the Broad River site on March 12, 2008, due to insignificant vertical stratification at this monitoring location the top salinity/temp probe was lowered to mid-depth and time-series data assumed unchanged.

At the Chatham River site on March 11, 2008, due to insignificant vertical stratification at this monitoring location the top salinity/temp probe was lowered to mid-depth and time-series data assumed unchanged.

COMPLETENESS REPORT:
Water level/stage was collected for all sites except Faka Union Below Weir, Faka Union Boundary Marker, Seven Palm Lake, Upstream Faka Union River, Upstream Fakahatchee River, and Upstream Little Wood River. Temperature was not collected for Alligator Creek, Billys Creek, East Creek near Homestead, FL, East Highway Creek, Oregon Creek. Popash Creek, and Shell Point. Other data collected include salinity, velocity/discharge, and specific conductance. Rainfall data were collected at Card Sound Canal, Upstream North River, and West Highway Creek.

In addition discharge and tidal discharge were collected at Indian Key Channel, Middle Gounds, Sandy Key Channel, and Whale Harbor. Data for Indian Key Channel, and Whale Harbor were collected from 2001 to 2004. Data for Conchie Channel, Middle Grounds, Panhandle Cut, and Sandy Key Channel were collected from 2002 to 2004.

Turbidity and filtered discharge were also collected for Homestead Canal, East Cape Canal, and East Side Creek for 2009-2010.

See the Sites List for Hydrology Data at http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/sitelist.html for a complete breakdown of the data collected for each site.

HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY REPORT: Horizontal positions were established with the use of GPS equipment.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints none

Ancillary Keywords

United States

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

SOUTH FLORIDA INFORMATION ACCESS, FLORIDA INTEGRATED SCIENCE CENTER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Data Center URL: http://sofia.usgs.gov/
Dataset ID: South_Florida_Hydrology_Data_database

Data Center Personnel
Name: HEATHER S. HENKEL Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028 Fax: 727.803.2032 Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov Contact Address: USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Format: ASCIIsee Format Specification

Fees: none

Personnel

MARK ZUCKER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (954) 377-5952

Fax: (954) 377-5901

Email: mzucker at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

3110 SW 9th Avenue

City: Ft. Lauderdale

Province or State: FL

Postal Code: 33315

Country: USA

HEATHER S. HENKEL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028

Fax: 727.803.2032

Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg

600 Fourth St. South

City: St. Petersburg

Province or State: FL

Postal Code: 33701

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-08

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-25

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