Final Critical Habitat for Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum)


ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Final Critical Habitat for Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum)

Reference date - publication:  2009-02-10

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - originator:
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Themes or categories of the resource:  environment, biota

Place keywords:
Keywords:  North Florida, South Carolina, Southeast United States

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, critical habitat, Ambystoma cingulatum, Frosted flatwoods salamander

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  environment, biota

Thesaurus name:
Title:  ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Abstract:  These data identify, in general, the areas of final critical habitat for the threatened Ambystoma cingulatum (frosted flatwoods salamander).

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.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  completed
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  notPlanned


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: 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 74FR6700, published 20090210 for the legal critical habitat information.

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Limitations of use: See access and use constraints information.

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.3.3600

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: 0
East longitude: 0
North latitude: 0
South latitude: 0
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -85.096164
East longitude: -79.401738
North latitude: 33.36641
South latitude: 29.732466
Supplemental information: Frosted flatwoods salamanders are moderately sized salamanders that are generally black to chocolate-black with fine, irregular, light gray lines and specks that form a cross-banded pattern across their backs (back pattern more net-like in the reticulated flatwoods salamander). Adults are terrestrial and live underground most of the year. They breed in relatively small, isolated ephemeral (seasonal) ponds where the larvae develop until metamorphosis. Post-metamorphic salamanders migrate out of the ponds and into the uplands where they live until they move back to ponds to breed as adults. Flatwoods salamander are endemic to the lower southeastern Coastal Plain and occur in what were historically longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods and savannas. Critical habitat identifies specific areas that are essential to the conservation of a listed species, and that may require special management considerations or protection. Section 7(a)(2) of the Act requires that Federal agencies ensure that actions they fund, permit, or carry out are not likely to result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. The regulatory effect of the critical habitat designation does not extend beyond those activities funded, permitted, or carried out by Federal agencies. State or private actions, with no Federal involvement, are not affected.

Credits: U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office

Point of contact - pointOfContact:
Individual's name: Harold Mitchell
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
Contact's position: Ecologist

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
e-mail address:harold_mitchell@fws.gov
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Contact instructions: Email or phone.

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 19

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 3746
Code space: EPSG
Version: 7.11.2

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:attribute
Scope description:
Attributes: The attributes were verified by displaying them both tabularly and graphically. Measurement attributes were not formally checked on the ground for accuracy.
Lineage:
Process step:
When the process occurred:  2007-01-01T00:00:00
Description: Points of known occurences of flatwoods salamander on public and private lands were buffered by 1500 ft (457 m) to create base from which unit boundaries were developed. As new point locations were obtained they were buffered and inserted into critical habitat unit layer using copy and paste functionality of ArcGIS. Polygon buffers within 2 miles of each other were joined to form a single polygon made up of multiple ponds. The buffers were overlayed on DOQQ where available and printed for boundary review. Proposed boundary changes were marked on map printouts and edits to boundary were made within the GIS to reflect these changes. Boundary changes reflected: removal of developed areas, removal of areas where the primary constituient elements (PCE) were missing, shift in buffer to better capture pond associated with point location, removal of buffer due to loss of habitat. Parcel layers were used as the snap layers for defining boundary changes because of habitat loss due to development. Boundary changes based on missing PCEs other than development were made by onscreen digitizing using DOQQs. The following fields were added to the layer: Unit_no, Unit_name, Cname, Sname, County, State, Status, Acres. Each unit was attributed accordingly. Acres were calculated for all units using XTools Pro functionality by projecting data into its corresponding UTM Zone in order to accurately calculate acres. Layer name changed to flsa_pch_081308 to reflect status and publication date. Layer name changed to flsa_fch_021009 to reflect status and publication date.

Process contact - pointOfContact:
Individual's name: Paul A. Lang
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
Contact's position: Ecologist/GIS Coordinator

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
e-mail address:paul_lang@fws.gov
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Contact instructions: Email or phone.
Process step:
When the process occurred:  2013-12-10T00:00:00
Description: Original shapefile was edited to meet the guidelines outlined in "FWS Critical Habitat Spatial Data Specifications" from 20130311. The changes were limited to the attribute table (standardized field names), name of shapefile, and metadata. In addition, the data originally contained critical habitat for both reticulated and frosted flatwoods salamander. The original data was edited to create two separate shapefiles, one for each species.

Process contact - pointOfContact:
Individual's name: Lydia A. Ambrose
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
Contact's position: GIS Specialist

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
e-mail address:lydia_ambrose@fws.gov
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Contact instructions: Email or phone.
Source data:
Level of the source data: Refer to the Federal Register (74FR6700), 20090210.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:
Distributor information - distributor:
Individual's name: Lydia A. Ambrose
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
Contact's position: GIS Specialist

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
e-mail address:lydia_ambrose@fws.gov
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Contact instructions: Email or phone.
Ordering process:
Terms and fees: None
Turnaround time: This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section.

Transfer options:
Online resource:
Online location:http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab/
Function performed:  download
Format:
Format name: Shapefile

Transfer options:
Transfer size: 0.068

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2013-12-09
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  notPlanned



Metadata contact - pointOfContact:
Individual's name: Lydia A. Ambrose
Organization's name: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Panama City Field Office
Contact's position: GIS Specialist

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 850-769-0552
Fax: 850-763-2177
Address:
Delivery point: 1601 Balboa Avenue
City: Panama City
Administrative area: Florida
Postal code: 32405
Country:  US
e-mail address:lydia_ambrose@fws.gov
Hours of service: M-F 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
Contact instructions: Email or phone.
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007