U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, South Florida Ecological Services Office 20030930 vector digital data Vero Beach, FL U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service State of Florida http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/ This layer identifies designated critical habitat for the Rice Rat under the Endangered Species Act. Geographic Information System (GIS) data for the designation of critical habitat of the Rice Rat: These GIS data and their associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for the Rice Rat. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these GIS data are cautioned to refer to the final textual unit descriptions provided in the final rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. Additionally, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a definitive finding of whether a location is within critical habitat. Description from 58 FR 46034 1993 Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris natator ( O. argentatus)). Monroe County, Florida: Little Pine Key, Water Keys, Big Torch Key, Middle Torch Key , Summerland Key north of U.S. Highway 1, Cudjoe Key north of U.S. Highway 1, Johnston Key, Raccoon Key, and Lower Saddlebunch Keys, south of U.S. Highway I but not including lands in T. 67 S., R. 27 E., Section 8 and north 1/5 of Section 17. Included are all lands and waters above mean low tide. Within these areas the major constituent elements that are known to require special management considerations or protection are mangrove swamps containing red (Rhizophora mangle), black (Avicennia germinans), and white (Laguncularia racemosa) mangroves, and buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus); salt marshes, swales, and adjacent transitional wetlands containing saltwort (Batis maritima), perennial glasswort (Salicornia virginica), saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), sea ox-eye (Borrichia frutescens), keygrass (Monanthochloe littoralis), and coastal dropseed (Sporobolus virginicus); and fresh water marshes containing cattails (Typha domingensis), saw-grass (Cladium jamaicense), and cordgrass (Spartina spp.). The original data layer "rice_rat-ch.shp" had an error in it where the area south of US1 was included in the critical habitat area. This was corrected in this file. 20090905 unknown publication date Complete As needed -81.633977 -81.298677 24.776076 24.574912 None Silver Rice Rat Designated Critical Habitat (Oryzomys agenteus) (Oryzomys palustris natator) None South Florida Florida Keys These data are not to be redistributed to anyone. These data shall be obtained directly from the appropriate USFWS (see Section 6.1 Distributor) office or official USFWS internet web page (http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/), when available. These data are final critical habitat areas for the Rice Rat. 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. NOTE: The legal boundaries are described in the Federal Register language (see supplemental information). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US 772-562-3909 772-5624288 M-F 8-4:30 EST South Florida Ecological Service Office (SFESO), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Unclassified These data are not to be redistributed to anyone. These data shall be obtained directly from the appropriate USFWS (see Section 6.1 Distributor) office or official USFWS internet web page (http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/), when available. Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. Excellent Deductive estimate. Since the attributes were created by a reliable software (XTools 2.2), it can be assumed that they are correct. The shapefile was exported to an ArcInfo coverage. The coverage was checked using ArcEdit (ArcInfo 8.2). The coverage was checked for dangles, and they were removed if discovered. The lines also had all splits removed. The coverage was then built and exported back to a shapefile. The topology was checked completely. The attributes created by ArcInfo were deleted. XTools 2.2 was used to create and update the attributes "AREA" and "ACRES". The user-defined attribute field "KEY_NAME" was added for including the names of the islands. Horizontal accuracy is within the national map accuracy standards for 1:24,000 GIS data. 90% of identifiable points are within 1/50th of an inch (40 feet). This layer was overlayed on a 124,000 Florida county, Public Land Survey, and Florida major roads data layers to deductively check the accuracy NA NA NA Florida Geographic Data Library (compiled) 20010101 unknown NA vector digital data Florida Dept. of Transportation roads characteristics inventory (RCI). FDOT Tallahassee, FL FDOT Data compiled from source by FGDL and available online. www.fgdl.org/metadata/v2003/fgdl_html/majrds.htm None 20010101 unknown publication date FDOT Spatial and Attribute Information South Florida Water Management District NA vector digital data USGS Digital Line Graphs (DLG's) - boundaries USGS, Reston, VA USGS Data compiled from source by SFWMD and available online. spatial1.sfwmd.gov/sfwmdxwebdc/dataview.asp?query=unq_id=212 24000 CD-ROM USFWS Spatial and Attribute Information Florida Geographic Data Library (compiled) 20030101 unknown NA vector digital data Public Land Surveys FDEAC, Tallahassee, FL & SFWMD, West Palm Beach, FL Florida Resources & Environmental Analysis & South Florida Water Management District Data compiled from source by FGDL and available online. ftp://ftp1.fgdl.org/pub/state/ None 19980101 unknown publication date FREAC Spatial and Attribute Information Based on descriptions in the 58 FR 46034. The source data layers for county boundaries, major roads, and the public land surveys were used to create the polygon shapefile. 19770922 Federal register crital habitat revision.pdf South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Barry Wood GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US (772) 562-3909 M-F 8-4:30 EST barry_wood@fws.gov Metadata imported and then edited using ArcCatalog. T:\TEST_DIRECTORY\GISDATA\SPECIES\CAPE_SABLE_SEASIDE_SPARROW\cape_sable_seaside_sparrow-critical_habitat.shp South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Barry Wood GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US (772) 562-3909 M-F 8-4:30 EST barry_wood@fws.gov The attribute field "KEYS_NAME" was added. This attribute field is the name of each key (island), and was input manually. Florida Atlas & Gazetteer, by DeLorme South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Barry Wood South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US (772) 562-3909 M-F 8-4:30 ET barry_wood@fws.gov The polygon ArcInfo coverage was converted back to a shapefile. The field attributes added by ArcInfo were deleted. The Attributes "Area" and "Acres" were created and updated by XTools 2.2. The attribute fields "Area" and "Acres" were then restructured using XTools 2.2 so that "Area" is an integer and "Acres" has only one decimal. South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Barry Wood GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US (772) 562-3909 M-F 8-4:30 EST barry_wood@fws.gov Polygon shapefile was converted to an ArcInfo coverage for a logical consistency check. South Florida Ecological Service Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Barry Wood GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US (772) 562-3909 M-F 8-4:30 EST barry_wood@fws.gov GeoPlan downloaded the data in October 2009 via the USFWS Critical Habitat portal in NAD_1983_HARN_Albers projection. - Renamed dataset from rice_rat-critical_habitat to rice_rat_ch_sep05 - Deleted area and perimiter fields - Added and calculated acres field - Added species field - Added a DESCRIPT field based key name. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. GeoPlan 20091103 Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. GeoPlan 20091119 NA Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 59 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 RICE_RAT_CH_SEP05 RICE_RAT_CH_SEP05.DBF USFWS OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Software generated field. ACRES Area of Habitats in acres GeoPlan Area of polygons in acres generated by XTools 2.2 8/30/2005 8/30/2005 excellent created by reliable software None planned KEY_NAME User-Defined Florida Atlas & Gazetteer Names of Keys (islands) 8/15/2005 8/15/2005 Excellent Double-Checked by George Dennis None planned SPECIES The species the dataset describes GeoPlan DESCRIPT Based on KEY_NAME GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan aquired the data GeoPlan AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan GeoPlan SHAPE.AREA Area in meters GeoPlan SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters GeoPlan AREA and ACRES calculated by XTools 2.2 Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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Gainesville Florida 32611-5706 US FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html Mailing list for FGDL: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html Web site: http://www.fgdl.org Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html DOWNLOADABLE DATA The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing or distributing the materials. 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 multi-county or regional level. 1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been 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 ESRI shapefile ESRI shapefile no compression applied None official USFWS internet web page (http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/) NA This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package. 20200303 8/31/2005 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service George Dennis & Barry Wood G.D. = Ecologist & B.W. = GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Vero Beach Florida 32960 US 772-562-3909 george_dennis@fws.gov M-F 8-4:30 EST FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time NA Unclassified NA