Metadata - Summary of data in the Atlas
The Atlas contains 1158 water resources which includes 14 bays and 888 lakes and 255 rivers and the Gulf of Mexico . Data recorded in the Atlas reaches back 125 years, starting on Saturday, December 30, 1899. The most recent data is from Friday, November 22, 2024. Over 158,811,958 data samples have been included in the Atlas! The samples came from over 120 data sources provided by 42 different data providers. These people and agencies have helped make the Atlas an integral tool for managing our water resources.
Geographic Information Systems Data
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data consists largely of land mapping and spatial data and is used in a wide variety of fields. The lay of the land can affect almost every aspect of life, including an area's culture, government, environment, and commerce, making GIS information important to everyone. Fields such as anthropology, medical science, and natural science use GIS to measure and predict the impact of geography on a region. By mapping water resources, the Atlas provides spatial information useful to citizens, water management professionals, and scientists alike. The following core datasets are processed as part of geospatial analyses, the results of which are presented directly within Atlas components:
| GIS Dataset Name | Data Custodian | Data Current as of: | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 3/20/2005 | |
| 1995 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 4/1/2001 | |
| 1999 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 3/1/2004 | |
| 2004 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/23/2006 | |
| 2006 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/23/2007 | |
| 2007 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 3/17/2009 | |
| 2008 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 6/1/2010 | |
| 2009 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 6/6/2011 | |
| 2010 Future Land Use | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 7/1/2005 | |
| 2010 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 7/12/2013 | |
| 2011 Aerial Imagery | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 9/24/2012 | |
| 2014 Land-Use and Land-Cover | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 4/1/2019 | |
| Artificial Reefs | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | 8/6/2013 | |
| Bird Rookeries within Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | 7/1/2005 | |
| City of Tampa Basin Delineations | City of Tampa | 7/1/2005 | |
| Detailed Soil Survey | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 7/1/2005 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency Lake Regions | Environmental Protection Agency | 8/1/1996 | |
| Environmentally Sensitive Land Protection Program | Sarasota County | 3/1/2006 | |
| EPA Impaired Waters & TMDL Data | US Environmental Protection Agency | 10/23/2017 | |
| FDEP Impaired Waters & TMDL Data | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Not Available | |
| FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps | Federal Emergency Management Agency | 7/1/2005 | |
| Florida Major Roads | Florida Department of Transportation | 7/1/2005 | |
| FNAI Managed Lands / Conservation Data | Florida Natural Areas Inventory | 3/8/2019 | |
| FWRI Sea Turtle Nesting | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | 6/1/2004 | |
| Hillsborough County Lake Bathymetry | University of South Florida Water Institute | 4/1/2006 | |
| Hillsborough County Watershed Delineations | Hillsborough County Government | 9/7/2009 | |
| Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Basins | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 9/1/2009 | |
| Manatee Synoptic Surveys | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | 7/1/2005 | |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Manatee Aerial Surveys | Mote Marine Laboratory | Not Available | |
| Non-Restorable Seagrass | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | 7/1/2005 | |
| Oil Spill Sensitive Areas | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | 7/1/2005 | |
| Population Density (2000) | U.S. Department of Commerce | 1/1/2000 | |
| Population Estimates for Watersheds | U.S. Department of Commerce | 12/31/2021 | |
| Sinkholes of Florida | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 7/1/2005 | |
| SWFWMD Comprehensive Watershed Management Areas | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 8/7/2009 | |
| SWFWMD Radar Rainfall Estimates | Southwest Florida Water Management District | Not Available | |
| SWFWMD Seagrass Beds | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 5/28/2021 | |
| Tampa Bay Estuary Program Watershed Delineations | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | 7/1/2005 | |
| Tampa Bay Hydrography Layer | University of South Florida Water Institute | 7/1/2005 | |
| Tampa Bay Potentiometric Areas | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 7/1/2005 | |
| Tampa Bay Restoration Sites | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | Not Available | |
| Tampa Bay Shoreline - 1950 | Tampa Bay Estuary Program | 7/1/2005 | |
| TIGER Census Data | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 7/1/2005 | |
| USGS 1:24,000 National Hydrography Dataset | University of South Florida Water Institute | 9/1/2009 | |
| USGS 1970's Land-Use and Land-Cover | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Not Available | |
| Water Atlas Sample Site Locations | University of South Florida Water Institute | 9/1/2009 | |
| Waters Not Attaining Standards (WNAS) | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Not Available |
Monitoring and Sampling Data
Citizens, scientists, and professionals all contribute to monitoring and sampling data in many ways. Citizens often provide information such as water levels data through volunteer programs. Scientists and professionals set up equipment at sampling stations for measuring attributes such as water quality and hydrology. They provide the data in various formats to the Atlas, which compiles, organizes, and presents the data to help people better understand the county's water resources.
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| Monitoring Dataset Name | Data Custodian | Data Current on Atlas as of: | Period of Record | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon Christmas Bird Count | National Audubon Society | Not Available | Not Available | |
| City of Lakeland | City of Lakeland | 11/22/2024 | 9/16/2014 - 9/30/2024 | |
| City of Plant City | City of Plant City | Not Available | Not Available | |
| City of St. Petersburg | City of St. Petersburg | 11/22/2024 | 3/20/2017 - 2/13/2024 | |
| City of St. Petersburg | City of St. Petersburg | 6/21/2018 | 6/26/2013 - 10/31/2017 | |
| City of St. Petersburg Coastal Water Quality | City of St. Petersburg | Not Available | Not Available | |
| City of Tampa Rainfall Monitoring Network | City of Tampa | Not Available | 12:00:00 AM - 11/21/2024 11:00:00 PM | |
| COAST Water Quality Monitoring | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/19/2024 | 1/26/2000 - 12/8/2009 | |
| Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System | Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System | 8/7/2023 | 6/15/2008 8:00:00 AM - 11/22/2024 5:35:00 PM | |
| COMMERCIAL LANDINGS DATA | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Enviro-Audit | Enviro-Audit | 11/22/2024 | 8/15/2017 - 7/10/2024 | |
| Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County | Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County | 11/22/2024 | 7/5/2017 - 8/29/2024 | |
| EPC Benthic Monitoring | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 4/11/2008 | 9/1/1993 8:12:00 AM - 9/26/2006 12:15:00 PM | |
| EPC Fixed Continuous Water Monitoring | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 4/11/2008 | 5/14/2002 12:30:00 AM - 3/16/2018 11:00:00 AM | |
| EPC HIMP Surveys | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 9/15/2023 | 3/2/2000 8:50:00 AM - 1/8/2009 12:58:23 PM | |
| EPC Monthly Routine Water Monitoring | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 11/19/2024 | 1/3/1972 10:00:00 AM - 3/11/2020 10:48:36 AM | |
| EPC Pollution Loading Estimates | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 9/15/2023 | 10/27/2005 12:00:00 PM - 6/23/2009 9:45:00 AM | |
| EPC Tidal Streams | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 9/15/2023 | 5/8/2006 9:15:00 AM - 9/28/2006 2:53:00 PM | |
| EPC Water Quality Data | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 11/19/2024 | 1/2/1974 - 9/27/2006 | |
| FDEP - Southwest Regional Operations Center | FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center | 11/22/2024 | 9/23/2013 - 7/30/2024 | |
| FDEP - Watershed Assessment Section | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 11/22/2024 | 2/25/2014 - 9/19/2024 | |
| FDEP Aquatic Plant Survey | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 8/7/2023 | 6/30/1983 - 10/30/2003 | |
| FDEP Charlotte Harbor Aquatic/Buffer Preserves Sampling Data | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 9/26/2024 | 11/4/1996 - 5/1/2017 | |
| FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 11/19/2024 | 6/2/1937 - 11/23/1998 | |
| FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center | FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center | 11/19/2024 | 5/14/1997 - 10/3/2017 | |
| FDEP Watershed Assessment Section | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 11/19/2024 | 8/21/2001 - 5/1/2013 | |
| FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 11/22/2024 | 2/6/2011 - 7/23/2024 | |
| FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | 11/19/2024 | 10/5/1998 - 7/10/2017 | |
| FFWCC Triploid Grass Carp | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Florida Automated Weather Network | University of Florida | 8/7/2023 | 5/26/2010 5:45:00 PM - 11/22/2024 6:45:00 PM | |
| Florida Department of Health, DCEH | Florida Department of Health | 11/22/2024 | 4/3/2017 - 12/27/2023 | |
| Florida Healthy Beaches Program and Data (Bacterial Counts) | Florida Department of Health | 8/7/2023 | 7/31/2000 - 3/28/2017 | |
| Florida LAKEWATCH | Florida LAKEWATCH | 11/19/2024 | 1/15/1988 - 1/5/2017 | |
| Florida LAKEWATCH | Florida LAKEWATCH | 11/22/2024 | 4/13/2017 - 6/10/2024 | |
| Hillsborough County Environmental Management Division | Hillsborough County Environmental Services | 11/19/2024 | 1/4/2000 - 12/18/2019 11:15:00 AM | |
| Hillsborough County Environmental Services Division | Hillsborough County Environmental Services Division | 11/22/2024 | 1/28/2019 - 12/6/2023 | |
| Hillsborough County Lake Assessments | University of South Florida Water Institute | 11/19/2024 | 7/22/2009 - 3/3/2015 | |
| Hydrologic, water quality, and biological assessments by USF Water Institute Staff | USF Water Institute Assessments | Not Available | Not Available | |
| IMAP Water Quality Data | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | 11/19/2024 | 7/11/2000 - 7/13/2006 | |
| LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring | Florida LAKEWATCH | 11/19/2024 | 8/16/1986 - 1/28/2019 | |
| Legacy Pinellas Water Quality Data | Pinellas County | 11/19/2024 | 1/2/1991 - 12/11/2002 | |
| Manatee County Continuous Rain/Stream Data | Manatee County Department of Environmental Management | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Manatee County Environmental Management Sampling Data | Manatee County | 11/19/2024 | 1/11/1995 - 12/14/2017 | |
| Manatee County Environmental Management Sampling Data | Manatee County | 11/22/2024 | 1/9/2018 - 6/25/2024 | |
| Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 5/10/2005 | Not Available | |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | 11/22/2024 | 4/16/2012 - 12/13/2023 | |
| Mote Marine Historic Data from Legacy STORET | Mote Marine Laboratory | 11/19/2024 | 4/11/1990 - 5/10/1994 | |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Weather and Tide Data | Mote Marine Laboratory | 11/23/2024 | 4/8/1965 - 10/11/2021 10:30:00 PM | |
| National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 8/8/2023 | 11/2/2007 2:54:00 AM - 11/22/2024 6:42:00 PM | |
| National Weather Service | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Not Available | Not Available | |
| National Weather Service National Digital Forecast Database | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 8/7/2023 | 2/27/2009 5:30:00 AM - 11/22/2024 6:56:00 PM | |
| Pasco County Stormwater Management Division | Pasco County | 11/22/2024 | 11/29/2005 - 5/15/2024 | |
| Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority (FL) | Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority | 11/19/2024 | 2/9/1993 - 12/22/2016 | |
| Physical Oceanographic Real-time System | Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System | Not Available | 11/23/2008 9:30:00 PM - 11/22/2024 6:54:00 PM | |
| Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management | Pinellas County | 11/22/2024 | 10/26/2002 - 5/30/2024 | |
| Pinellas County Florida Healthy Beaches data | Pinellas County Department of Health | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Pinellas County Red Tide Sampling | Pinellas County | Not Available | Not Available | |
| PINELLAS Water Quality Data | Pinellas County | 11/22/2024 | 1/2/1991 9:05:00 AM - 12/9/2022 | |
| Quarterly Routine Water Monitoring | Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission | 11/19/2024 | 5/11/2005 8:07:00 AM - 3/3/2020 11:51:20 AM | |
| Sarasota County Environmental Services Department Sampling Data | Sarasota County | 11/22/2024 | 2/24/1998 - 9/4/2024 2:30:00 PM | |
| Sarasota County Florida Healthy Beaches monitoring data. | Florida Department of Health | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Sarasota County Historic Data from Legacy STORET | Sarasota County | 11/19/2024 | 1/3/1989 - 10/14/1998 | |
| Sarasota Dolphin Research Program | Sarasota Dolphin Research Program | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Shellfish Environmental Assessment Data | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | 9/15/2023 | 1/9/1979 - 6/18/2003 | |
| Shellfish Environmental Assessment Section | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | 8/7/2023 | 1/9/1979 - 6/13/2017 | |
| Southwest Florida Water Management District | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/22/2024 | 1/1/1991 - 3/14/2024 | |
| SWFWMD Hydrologic Data Section Data | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/22/2024 | 5/1/1930 - 11/22/2024 5:00:00 PM | |
| SWFWMD Hydrologic Data Section Data | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 8/7/2023 | 1/1/1901 - 7/21/2008 4:45:00 AM | |
| SWFWMD Water Quality Monitoring Program Data | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/19/2024 | 1/26/2000 - 4/27/2005 | |
| SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data | Southwest Florida Water Management District | 11/19/2024 | 8/4/1997 - 3/8/2016 | |
| Tampa Bay Water | Tampa Bay Water | 11/19/2024 | 4/18/2000 - 9/28/2016 | |
| Tampa Bay Water | Tampa Bay Water | 11/22/2024 | 10/17/2016 - 7/25/2024 | |
| USGS National Water Information System | USGS National Water Information System | 11/22/2024 | 10/25/1907 - 11/22/2024 9:45:00 PM |