About the Atlas

The Pinellas County Water Resources Atlas - Pinellas.WaterAtlas.org is designed to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues. Typically, the scientists and citizens who live and work on waterbodies have found it difficult to gather the information they need from the myriad of agencies that collect the related data. To solve this problem, we conceived of the Atlas as a "one stop information shop" for concerned citizens and scientists alike. The Atlas functions as a warehouse for a variety of water resources information, including documents and educational links. We have also strived to make the Atlas a rich resource that educates citizens about the data presented and gives scientists easy access to the specialized information they need. We encourage you to use the Atlas as a tool to help in maintaining and improving our vital water resources.

Data Providers

FDEP Southwest District
Florida Center for Community Design and Research, GIS Team, Water Atlas Program
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, GIS Subsection, Division of Water Resource Management, Water Quality DataTMDL Program
Florida Natural Areas Inventory, GIS Division, GIS Division
LAKEWATCH, Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, FloridaLAKEWATCH Program
Pinellas County, Department of Environmental Management, Water Resources Management Section
Southwest Florida Water Management District, Mapping and GIS Section, Hydrologic Data Services
United States Census Bureau, Cartographic Operations Branch, Geography Division
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
USGS National Water Information System, Water Resources of the United States

Project Partners

Pinellas County

Kelli Hammer Levy, M.S., Environmental Program Manager
Melissa Harrison, B.S., Environmental Scientist I
Susan Myers, B.S., Environmental Scientist II

University of South Florida, Florida Center for Community Design and Research

Faculty

Ron Chandler, M.S., Assistant in Research (Project Manager)
Shawn Landry, M.S., Director, Project Manager
Kyle Campbell, M.S., Associate in Research
Christiana Schumann, M.A., Assistant in Research

Staff

Rich Hammond, M.A., GIS Analyst
Joanna Rosochowicz, B.S., Database Manager
Kevin Kerrigan, B.S., Web Program Developer
Cheran Williams, B.S., GIS Analys
Lee Smith, B.A., Web Applications Deveoper

Graduate Student / OPS Staff

Thejovathi Nelluri, M.S., Database
Wolf Johnson, Student Assistant, Computer Engineering

Programming Support

Jeb Holub, Axis Technologies
Tom Justice, USF
Emily Powell, ESRI

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all the wonderful folks who helped to make our vision a reality.

Special thanks to Kristin Caulfield, Andrew Hughey, Shaene Steinauer, Joe Green, Logan Mabe and Janet Gatsby.

The Atlas is part of the award-winning WaterAtlas.org family of web sites.

Developed by:

Pinellas County, University of South Florida, Florida Center for Community Design and Research, Southwest Florida Water Management District

Disclaimer:

The Atlas is still in development and may be inconsistent in its functionality. All data obtained from the Atlas are provisional, subject to change, and provided without warranty of any kind as detailed in our Full Disclaimer

Accessibility:

The Atlas has been developed with wide accessibility in mind. We have made efforts to make the content of the Atlas available to as many visitors as possible, whatever technology they are using or constraints they may be operating under. For more information, please see our Accessibility Statement.

Privacy Policy:

The privacy policy in effect for all Water Atlas sites can be viewed here.