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FDEP – Wetland and Other Surface Water Delineation Point Description Worksheet
1. Site Name and PA Number:
2. County:
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4. Point Name/Flag Number/Location:
6. GPS Location Collected:
Yes
No
3. Date:
5. Location Shown on Field Map:
If Yes, Waypoint #:
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7. Regulatory Staff Present:
Lat.
Long.
8. Data Recorder:
9. Others Present:
Yes
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No
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10. Notes
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Hydrologic Indicators per §62-340.500, F.A.C
11. Hydrologic Indicators
Type and Height of Indicator(s)
(1) Algal mats
(2) Aquatic mosses, liverworts
(3) Aquatic Plants
(4) Aufwuchs
(5) Drift lines, rafted debris
(6) Elevated lichen lines
(7) Evidence of aquatic fauna
(8) Hydrologic data
(9) Morphological plant adaptations
(10) Secondary flow channels
(11) Sediment deposition
(12) Tussocks or hummocks
(13) Water marks
12. Photographs
Photo ID, Point ID,
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Compass Direction, etc.
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FDEP - Soil Description
13. Profile Name/Flag Number/Location:___________________________________
14. Soil Description
Layer
County: _____________________________
LRR (circle): P
T
U
*USDA-NRCS Textures: Peat, Mucky Peat, Muck, Mucky Mineral, Sand, Fine, Marl
Depth Matrix
Matrix
Matrix % Organic Notes for: Mottles/Depletions/Concentrations/Inclusions/Root Size & Quantity Class (Few/Common/Many)
Including: Hue, Value, Chroma, Inclusion Texture, % Volume, Boundaries (Diffuse/Clear/Sharp)
(inch)
Hue Value/Chroma Texture* Coating
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15. If present, circle all Hydric Soil Field Indicators satisfied and indicate beginning and ending depth of each indicator
All Texture
(A1) Histosol*
(A2) Histic Epipedon*
(A3) Black Histic*
(A4) Hydrogen Sulfide*
(A5) Stratified Layers*
(A6) Organic Bodies
(A7) 5 cm Mucky Mineral*
(A8) Muck Presence*
(A9) 1 cm Muck*
(A11) Depleted Below Dark Surface
(A12) Thick Dark Surface
16. Hydric Soil Status (circle one):
Sandy Texture
(S4) Sandy Gleyed Matrix*
(S5) Sandy Redox
(S6) Stripped Matrix
(S7) Dark Surface
(S8) Polyvalue Below Surface
(S9) Thin Dark Surface
Fine Texture
(F2) Loamy Gleyed Matrix*
(F3) Depleted Matrix
(F6) Redox Dark Surface
(F7) Depleted Dark Surface
(F8) Redox Depressions
(F10) Marl
(F12) Iron-Manganese Masses
(F13) Umbric Surface
Indicator Present
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Beginning Depth
Ending Depth
*A1, A2, A3, A4, A7, A8, A9, S4, F2 may be used as evidence of hydrologic data pursuant to §62-340.500(8) and Soil and Water
Relationships of Florida’s Ecological Communities. A5 may be used as evidence of sediment deposition pursuant to §62-340.500(11). Note:
Any NRCS soil indicator meeting all requirements of that indicator starting at the soil surface may be used as evidence of hydrologic data.
Hydric
Non-hydric
17. Is the depth of soil profile 20 inches or greater?
Yes
Inconclusive
No
If Inconclusive, Why?___________________________________
If no, depth of soil profile is:___________ inches
Why?_______________________________________________________________________________ (example: root refusal or water table)
18. Depth to Standing Water Table (the shallowest depth to free water that stands in an unlined borehole):______________
19. Depth to Seasonal High Water Table (SHWT is the depth at which all requirements of a particular indicator are met):______________
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FDEP - Vegetative
§62-340.300(2)(c)4,
F.A.C.Summary
Definition of Pine Flatwoods and Improved Pasture for purposes of the C Test
“For the purposes of this paragraph only, “pine flatwoods” means a plant community type in Florida occurring on flat terrain with soils which may
experience a seasonal high water table near the surface. The canopy species consist of a monotypic or mixed forest of long leaf pine or slash pine. The
subcanopy is typically sparse or absent. The ground cover is dominated by saw palmetto with areas of wire grass, gallberry, and other shrubs, grasses,
and forbs, which are not obligate or facultative wet species. Pine flatwoods do not include those wetland communities as listed in the wetland definition
contained in subsection 62-340.200(19), F.A.C., which may occur in the broader landscape setting of pine flatwoods and which may contain slash pine.
Also for the purposes of this paragraph only, “improved pasture” means areas where the dominant native plant community has been replaced with
planted or natural recruitment of herbaceous species which are not obligate or facultative wet species and which have been actively maintained for
livestock through mechanical means or grazing.”
20. C Test Criteria §62-340.300(2)(c), F.A.C.
Is the area an Improved Pasture per §62-340.300(2)(c)4, F.A.C.?
Is the area Pine Flatwoods per §62-340.300(2)(c)4, F.A.C.?
Yes
Yes
No
No
(If yes, the C Test cannot be used)
(If yes, the C Test cannot be used)
Does the area have drained soils due to permanent artificial alterations?
Yes
No
(If yes, the C Test cannot be used)
Do the in situ soils meet one of the below criteria? Yes No
(If yes, C Test in situ soil criteria are met)
1. Soils classified by NRCS's Keys to Soil Taxonomy (4th ed. 1990) as Umbraqualfs, Sulfaquents, Hydraquents, Humaquepts, Histosols (except Folists),
Argiaquaolls, or Umbraquults.
2. Saline sands (salt flats-tidal flats).
3. Soil within a hydric mapping unit designated by the NRCS as frequently flooded or depressional, with a verified hydric soil field indicator present.
With reasonable scientific judgment, are the C test criteria met per §62-340.300(2)(c), F.A.C.?
In normal or unaltered condition: Yes No In legally altered condition: Yes No N/A
Immediately prior to illegal alteration: Yes
No
N/A
21. D Test Criteria §62-340.300(2)(d), F.A.C.
Those areas where one or more of the hydrologic indicators listed in section 62-340.500, F.A.C., are present, and which have hydric soils, as identified
using the U.S.D.A.-S.C.S. approved hydric soil indicators for Florida, and reasonable scientific judgment indicates that inundation or saturation is present
sufficient to meet the wetland definition of subsection 62-340.200(19), F.A.C. These areas shall not extend beyond the seasonal high water elevation.
Is a NRCS hydric soil field indicator present?
Yes
No
Does any NRCS hydric soil field indicator begin at the soil surface? Yes
No
Are any of the following indicators present: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, A9, S4, F2?
(If yes, hydrologic field indicator §62-340.500(8) is met)
Yes
No (If yes, hydrologic field indicator .500(8) or (11) is met)
Does any hydrologic indicator listed in §62-340.500, F.A.C. occur in the same area as the verified hydric soil field indicator? Yes
No
With reasonable scientific judgment, are the D test criteria met per §62-340.300(2)(d), F.A.C.?
In normal or unaltered condition: Yes No In legally altered condition: Yes No N/A Immediately prior to illegal alteration: Yes
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FDEP - Vegetative Summary
22. Point Name/Flag Number/Location:_____________________________________________________________
23. Plant List
Indicate §62-340.400, F.A.C. Strata in C, S, or G columns and §62-340.450, F.A.C. Status in U, F, FW, or O columns. Indicate dominant species with *.
% Areal
% Areal
C S G U F FW O
C S G U F FW O
Binomial of Observed Species
Extent
Binomial of Observed Species
Extent
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24. Which vegetative stratum is most indicative of the area’s hydrologic conditions per §62-340.400, F.A.C.? (Note: do not consider FAC vegetation)
Canopy (Minimum 10% Coverage)
Subcanopy (Minimum 10% Coverage)
Groundcover (No Minimum Coverage)
25. In the stratum selected in #24: What is the % areal extent of Obligate plants?__________ What is the % areal extent of Upland plants?_________
Is the areal extent of Obligate plants greater than that of Upland plants?
Yes
No
(If no, A Test cannot be used)
26. In the stratum selected in #24: What is the % areal extent of Facultative Wet plants?__________
What is the total % areal extent of Obligate and
Facultative Wet plants together?__________
What is the total % areal extent of Obligate, Facultative Wet, and Upland plants together?__________
𝑶𝑶+𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭
What is the percentage of Obl + FacW in relation to all plants, excluding Fac, i.e. (𝑶𝑶+𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭+𝑼𝑼)?__________ (If not at least 80%, B Test cannot be used)
27. Current Plant Community Type:___________________________
Natural Condition Plant Community Type:_____________________________
28. §62-340.300(1), F.A.C.
Before using the wetland delineation methodology described below, the regulating agency shall attempt to identify and delineate the landward
extent of wetlands by direct application of the definition of wetlands in subsection 62-340.200(19), F.A.C., with particular attention to the vegetative
communities which the definition lists as wetlands and non-wetlands.
Can you easily delineate the landward extent of the wetland using the definition of wetlands in §62-340.200(19), F.A.C.?
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29. A Test Criteria §62-340.300(2)(a), F.A.C.
Using reasonable scientific judgment, is the indicator status of the top vegetative stratum indicative of the hydrologic conditions
on site? Yes No If no, why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Is the areal extent of obligate plants in the appropriate vegetative stratum greater than the areal extent of all upland plants in that
stratum? Yes No
(If no, the A Test cannot be used)
Is the substrate composed of hydric soils or riverwash? Yes
No
Inconclusive
Why?_____________________________________________
Has the soil been disturbed by a nonhydrologic mechanical mixing of the upper soil profile? Yes
No
If yes, how?____________________
If yes, would a hydric soil indicator be present but for the disturbance? Yes No
Why?____________________________________________
Is the substrate composed of nonsoil, rock outcrop-soil complex, or is the substrate located within an artificially created
wetland area? Yes No
(If yes, soil criteria for the A test is met without a field-verified hydric soil)
Is one or more of the hydrologic indicators listed in §62-340.500, F.A.C. present and reasonable scientific judgment indicates that inundation or
saturation is present sufficient to meet the wetland definition of §62-340.200(19), F.A.C.?
Yes No
With reasonable scientific judgment, are the A test criteria met per §62-340.300(2)(a), F.A.C.?
In normal or unaltered condition: Yes No In legally altered condition: Yes No N/A
Immediately prior to illegal alteration: Yes
No
N/A
30. B Test Criteria §62-340.300(2)(b), F.A.C.
Using reasonable scientific judgment, is the indicator status of the top vegetative stratum indicative of the hydrologic conditions
on site? Yes No If no, why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Is the areal extent of obligate and/or facultative wet plants in the appropriate vegetative stratum equal to or greater than 80% of all the plants in
that stratum, excluding facultative plants? Yes
No
(If no, the B Test cannot be used)
Is the substrate composed of hydric soils or riverwash? Yes
No
Inconclusive
Why?_____________________________________________
Has the soil been disturbed by a nonhydrologic mechanical mixing of the upper soil profile? Yes
No
If yes, how?____________________
If yes, would a hydric soil indicator be present but for the disturbance? Yes No
Why?____________________________________________
Is the substrate composed of nonsoil, rock outcrop-soil complex, or is the substrate located within an artificially created
wetland area? Yes No (If yes, soil criteria for the B test is met without a field-verified hydric soil)
Is one or more of the hydrologic indicators listed in §62-340.500, F.A.C. present and reasonable scientific judgment indicates that inundation or
saturation is present sufficient to meet the wetland definition of §62-340.200(19), F.A.C.?
Yes
No
With reasonable scientific judgment, are the B test criteria met per §62-340.300(2)(b), F.A.C.?
In normal or unaltered condition: Yes No In legally altered condition: Yes No N/A Immediately prior to illegal alteration: Yes
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31. Legally Altered Plants and Soils Test Criteria §62-340.300(3)(a), F.A.C.
For purposes of this subsection “alterations” shall mean activities which mask the normal interpretation of plant species, plant community, soils,
and hydrologic evidence such that application of §62-340.300(2), F.A.C. is rendered unreliable. The most reliable available information shall be used
with reasonable scientific judgement to determine the nature and extent of alterations affecting wetland characteristics or their delineation.
Has the vegetation of the area been altered?
Yes
No
If yes, how?________________________________________________________
Have the soils of the area been altered?
Yes
No
If yes, how?________________________________________________________
(If no to both, §62-340.300(3)(a), F.A.C. cannot be applied)
If yes to any of the above, using the types of evidence and characteristics contemplated in §62-340.300(1), (2), F.A.C. with reasonable scientific
judgment, would the altered area return to a condition identifying it as a wetland without continued alteration?
Yes
No
N/A
If yes, identify criteria in #34 which would be passed with cessation of legally altering activities
32. Legally Altered Hydrology Test Criteria §62-340.300(3)(b), F.A.C.
Has wetland hydrology been altered?
Yes
No
If yes, how?___________________________________________________________
(If no, §62-340.300(3)(b), F.A.C. cannot be applied)
Has wetland hydrology been eliminated?
Yes
No
If yes, using reasonable scientific judgment or §62-340.550, F.A.C. have dredging or filling activities authorized by Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S.
permanently eliminated wetland hydrology such that the wetland definition of §62-340.200(19), F.A.C. cannot be met?
Yes No
N/A
(Chapter 373, F.S. Part II activities (consumptive use permits) or other temporary hydrologic alterations (e.g. droughts) do not apply under §62-340.300(3)(b), F.A.C.)
33. Illegally Altered Sites Test Criteria §62-340.300(3)(c), F.A.C.
If the altering activity is a violation of regulatory requirements, then application of §62-340.300(3)(c), F.A.C. and all provisions of
Chapter 62-340, F.A.C. are utilized to delineate the boundary between wetlands and uplands in a forensic manner. This delineation reflects the
wetland and upland boundary immediately prior to the illegal alteration.
If yes, identify criteria in #34 passed
Is the area a wetland, or would it have been a wetland before illegal alteration? Yes No N/A
immediately prior to alteration
34. Criteria §62-340.600, F.A.C. Non-Wetland Surface Waters Contained In Bounds Created Naturally or Artificially
Is the feature a tidal water body?
Yes
No
(If yes, use the mean high water line elevation to delineate surface water boundary)
Is the feature a non-tidal water body?
Yes
No
(If yes, use the ordinary high water line to delineate surface water boundary)
Is the feature an artificial lake, borrow pit, canal, ditch, or other type of artificial water body with side slopes of 1 foot vertical to 4 feet
horizontal or steeper, excluding spoil banks when the canals and ditches have resulted from excavation into the ground?
Yes
No
(If yes, use the top of bank to delineate surface water boundary)
Is the feature an artificial lake, borrow pit, canal, ditch, or other type of artificial water body with side slopes flatter than 1 foot vertical to 4 feet
horizontal, or is it an artificial water body created by diking or impoundment above the ground?
Yes
No
(If yes, use the seasonal high water line to delineate surface water boundary)
Wetland and Other Surface Water Summary:
35. Using reasonable scientific judgment and using the definition of wetlands in §62-340.200(19), F.A.C., is the area a wetland? Yes
No
If No, why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If Yes, which criteria are or would be met?
Wetland Definition
A Test
B Test
C Test
D Test
36. Pursuant to §62-340.600, F.A.C. is the area a non-wetland Surface Water?
Yes No
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Definition from §62.340.200(19) Florida Administrative Code
“Wetlands,” as defined in subsection 373.019(17), F.S., means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and a duration sufficient to support, and
under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soils. Soils present in wetlands generally are classified as hydric or alluvial, or possess
characteristics that are associated with reducing soil conditions. The prevalent vegetation in wetlands generally consists of facultative or obligate hydrophytic macrophytes that are typically adapted to
areas having soil conditions described above. These species, due to morphological, physiological, or reproductive adaptations, have the ability to grow, reproduce or persist in aquatic environments or
anaerobic soil conditions. Florida wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bayheads, bogs, cypress domes and strands, sloughs, wet prairies, riverine swamps and marshes, hydric seepage slopes,
tidal marshes, mangrove swamps and other similar areas. Florida wetlands generally do not include longleaf or slash pine flatwoods with an understory dominated by saw palmetto.
Definition from §62.340.200(8) Florida Administrative Code
“Hydric Soils” means soils that are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part of the soil profile.
User Note: Criteria to satisfy the soil requirements for §62.340.300(2)(a) & (b) Florida Administrative Code
Hydric Soil Criteria – The substrate is composed of hydric soils or riverwash, as identified using standard U.S.D.A.-S.C.S. practices for Florida, including the approved hydric soil indicators,
except where the hydric soil is disturbed by a nonhydrological mechanical mixing of the upper soil profile and the regulating agency establishes through data or evidence that hydric soil
indicators would be present but for the disturbance
Non-Hydric Soil Criteria – The substrate is nonsoil, rock outcrop-soil complex, or the substrate is located within an artificially created wetland area.
Definition from §62.340.600 Florida Administrative Code
Surface Waters
(1) For the purposes of Section 373.421, F.S., surface waters are waters on the surface of the earth, contained in bounds created naturally or artificially, including, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of
Mexico, bays, bayous, sounds, estuaries, lagoons, lakes, ponds, impoundments, rivers, streams, springs, creeks, branches, sloughs, tributaries, and other watercourses. However, state water
quality standards apply only to those waters defined in subsection 403.031(13), F.S.
(2) The landward extent of a surface water in the State for the purposes of implementing Section 373.414, F.S., shall be the more landward of the following:
(a) Wetlands as located by Rule 62-340.300, F.A.C., of this chapter;
(b) The mean high water line elevation for tidal water bodies;
(c) The ordinary high water line for non-tidal natural water bodies;
(d) The top of the bank for artificial lakes, borrow pits, canals, ditches and other artificial water bodies with side slopes of 1 foot vertical to 4 feet horizontal or steeper, excluding spoil banks
when the canals and ditches have resulted from excavation into the ground; or
(e) The seasonal high water line for artificial lakes, borrow pits, canals, ditches, and other artificial water bodies with side slopes flatter than 1 foot vertical to 4 feet horizontal along with any
artificial water body created by diking or impoundment above the ground.
(3) Determinations made pursuant to paragraphs (2)(b) and (2)(c) shall be for regulatory purposes and are not intended to be a delineation of the boundaries of lands for the purposes of title.
From The Florida Wetlands Delineation Manual pg. 37
Ordinary high water is that point on the slope or bank where the surface water from the water body ceases to exert a dominant influence on the character of the surrounding vegetation and
soils. The OHWL frequently encompasses areas dominated by non-listed vegetation and non-hydric soils. When the OHWL is not at a wetland edge, the general view of the area may present an
“upland” appearance.
Definition from §62.340.200(15) Florida Administrative Code
“Seasonal High Water” means the elevation to which the ground and surface water can be expected to rise due to a normal wet season.
Definition from §373.019(14) Florida Statutes
“Other watercourse” means any canal, ditch, or other artificial watercourse in which water usually flows in a defined bed or channel. It is not essential that the flowing be uniform or uninterrupted.
Definition from §373.019(19) Florida Statutes
“Surface water” means water upon the surface of the earth, whether contained in bounds created naturally or artificially or diffused. Water from natural springs shall be classified as surface
water when it exits from the spring onto the earth’s surface.
Definition from §403.803(14) Florida Statutes
“Swale” means a manmade trench which:
(a) Has a top width-to-depth ratio of the cross-section equal to or greater than 6:1, or side slopes equal to or greater than 3 feet horizontal to 1 foot vertical;
(b) Contains contiguous areas of standing or flowing water only following a rainfall event;
(c) Is planted with or has stabilized vegetation suitable for soil stabilization, stormwater treatment, and nutrient uptake; and
(d) Is designed to take into account the soil erodibility, soil percolation, slope, slope length, and drainage area so as to prevent erosion and reduce pollutant concentration of any discharge.
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