{
  "$schema": "internal://dfr/coverage/v1",
  "canonical": true,
  "source_of_truth": "Rebuilt 2026-08-09 directly from the field-data CSVs in regions/_incoming/all_waters, recovered from iCloud DFR_MASTER. Every count below is derived from the records themselves, not from a previous summary. A record counts as verified only if its own verified column says so.",
  "regenerate_with": "python3 tools/render_coverage.py",
  "version": 5,
  "updated_et": "2026-08-09T18:52:00-04:00",
  "collection_period": "June\u2013August 2026",
  "methodology": {
    "record": "One point of interest with a name, a category and a source \u2014 a boat ramp, spring, artificial reef, fishing hole, landmark or area business.",
    "verified": "Confirmed against a source: a phone call answered, an official listing, or the founder standing at the coordinates. A record is verified or it is not; there is no partial credit.",
    "gps_point": "A coordinate the founder captured or confirmed in the field. Records without a confirmed coordinate are counted as records but are not plotted.",
    "not_plotted": "A system with no verified coordinates carries no marker on the coverage map. Showing one would imply field work that has not happened.",
    "data_files": "Seven canonical JSON files per region \u2014 points, points of interest, river course, coverage polygon, regulations, hazards and tide station.",
    "reference_documents": "Four per region \u2014 regulations source sheet, hazards source sheet, point provenance log and the field notebook."
  },
  "rivers": [
    {
      "name": "Suwannee Sound",
      "kind": "coastal",
      "counties": [
        "Dixie",
        "Levy"
      ],
      "records": 103,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 0,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Suwannee",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Dixie",
        "Levy",
        "Gilchrist"
      ],
      "records": 100,
      "verified": 85,
      "gps": 50,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "early",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Horseshoe Beach",
      "kind": "coastal",
      "counties": [
        "Dixie"
      ],
      "records": 93,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 0,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ochlockonee",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Leon",
        "Wakulla",
        "Liberty",
        "Gadsden"
      ],
      "records": 86,
      "verified": 75,
      "gps": 59,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Big Bend Flats",
      "kind": "coastal",
      "counties": [
        "Taylor",
        "Dixie"
      ],
      "records": 81,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 55,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lake Rousseau",
      "kind": "lake",
      "counties": [
        "Citrus",
        "Levy",
        "Marion"
      ],
      "records": 78,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 0,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Santa Fe",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Columbia",
        "Alachua",
        "Gilchrist"
      ],
      "records": 74,
      "verified": 72,
      "gps": 52,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Orange Lake",
      "kind": "lake",
      "counties": [
        "Alachua",
        "Marion"
      ],
      "records": 71,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 24,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cedar Key Flats",
      "kind": "coastal",
      "counties": [
        "Levy"
      ],
      "records": 67,
      "verified": 61,
      "gps": 47,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Aucilla",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Taylor",
        "Jefferson"
      ],
      "records": 63,
      "verified": 58,
      "gps": 45,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Lochloosa Lake",
      "kind": "lake",
      "counties": [
        "Alachua"
      ],
      "records": 63,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 32,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lake City Lakes",
      "kind": "lake",
      "counties": [
        "Columbia"
      ],
      "records": 61,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 21,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Steinhatchee",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Taylor"
      ],
      "records": 59,
      "verified": 56,
      "gps": 40,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "build",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Newnans Lake",
      "kind": "lake",
      "counties": [
        "Alachua"
      ],
      "records": 59,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 23,
      "data_files": 6,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Waccasassa",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Levy"
      ],
      "records": 58,
      "verified": 0,
      "gps": 43,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "gap",
      "note": "Field data collected but not one record carries a verification. It cannot be presented as verified coverage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Wacissa",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Jefferson"
      ],
      "records": 57,
      "verified": 55,
      "gps": 41,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Withlacoochee North",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Madison",
        "Hamilton"
      ],
      "records": 55,
      "verified": 48,
      "gps": 35,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Econfina",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Taylor"
      ],
      "records": 48,
      "verified": 44,
      "gps": 29,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Fenholloway",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Taylor"
      ],
      "records": 41,
      "verified": 36,
      "gps": 18,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "Ichetucknee",
      "kind": "river",
      "counties": [
        "Columbia",
        "Suwannee"
      ],
      "records": 37,
      "verified": 31,
      "gps": 15,
      "data_files": 7,
      "reference_documents": 4,
      "stage": "data",
      "note": ""
    }
  ],
  "expected_totals": {
    "_note": "Cross-check only; computed from rows.",
    "systems": 20,
    "records": 1354,
    "verified": 621,
    "gps": 629
  },
  "stage_labels": {
    "build": "In build",
    "early": "Build started",
    "data": "Field data collected",
    "gap": "Collected \u2014 none verified"
  },
  "statewide_scope": {
    "_note": "Three different numbers. They must never be presented as one. Owner direction 2026-08-09: the scope is every navigable waterway in Florida.",
    "tier_1_scope": "Every navigable waterway in Florida \u2014 rivers, creeks and tributaries, lakes, springs and spring runs, the beachfront and coastal runs, the passes, and the navigable swamp and paddle routes.",
    "tier_1_count": null,
    "_tier_1_count_note": "Deliberately null. No sourced count of Florida navigable waterways has been verified. Do not publish a number here until one is cited. Describing the scope in words is honest; inventing a total is not.",
    "tier_2_charted_now": 102,
    "tier_2_rivers": 85,
    "tier_2_lakes": 17,
    "tier_2_meaning": "Drawn on the map today from public geographic data. Shows course and name. Carries no verified ramps, springs, reefs, hazards, points of interest or regulations.",
    "tier_3_field_verified": 20,
    "tier_3_meaning": "Walked, photographed, coordinates captured. Collecting a record is not the same as verifying it \u2014 of these 20 waterways, 11 have at least one verified record and 9 have none at all.",
    "honesty_rule": "Never let scope imply charted, and never let charted imply verified. Wherever any one of the three is quoted, the other two appear beside it.",
    "tier_3_label": "with field data collected",
    "tier_4_records": {
      "records": 1354,
      "verified": 621,
      "rate_pct": 46
    }
  },
  "_correction": "Supersedes the figures previously published. The earlier page said 11 systems, 678 records, 620 verified (91%). The 678 was right for the eleven rivers, but 620 was the confirmed count across ALL twenty waterways applied to the eleven-river denominator. Recounted from source: 20 waterways, 1,354 records, 621 verified (46%). More water, less verification."
}