Minnesota River Basin DNR Ecological Classification System (dnrecs)

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Section 1

Identification Information
Originator Land Management Information Center (LMIC), Minnesota Planning and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Title Minnesota River Basin DNR Ecological Classification System
Abstract The DNR Ecological Classification System polygon cover represents a grouping of ecologically-significant zones in Minnesota based on macroclimate, landform, soils, vegetation, land use, and other factors. Map scale is 1:250,000.
Purpose These data were acquired to provide DNR Ecological Classification System for the Minnesota River Basin.
Time Period of Content Date 1995
Currentness Reference The file was originally completed in 1995. This version was obtained from Robert Maki from the DNR GIS library on April 9, 1997, and is the current official version of the file.
Progress Unknown
Maintenance and Update Frequency Unknown
Spatial Extent of Data 12 major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin.
Bounding Coordinates -97.364
-93.087
46.231
43.345
Place Keywords Minnesota River Basin, Blue Earth River Major Watershed, Chippewa River Major Watershed, Cottonwood River Major Watershed, Hawk Creek - Yellow Medicine River Major Watershed, Le Sueur River Major Watershed, Lower Minnesota River Major Watershed, Lac qui Parle River Major Watershed, Middle Minnesota River Major Watershed, Pomme de Terre River Major Watershed, Redwood River Major Watershed, Upper Minnesota River Major Watershed, Watonwan River Major Watershed.
Theme Keywords Ecosystem, Ecological Classification System
Theme Keyword Thesaurus None
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints By accepting this data, the user agrees not to transmit this data or provide access to it or any part of it to another party unless the user shall include with the data a copy of this metadata.
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu
Browse Graphic File Name None available
Browse Graphic File Description Not applicable
Associated Data Sets

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Attribute Accuracy Unknown
Logical Consistency Data are topologically correct within ArcInfo 7.1.2.
Completeness Unknown
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Not available
Lineage Not available
Source Scale Denominator Unknown

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Native Data Set Environment Unknown
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types Arcs, Nodes, Labels
Tiling Scheme Major Watershed

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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme UTM
Ellipsoid GRS80
Horizontal Datum NAD83
Horizontal Units Meters
Distance Resolution
Altitude Datum Not applicable
Altitude Units Not applicable
Depth Datum Not applicable
Depth Units Not applicable
UTM Zone Number 15E

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Entity and Attribute Overview Polygon attributes are: PROVNAME, ECS_PROV, SECNAME, ECS_SEC, SUBSECNAME, ECS_SUBSEC, ACRES, MAJOR2, MINOR5, MAJOR-NAME, PEDIGREE, PEDYEAR.
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation DNR Ecological Classification System for the Minnesota River Basin consists of three nested levels of ecoregion groupings:


The first ECS level is the province level. There are three provinces.

ECS - Province Level

ECS_PROV PROVNAME
212 Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
251 Prairie Parkland Province
222 Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
The second ECS level is the section level. There are 10 sections.

ECS - Section Level:

ECS_SEC SECNAME
212J Southern Superior Uplands
212K Western Superior Uplands
212L Northern Superior Uplands
212M N. Minnesota & Ontario Peatlands
212N N. Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains
222L Paleozoic Plateau
222M Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
222N Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands
251A Red River Valley
251B North Central Glaciated Plains
The third ECS level is the subsection level. There are 24 ecoregion subsections.

ECS - Subsection Level:
ECS_SUBSEC SUBSECNAME
212Mb Agassiz Lowlands
251Aa Red River Prairie
222Na Aspen Parklands
212La Border Lakes
212Ma Littlefork-Vermillion Uplands
212Lb North Shore Highlands
212Na Chippewa Plains
212Nb St. Louis Moraines
212Lc Nashwauk Uplands
222Ma Hardwood Hills
212Nc Pine Moraines & Outwash Plains
212Nd Tamarack Lowlands
212Ld Laurentian Highlands
212Kb Mille Lacs Uplands
212Ja Glacial Lake Superior Plain
251Ba Minnesota River Prairie
222Mc Anoka Sand Plain
222Mb Big Woods
222Md Twin Cities Highlands
251Bb Coteau Moraines
222Lc The Blufflands
222Me Oak Savanna
222Lf Rochester Plateau
251Bc Inner Coteau


The 'ECS' Polygon Attribute Table (ECS.PAT) contains the following items:


Polygon attribute table:   dnrecs.pat

ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION OF ITEM CONTENT
AREA 8 18 F 5 Area of polygon in square meters.
PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 Length of polygon boundary in meters.
DNRECS# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
DNRECS-ID 4 5 B - User ID.
PROVNAME 35 35 C - Province level.  Below is a complete list of Province names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
Prairie Parkland Province
ECS_PROV 3 3 I - Code that corresponds to the above Province level.
222 -- (Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province)
251 -- (Prairie Parkland Province)
SECNAME 35 35 C - Section level.  Below is a complete list of Section names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
North Central Glaciated Plains
Red River Valley
ECS_SEC 4 4 C - Code that corresponds to the above Province and Section levels.
222M -- (Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal)
251B -- (North Central Glaciated Plains)
251A -- (Red River Valley)
SUBSECNAME 35 35 C - Subsection level.  Below is a complete list of Subsection names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Anoka Sand Plain
Big Woods
Coteau Moraines
Hardwood Hills
Inner Coteau
Minnesota River Prairie
Oak Savanna
Red River Prairie
Twin Cities Highlands
ECS_SUBSEC 5 5 C - Code that corresponds to the above Province, Section, and Subsection levels.
222Mc -- (Anoka Sand Plain)
222Mb -- (Big Woods)
251Mb -- (Coteau Moraines)
222Ma -- (Hardwood Hills)
251Bc -- (Inner Coteau)
251Ba -- (Minnesota River Prairie)
222Me -- (Oak Savanna)
251Aa -- (Red River Prairie)
222Md -- (Twin Cities Highlands)
ACRES 9 9 N 2 Acres contained within each polygon.
MAJOR2 2 2 I - Minnesota unique two digit major watershed ID number.
MINOR5 5 5 I - Minnesota unique five digit minor watershed ID number.
MAJOR-NAME 50 50 C - Major watershed name.
PEDIGREE 12 12 C - Acronym that identifies the organization responsible for polygon features and attributes.
MSUWRC Minnesota State University, Mankato
Water Resources Center
DNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the polygon feature was created or last updated.






Arc attribute table:   dnrecs.aat

ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION OF ITEM CONTENT
FNODE# 4 5 B - Internal number from node.
TNODE# 4 5 B - Internal number to node.
LPOLY# 4 5 B - Internal number left polygon.
RPOLY# 4 5 B - Internal number right polygon.
LENGTH 8 18 F 5 Length of arc in meters.
DNRECS# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
DNRECS-ID 4 5 B - User ID
LINETYPE 25 25 C - Type of line:
DNR ECOSYSTEM LINE
MAJOR WATERSHED LINE
MINOR WATERSHED LINE
STATE LINE



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Publisher Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Publication Date 1999
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu
Distributor's Data Set Identifier None
Distribution Liability These data have been used by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the data, the related maps or analysis created from such data; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Transfer Format Name ARC/INFO Export file and ArcView shape file.
Transfer Format Version Number ARC/INFO7.1.2 ArcView3.1
Transfer Size
Ordering Instructions These data are freely downloadable from the Minnesota River Basin Data Center Web Site. http://mrbdc.mankato.msus.edu
Online Linkage None Available

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Metadata Date 05/30/1999
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu
Metadata Standard Name Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version 1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm
This page last updated 12/29/1998.

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