Abandoned Farms
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes abandoned farm site data collected while walking each minor watershed.
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Data Description |
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Abandoned Farm Sites
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Abandoned Wells
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes active well information collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Data Description |
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Abandoned Wells
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Active Wells
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Data Summary
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The Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) receives well logs from the Minnesota Department of Health. MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes active well information collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Brown County Active Well Inventory
Data: Active Wells
Format: Hard Copy File
Status: Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Active Wells
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Biological Monitoring
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Data Summary
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MRAP Biological and Toxicological Assessment - A Fish Community Analysis of the Minnesota River Basin includes data from fish community surveys performed at each site to determine the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI). Scatter plots and correlation analysis were used to examine relationships between IBI and QHEI for groups of sites.
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MRAP Biological and Toxicological Assessment - A Fish Community Analysis of the Minnesota River Basin
Data: Biological Monitoring
Format: Hard Copy File
Status: Complete
Date: 1992
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Best Management Practices (BMP) Focus Projects
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III iincludes data concerning best management practices (BMPs) and other conservation efforts collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Data Description |
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: BMP Focus Projects
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Drainage
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Data Summary
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The Brown County Auditor's Office holds hard copy files and maps of countywide public ditch systems. The Brown County Water Planner holds digital data of countywide public ditch systems. The digital public drainage data and the Brown County Surface Water Hydrology Atlas were developed as part of a 13 county LCMR grant completed in 1993.
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Data Description |
Brown County Public Drainage Systems
Data: Public Ditch and Tile Systems
Format: GIS ARC/INFO, ArcView
Status: Complete
Date: 1993
Source (contact): Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Auditor's Office and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Comments |
No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Dump Sites
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Data Summary
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Brown County Planning and Zoning completed a survey of active county landfills, demolition landfills and closed township dumps in 1993. MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data concerning dump sites which was collected while walking each minor watershed and through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Data Description |
Brown County Dump Site Inventory
Data: Active Landfills and Closed Township Dumps
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date: 1993
Source (contact): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Planning and Zoning
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Dump Sites
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Comments |
No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Federal Set Aside Acres
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Data Summary
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The local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office in Brown County maintains a countywide inventory of current federal set aside acres (CRP). MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data concerning acres enrolled federal set aside acres (CRP). This information was collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Data Description |
Brown County Federal Set Aside Acres
Data: Federal Set Aside (CRP) Acres
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Brown County
Pedigree (originator): Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Brown County
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Federal Set Aside (CRP) Acres
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Comments |
No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Feedlots
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Data Summary
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Brown County Planning and Zoning maintains a countywide feedlot inventory. The feedlot inventory is continuously updated. Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes data from an inventory of feedlots in the Little Cottonwood River watershed completed in 1998. MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data concerning livestock operations and pastures which was collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators. Reporting of feedlot runoff sites occurred while walking each minor watershed.
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Data Description |
Brown County Feedlot Inventory
Data: Feedlots
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data: Feedlots
Format: GIS ArcView
Status: Complete
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown, Nicollet, Cottonwood Water Quality Joint Powers Board
Pedigree (originator): Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Feedlots
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Comments |
No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Ground Water Monitoring
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Data Summary
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No ground water monitoring data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Land Cover / Land Use
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data from a land use map developed for each minor watershed. Each map included water bodies, farmsteads, cropping patterns, agricultural and conservation program lands, unique areas, roads, drainage ditches, conservation practices and data collected while walking through each minor watershed and conducting landowner/operator interviews.
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Data Description |
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Land Cover/Land Use
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Manure Application Acres
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes manure application data collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Data Description |
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Manure Application
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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On Site Septic Systems
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Data Summary
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Brown County Planning and Zoning maintains a countywide inventory of permitted septic systems. MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes on site septic system data collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators. Reporting of septic tanks outlets occurred while walking each minor watershed.
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Brown County Permitted On Site Septic System Inventory
Data: Permitted On Site Septic Systems
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Ongoing
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Planning and Zoning
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: On Site Septic Systems
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Other
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Data Summary
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Brown County Planning and Zoning completed a countywide inventory of agricultural and industrial chemical storage sites in 1994.
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Brown County Chemical Storage Site Inventory
Data: Chemical Storage Sites
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date: 1994
Source (contact): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Planning and Zoning
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Precipitation Monitoring
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Data Summary
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Brown County participates in the Minnesota State Climatology Office Rain Guage Network. SCMCCWPP sponsors a volunteer rain guage reader network. This volunteer rain guage reader network reports daily precipitation during the growing season (May through September) to their county Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). These data are sent to the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato, for entry into the Minnesota State Climatology database and for generation of contour precipitation maps. These data have been collected since 1992.
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Brown County Precipitation Monitoring Network
Data: Daily Precipitation
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and volunteer rain guage readers
SCMCCWPP Volunteer Rain Guage Reader Network
Data: Daily Precipitation
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Pedigree (originator): Thirteen County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and volunteer rain guage readers
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Go to the Minnesota State Climatology Web Site for historical precipitation data.
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Last update 2/99
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Recreation and Natural Areas
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Data Summary
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No recreation and natural area data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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State Set Aside Acres
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Data Summary
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The Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) maintains a countywide inventory of current state set aside acres (RIM). MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators about acres enrolled in state set aside (RIM).
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Brown County State Set Aside Acres
Data: State Set Aside Acres (RIM)
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete Current
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: State Set Aside Acres (RIM)
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Sealed Wells
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Data Summary
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Brown County Offices maintains records of wells sealed through an abandoned well sealing program completed in 1993. MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes sealed well information collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators.
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Brown County Sealed Well Inventory
Data: Sealed Wells
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date: 1993
Source (contact): Brown County Planning and Zoning
Pedigree (originator): Brown County Planning and Zoning
MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Sealed Wells
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Surface Water Quality Monitoring
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Data Summary
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No surface water quality monitoring data available or inventoried for this minor watershed. Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes surface water quality data collected during baseline flow conditions from four sites within the Little Cottonwood River watershed in 1998. Analysis includes total suspended solids, total phosphorus, ortho-phosphorus, nitrate-nitrogen, ammonia, total Kjeldahl nitrogen. The following field measurements were taken were samples were collected: pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and conductivity. Additional monitoring is planned for the 1999 sampling season.
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Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format: Electronic Database
Status: Complete
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring
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Data Summary
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Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP) includes flow data collected at a USGS station on the Little Cottonwood River.
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Little Cottonwood River Restoration Project, Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)
Data: Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
Format: Electronic Database
Status: Complete
Date: 1998
Source (contact): Brown - Nicollet Environmental Health
Pedigree (originator): U. S. Geologic Survey (USGS)
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Noadditional comments.
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Last update 2/99
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Storage Tanks
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data collected through personal interviews with landowner/operators about underground storage tanks.
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Underground Storage Tanks
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Watershed Assessment
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data from watershed assessments completed for each minor watershed. Each assessment is composed of five steps: walking each individual watershed, conducting landowner/operator interviews, land use map development, erodible soil map development, and data base development.
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III
Data: Watershed Assessment
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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Wetlands
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Data Summary
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III includes data from DNR designated wetlands used in the land cover/land use assessment.
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MRAP Land Use Assessment - Level III Wetlands
Data: Wetlands
Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map/GIS ARC/INFO
Status: Complete
Date: 1991
Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator): County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) and Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Brown County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
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Last update 2/99
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DISCLAIMER
These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty. The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.
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