National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Minnesota

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory

Publication_Date: 1988-1992

Title: National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Minnesota

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St.Petersburg, Florida

Publisher: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory

Description:

Abstract: NWI digital data files are records of wetlands location and classification as defined by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS). This dataset is available in 7.5 minute by 7.5 minute blocks containing ground planimetric coordinates of wetlands point, line, and area features and wetlands attributes. When completed, the series will provide coverage for all of the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. protectorates in the Pacific and Caribbean. The original digital data as well as the hardcopy maps that were used as the source for the digital data are produced and distributed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory project. Minnesota data were downloaded from USFWS anonymous ftp server (enterprise.nwi.fws.gov) and processed into Arc/Info. Portions of 8 7.5 minute quadrangles have some data missing (photography unavailable at time of publication).

Purpose: The data provide consultants, planners, and resource managers with information on wetland location and type. The data were collected to meet U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's mandate to map the wetland and deepwater habitats of the United States.

Supplemental_Information: This project specific metadata document has been enhanced from the original NWI metadata produced by Linda Shaffer of the USFWS. This is version 1.1 of the NWI metadata documentation. This file is also found at http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/msic/meta/nwimeta.html.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 197410

Ending_Date: 198805

Currentness_Reference: source photography date (See nwiphoto.txt for complete listing)

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.5

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -89

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.5

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.475

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LMIC_KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword: wetlands

Theme_Keyword: hydrography

Theme_Keyword: land cover

Theme_Keyword: surface and manmade features

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Minnesota

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over wetlands may define and describe wetlands in a different manner than that used in this inventory. There is no attempt, in either the design or products of this inventory, to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, State, or local government or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies. Persons intending to engage in activities involving modifications within or adjacent to wetland areas should seek the advice of appropriate Federal, State, or local agencies concerning specified agency regulatory programs and proprietary jurisdictions that may affect such activities. NWI information is not intended to be used as a precise locator of wetland boundaries, for site specific planning or management, or for regulatory purposes.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory

Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 9720 Executive Center Drive

City: St.Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33702

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (813) 570-5411

Data_Set_Credit: USFWS and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through the Minnesota Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR), supplied the funding for the digital data capture. DNR Division of Waters and the USFWS Region 3 Office in St. Paul have been helpful in the development of the final LEG_NWI and especially with the translation to Circular 39 codes. DNR Division of Waters will be the maintainer of the data. Corrections should be sent to the NWI Data Base Coordinator at DNR Division of Waters.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: USFWS-NWI uses Wetlands Analytical Mapping System (WAMS) software version 4.06 running under the SunOS 4.x operating system to digitize wetlands information. Minnesota Land Management Information Center (MnLMIC) uses Arc/Info software version 7.0.4 running under the SunOS 5.5 operating system to process the Digital Line Graph (DLG) data distributed by USFWS.