DATA DICTIONARY

Polygon attribute table:   lake23.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.
LAKE23# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
LAKE23-ID 4 5 B - User ID.
LAKE-NAME 20 20 C - Lake name in upper case letters.
LAKE-LABEL 20 20 C - Lake name in upper/lower case letters.
FEATURE 8 8 C - Surface feature: 'Water' or 'Island'.
ACRES 9 9 N 2 Acres contained within each polygon.
MINOR5 5 5 I - Minnesota unique 5 digit minor watershed ID number.
MAJOR2 2 2 I - Minnesota unique 2 digit major watershed ID number.
MAJOR-NAME 50 50 C - Major watershed name.
DOWLKNUM 8 8 C - DNR Waters Lake Number, consisting of 2-digit standard Minnesota County Code + 4-digit Lake Number + 2-digit Lake Subbasin Number.
RNAME 25 25 C - Name of lake or wetland, consistent with protected Waters Inventory.
ALT_NAME 3 3 I - Alternate name of lake or wetland, may indicate a local name or different spelling.
PWICLASS 1 1 C - Protected Water Inventory Classification. Classifications include: 'P' = Protected (Public) Water; 'W' = Protected (Public Waters) Wetland; 'N' = Not Protected Water or Wetland; 'A' = Protected Water or Wetland in an adjacent county, but not protected in the indicated county; 'R' = Renumbered, water has been assigned a legal Protected Waters Inventory number different from historic Bulletin 25 identification number.
WETTYPE 2 2 I - Wetland type, as classified according to Wetlands of the United States, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Circular 39 (1971 edition).
AREA_BASIN 7 7 I - Basin area, compiled from the DNR Protected Waters Inventory process conducted circa 1979 - 1985.
BULL25LOC 22 22 C - General location of the lake or wetland in township, range, section - public land survey references.
SL_CLASS 50 50 C - Shoreland Management Zoning Classification. Classifications include: 'Natural Environment'; 'Recreational Development'; 'General Development'; 'Multiple'; 'Not in Shoreland Program'.
CO-NO 5 5 C - Minnesota unique two character county ID number.
B25 5 5 C - Historic Bulletin 25 identification number.
PEDIGREE 12 12 C - Acronym that identifies the organization responsible for polygon features and attributes.
MSUWRC Minnesota State University, Mankato
Water Resources Center.
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the polygon feature was created or last updated.
VERSION 4 4 I - Year GIS coverage was last updated.






Arc attribute table:   lake23.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.
LAKE23# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
LAKE23-ID 4 5 B - User ID
PEDIGREE 12 12 C - Acronym that identifies the organization responsible for the line feature.
MSUWRC Minnesota State University, Mankato
Water Resources Center.
MDOT Minnesota Department of Transportation.
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the line feature was created or last updated.