Local Data Inventory Summary for Minor Watershed 26023

Local Data Inventory Summary for Minor Watershed 26023



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Abandoned Farm Sites
Abandoned Wells
Active Wells
Biological Monitoring
BMP Focus Projects
Drainage
Dump Sites
Federal Set Aside Acres
 Feedlots
Ground Water Monitoring
Land Cover/Land Use
Manure Application Acres
On Site Septic Systems
Other
Precipitation Monitoring
Recreation and Natural Areas
 Sealed Wells
State Set Aside Acres
Storage Tanks
Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring
Watershed Assessment
Wetlands


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Abandoned Farms

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services is completing a countywide abandoned farm site inventory.
Data Description Pope County Abandoned Farm Site Inventory
Data:   Abandoned Farm Sites
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Abandoned Wells

Data Summary No abandoned well data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Active Wells

Data Summary No active well data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Biological Monitoring

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis . Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Biological Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Biological Samples
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Linka Lake Association and MPCA
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Best Management Practices (BMP) Focus Projects

Data Summary No best management practices (BMP) focus project data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Drainage

Data Summary The Pope County Auditor's Office holds countywide files and maps of public ditch systems.
Data Description Pope County Public Drainage Systems
Data:   Public Ditch Systems
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1999
Source (contact):   Pope County Auditor's Office
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Auditor's Office
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Dump Sites

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services maintains a countywide inventory of dump sites.
Data Description Pope County Dump Site Inventory
Data:   Dump Sites
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Federal Set Aside Acres

Data Summary The local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office in Pope County maintains a countywide inventory of current federal set aside acres (CRP).
Data Description Pope County Federal Set Aside Acres
Data:   Federal Set Aside (CRP) Acres
Format:  Electronic Database
Status: Complete Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Pope County
Pedigree (originator):  Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Pope County
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Feedlots

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services maintains a countywide Level III feedlot inventory. The feedlot inventory is continuously updated. The feedlot data is being entered into GIS.
Data Description Pope County Feedlot Inventory
Data:   Feedlots
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Ground Water Monitoring

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services offered a countywide well water testing program in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
Data Description Pope County Well Water Testing
Data:   Well Water Testing
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1998
Source (contact):  Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Land Cover / Land Use

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/land use data collected by the Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Land Cover/Land Use
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Manure Application Acres

Data Summary Pope County is part of the University of Minnesota Manure Management Project.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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On Site Septic Systems

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services is inventorying permitted septic systems in the shoreland zone of the county. Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from an on site septic system survey performed by the Gilchrist Lake Association in 1992. Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a house-to-house septic system survey conducted by the Linka Lake Association.
Data Description Pope County Shoreland Permitted On Site Septic Systems
Data:   Permitted On Site Septic Systems
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services

Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Septic System Survey
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Gilchrist Lake Association

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Septic System Survey
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Linka Lake Association
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Other

Data Summary
Data Description
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Precipitation Monitoring

Data Summary Pope County participates in the Minnesota State Climatology Office Rain Guage Network.
Data Description Pope County Precipitation Monitoring Network
Data:   Daily Precipitation
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Comments Go to the Minnesota State Climatology Web Site for historical precipitation data.
Last update 2/99
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Recreation and Natural Areas

Data Summary No recreation and natural area data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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State Set Aside Acres

Data Summary Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) maintains a countywide inventory of current state set aside acres.
Data Description Pope County State Set Aside Acres
Data:   State Set Aside Acres (RIM)
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Sealed Wells

Data Summary Pope County Environmental Services maintains records of wells sealed through a countywide cost share program for sealing abandoned wells.
Data Description Pope County Sealed Well Inventory
Data:   Sealed Wells
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Environmental Services
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Environmental Services
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary No surface water quality monitoring data available or inventoried for this minor watershed. Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two in-lake sites during the spring and summer of 1992. Analysis included the following parameters: nutrients (total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, temperature, dissolved oxygen profile, and secchi disk readings.Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two in-lake sites during the spring and summer of 1992. Analysis includes nutrients (total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, temperature, dissolved oxygen profile, and secchi disk readings.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Linka Lake Association and MPCA
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
No additional comments.
No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from lake level monitoring in 1992. Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes lake level measurements collected during the 1992 sampling season.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Lake Level Measurments
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Lake Level Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Storage Tanks

Data Summary No storage tank data available or inventoried for this minor watershed.
Data Description
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Watershed Assessment

Data Summary Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which uses two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson, to estimate water quality based on the morphometry and watershed characteristics of Gilchrist Lake. Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) inlcudes data from a watershed assessment which used two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson, to estimate water quality based on the morphometry and watershed characteristics of Linka Lake.
Data Description Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP)
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1992
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried.
Last update 2/99
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Wetlands

Data Summary The Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) maintains a countywide drained wetland inventory and maintains records of the acres in the WCA wetland bank.
Data Description Pope County Drained Wetland Inventory
Data:   Drained Wetlands
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Current
Date:  1998
Source (contact):   Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator):  Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99
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List of Minor Watershed 26023 Projects
Gilchrist Lake - Lake Assessment Program

Linka Lake - Lake Assessment Program

Chippewa River Watershed Project (CRWP), Phase I - Diagnostic (CWP)


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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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