Local Data Inventory Summary for Minor Watershed 26009

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	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton analysis. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes biological monitoring data from phytoplankton and zooplankton analysis. Trapper's Run Watershed Project included the following: an invertebrate community assessment of Trapper's Run Creek (1994), a fish survey of Trapper's Run Creek (1994), and vegetative sampling of two lakes in the Trapper's Run Watershed (1994 and 1995).
Data Description	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Biological Samples Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Biological Samples Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Biological Monitoring Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Offices, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries
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	Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from efforts to implement feedlot upgrades, septic system upgrades, manure management plans, buffer strips, restored wetlands, conservation tillage practices and other BMPs. Pope County Environmental Services administers grant funds for BMP implementation in the Trapper's Run Watershed.
Data Description	Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: BMP Focus Projects Format: Hard Copy File Status: In Progress Date: 1999 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services
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. Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from an open ditch and tile inventory of the Trapper's Run Watershed performed by Pope County in 1995. Data collected through personal interviews with land owner/operators who were asked to draw tile information on aerial photos, was used to create a composite map of open ditch and tile in the Trapper's Run Watershed.
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 Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Open Ditch and Tile Inventory Format: Hard Copy File/Map/GIS ArcView Status: Complete Date: 1998 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
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. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a feedlot survey of the lake's watershed completed by Pope County and MPCA personnel. Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from a feedlot inventory completed for the Trapper's Run watershed in the summer of 1994. Data concerning the type of feedlot facility and the number and type of animals were collected through visits to residences in the watershed.
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) Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Feedlot Survey Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Pope County and MPCA Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Feedlots Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and 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	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/land use information gathered by the Pope County Environmental Services. Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/Land use information gathered by the Pope County Environmental Services. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes land cover/land use information gathered by Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from a land cover/land use inventory completed for the project area in 1995.
Data Description	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Land Cover/Land Use Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Land Cover/Land Use Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Land Cover/Land Use Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Land Cover/Land Use Format: Hard Copy File/GIS ArcView Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services, Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and DNR Area Fisheries
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. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from an on-site septic system survey completed by staff of Pope County Environmental Services . Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from an inventory of on site septic systems conducted by Pope County to determine the percentage of non-code systems in the Trapper's Run watershed. The inventory includes all rural, shoreland, and municipal residences within the watershed.
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 Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Septic System Survey Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: On Site Septic Systems Format: Hard Copy File Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Comments	No additional comments.
	Last update 2/99
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Other

Data Summary	Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from sediment sampling conducted on three lakes in the Trapper's Run Watershed in 1995. Analysis of sediment cores collected included moisture, organic matter, total phosphorus, inorganic phosphorus, organic phosphorus, total nitrogen and chloride.
Data Description	Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Sediment Sampling Format: Hard Copy File Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services , Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries
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. Trapper's Run Watershed Project included precipitation monitoring data from 1994 -1995.
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) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Precipitation Monitoring Format: Hard Copy File Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and 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. Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected four times from three in-lake sites during the spring and summer of 1995. This also included analysis of occasional lake outlet samples collected. Sample analysis includes nutrients (total phosphorus, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen), color, solids, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, and temperature. A dissolved oxygen profile was developed and secchi disk readings were also taken.Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes surface water quality data collected five times from two sites during the spring and summer of 1995. 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.Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes in-lake surface water quality data collected five times from three sites during the spring and summer of 1994. 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 were also taken.Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes surface water quality data from monitoring during the 1994 and 1995 sampling seasons. Water chemistry data collected from 11 baseline flow sampling sites in 1994 and 1995 included 11 additional storm event sampling sites added in 1995. Analysis included total phosphorus, ortho phosphorus, ammonia-nitrogen, fecal coliform, total suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, chlorophyll-a. Analysis including temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and conductivity are taken with the field sample collections.
Data Description	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring Format: Electronic Database Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Comments	Pope County: No countywide data available or inventoried. No additional comments. No additional comments. No additional comments. No additional comments.
	Last update 2/99
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Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes lake level measurments collected in 1995. Flow data were collected periodically at two lake outlet sites. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes lake level monitoring data collected by DNR Division of Waters with the cooperation of a volunteer reader. Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes flow measurments determined at most of the sampling sites using flow meters and staff gage readings.
Data Description	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Lake Level Monitoring Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Volunteer Lake Level Reader Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Lake Water Level Format: Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): DNR - Division of Waters and Volunteer Lake Level Reader Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Surface Water Quantity Monitoring Format: Electronic Database Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Pope County Environmental Services Pedigree (originator): Department of Natural Resources Division of Waters (DNR-DOW)
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	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used the Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis Procedure (MINLEAP) model to assess the changes in the quality of the lake resulting from altered nutrient inputs or altered flow. This model incorporates water quality, point source pollution potential, land cover/land use, and inflow and outflow data in its assessment. Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used the Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis Procedure (MINLEAP) model to assess the changes in the quality of the lake resulting from altered nutrient inputs or altered flow. This model incorporates water quality, point source pollution potential, land cover/land use, and inflow and outflow data in its assessment. Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson. The models estimated water quality based on the morphometry and watershed characteristics of Pelican Lake. Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from a watershed assessment of eight sub-watersheds completed in 1996. The sub-watersheds were delineated within the Trapper's Run watershed using data from the open ditch and tile inventory. Each subwatershed was then evaluated and compared according to the number and type of feedlots present, number of animal units present, number of wetlands/farmed wetlands, number of noncode septic systems, and its water quality condition.
Data Description	Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Watershed Assessment Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Watershed Assessment Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) Data: Watershed Assessment Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1994 Source (contact): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Pedigree (originator): Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Watershed Assessment Format: Hard Copy File Status: Complete Date: 1996 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries
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. Trapper's Run Watershed Project includes data from an inventory of potentially restorable wetlands completed in 1995. This inventory includes farmed and naturally occurring wetlands. The wetlands were photographed, inventoried, and labeled according to National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) type.
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) Trapper's Run Watershed Project Data: Wetlands Format: Hard Copy File/Map Status: Complete Date: 1995 Source (contact): Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries Pedigree (originator): Pope County Environmental Services, Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Area Fisheries
Comments	No additional comments.
	Last update 2/99
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List of Minor Watershed 26009 Projects

Lake Emily - Lake Assessment Program

Minnewaska Lake - Lake Assessment Program

Pelican Lake - Lake Assessment Program (Pope County)

Trapper's Run Watershed Project

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

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