DATA DICTIONARY

Polygon attribute table:   dnrecs26.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.
DNRECS26# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
DNRECS26-ID 4 5 B - User ID.
PROVNAME 35 35 C - Province level.  Below is a complete list of Province names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
Prairie Parkland Province
ECS_PROV 3 3 I - Code that corresponds to the above Province level.
222 -- (Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province)
251 -- (Prairie Parkland Province)
SECNAME 35 35 C - Section level.  Below is a complete list of Section names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
North Central Glaciated Plains
Red River Valley
ECS_SEC 4 4 C - Code that corresponds to the above Province and Section levels.
222M -- (Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal)
251B -- (North Central Glaciated Plains)
251A -- (Red River Valley)
SUBSECNAME 35 35 C - Subsection level.  Below is a complete list of Subsection names for the Minnesota River Basin.
Anoka Sand Plain
Big Woods
Coteau Moraines
Hardwood Hills
Inner Coteau
Minnesota River Prairie
Oak Savanna
Red River Prairie
Twin Cities Highlands
ECS_SUBSEC 5 5 C - Code that corresponds to the above Province, Section, and Subsection levels.
222Mc -- (Anoka Sand Plain)
222Mb -- (Big Woods)
251Mb -- (Coteau Moraines)
222Ma -- (Hardwood Hills)
251Bc -- (Inner Coteau)
251Ba -- (Minnesota River Prairie)
222Me -- (Oak Savanna)
251Aa -- (Red River Prairie)
222Md -- (Twin Cities Highlands)
ACRES 9 9 N 2 Acres contained within each polygon.
MAJOR2 2 2 I - Minnesota unique two digit major watershed ID number.
MINOR5 5 5 I - Minnesota unique five digit minor watershed ID number.
MAJOR-NAME 50 50 C - Major watershed name.
PEDIGREE 12 12 C - Acronym that identifies the organization responsible for polygon features and attributes.
MSUWRC Minnesota State University, Mankato
Water Resources Center
DNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the polygon feature was created or last updated.






Arc attribute table:   dnrecs26.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.
DNRECS26# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
DNRECS26-ID 4 5 B - User ID
LINETYPE 25 25 C - Type of line:
DNR ECOSYSTEM LINE
MAJOR WATERSHED LINE
MINOR WATERSHED LINE
STATE LINE