Minnesota River Basin Agroecoregions Regions (agroec)

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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information

Section 1

Identification Information
Originator University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Title Minnesota River Basin Agroecoregions Regions
Abstract The University of Minnesota Agroecoregions polygon cover represents a grouping of ecologically-significant zones in The Minnesota River Basin.
Purpose These data were acquired to provide agroecoregions for the Minnesota River Basin.
Time Period of Content Date Unknown
Currentness Reference Unknown
Progress Unknown
Maintenance and Update Frequency Unknown
Spatial Extent of Data 12 major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin.
Bounding Coordinates -97.364
-93.087
46.231
43.345
Place Keywords Minnesota River Basin, Blue Earth River Major Watershed, Chippewa River Major Watershed, Cottonwood River Major Watershed, Hawk Creek - Yellow Medicine River Major Watershed, Le Sueur River Major Watershed, Lower Minnesota River Major Watershed, Lac qui Parle River Major Watershed, Middle Minnesota River Major Watershed, Pomme de Terre River Major Watershed, Redwood River Major Watershed, Upper Minnesota River Major Watershed, Watonwan River Major Watershed.
Theme Keywords Ecoregion, Agroecoregion
Theme Keyword Thesaurus None
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints By accepting this data, the user agrees not to transmit this data or provide access to it or any part of it to another party unless the user shall include with the data a copy of this metadata.
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu

D. J. Mulla, Professor Department Soil Water & Climate
1991 Upper Buford Circle
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Phone: (612) 625-6721
FAX: (612) 624-4223
E-mail: dmulla@soils.umn.edu
Browse Graphic File Name None available
Browse Graphic File Description Not applicable
Associated Data Sets

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Attribute Accuracy Unknown
Logical Consistency Data are topologically correct within ArcInfo 7.1.2.
Completeness Unknown
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Not available
Lineage Not available
Source Scale Denominator Unknown

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Native Data Set Environment Unknown
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types Arcs Nodes, Labels
Tiling Scheme Major Watershed

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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme UTM
Ellipsoid GRS80
Horizontal Datum NAD83
Horizontal Units Meters
Distance Resolution
Altitude Datum Not applicable
Altitude Units Not applicable
Depth Datum Not applicable
Depth Units Not applicable
UTM Zone Number 15E

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Entity and Attribute Overview Polygon attributes are: AGROECOREGION, ACRES, MAJOR2, MINOR5, MAJOR-NAME, PEDIGREE, PEDYEAR.
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation


Polygon attribute table:   argiec.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.
AGROEC# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
AGROEC-ID 4 5 B - User ID.
AGROECOREGION 25 25 C - Name of the Agroecoregion. Below is a complete list of Agroecoregions for the Minnesota River Basin.
Alluvial & Outwash
Coteau
Dryer Blue Earth Till
Dryer Clays & Silts
Rolling Moraine
Steeper Till
Steep Dryer Moraine
Steep Stream Banks
Steep Valley Walls
Steep Wetter Moraine

Wetter Blue Earth Till
Wetter Clays & Silts
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.
UofM University of Minnesota
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the polygon feature was created or last updated.






Arc attribute table:   agriec.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.
AGROEC# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
AGROEC-ID 4 5 B - User ID
LINETYPE 25 25 C - Type of line:
AGROECOREGION LINE
MAJOR WATERSHED LINE
MINOR WATERSHED LINE
STATE LINE



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Publisher Water Resources Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Publication Date 1999
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu
Distributor's Data Set Identifier None
Distribution Liability These data have been used by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the data, the related maps or analysis created from such data; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Transfer Format Name ARC/INFO Export file and ArcView shape file.
Transfer Format Version Number ARC/INFO7.1.2 ArcView3.1
Transfer Size
Ordering Instructions These data are freely downloadable from the Minnesota River Basin Data Center Web Site. http://mrbdc.mankato.msus.edu
Online Linkage None Available

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Metadata Date 05/30/1999
Contact Person Information Cis Berg, GIS Director
Water Resources Center
184 Trafton Science Center S
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: (507) 389-5492
FAX: (507) 389-5493
E-mail: cecilia.berg@mankato.msus.edu
Metadata Standard Name Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version 1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm
This page last updated 12/29/1998.

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