MRBDC Meadowbrook Study


MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


Meadowbrook Study



Minor watershed number(s):   22045

The project area is located in minor watershed 22045.

The Meadowbrook Study (1992-95) is a joint effort of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Minnesota, and the Upper Minnesota River Watershed District. The purpose of this study is to determine the function and value of a restored wetland.




Biological Monitoring

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes data from a survey of vegetative composition in the emergent zone of the project wetland.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study

Data:   Vegetative Composition
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Land Cover / Land Use

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes data from calculations of land use using aerial maps w/registered crop cover for each year.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Land Cover/Land Use
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map, GIS ArcView
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Other

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes data from the analysis of sediment core samples collected from a grid of 20 sampling stations arrayed at roughly equal intervals throughout the wetland. Analysis of core samples includes: three forms of phosphorus, organic matter, bulk density, and carbonate content.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Sediment Core Samples
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes surface water quality data collected through grab and automated sampling during baseline and event flow conditions from 1993-1995. Analysis includes the following parameters: total phosphorus, ortho-phosphorus, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total suspended solids, cations, anions, conductivity, pH and redox potential measurements.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes inflow, outflow, and surface water elevation data collected from 1992-1995.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Watershed Assessment

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes data from a watershed assessment performed by project participants on the wetland and its watershed using vegetation, sediment, hydrology and water chemistry data.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Watershed Assessment
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map, GIS ArcView
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District (UMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Wetlands

Data Summary Meadowbrook Study includes data from the restoration of a drained sixty acre agricultural field to a prairie pothole wetland with the installation of a ditch block weir in 1987.
Data Description Meadowbrook Study
Data:   Wetlands
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Upper Minnesota River Watershed District (UMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  MPCA, USFWS, U of MN

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

DISCLAIMER

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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