| Resource Area | Information Components | Source for information |
|---|---|---|
Drainage |
A table listing the public drainage system in the county and the amounts expended, by year, for repair work on each. | Contact the specific county drainage authority. |
Drainage |
A summary of any known water quality and quantity information from engineering reports and modeling efforts on ditches in the county. | DNR Waters has some county ditch
files stored at a facility in the Twin Cities. Contact the DNR ditch coordinator at (651) 296-4800. |
Eroding lands |
A description or map by watershed unit of areas where eroding lands are causing sedimentation problems. | Contact local soil and water
conservation district or watershed district. |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A map and description of any state designated wildlife management areas and any lakes with state designated classifications for game or fish management within the county. | Wildlife Management Areas www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/index.html |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A map and description of any state designated trout lakes or trout streams within the county. | Lakes with State Designated
Classifications Contact your local DNR Area Fisheries or Wildlife Office. www.dnr.state.mn.us/contact/locator.html |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A list and description of the state ecological and management classifications and use attainability for lakes and streams, where available. | Designated Trout Lakes www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/ trout_lakes/list.html Designated Trout Streams www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ arule/6264/0050.html |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A list and description of the conclusions and recommendations of biological surveys or reconnaissance studies, where available. | Contact area fisheries and wildlife manager assigned to the specific county you wish to obtain this information for. |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A description of state management plans for fish and wildlife areas | Contact area fisheries and wildlife
manager assigned to the specific county you wish to obtain this information for. |
Fish/Wildlife Habitat |
A map and description of any state designated wildlife management areas and any lakes with state designated classifications for game or fish management within the county. | Wildlife Management Areas www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/index.html Lakes with State Designated Classifications Contact your local DNR Area Fisheries or Wildlife Office. www.dnr.state.mn.us/contact/locator.html |
Floodplains |
A map showing those areas delineated as floodplain by existing local ordinances or in proposed ordinances that have a due date established by the MDNR or FEMA | Contact FEMA Map Service Center www.fema.gov/ Contact the specific county planning or zoning office for maps showing areas delineated as floodplain |
Floodplains |
A map of areas with known flooding problems | Contact DNR Waters Floodplain
Management
Unit staff at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/floodplain Contact the specific county planning or zoning office for areas of known flooding |
Floodplains |
An estimate of average annual flood damages, if available. | Contact DNR Waters Floodplain
Management
Unit staff at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/floodplain Contact Local Watershed District www.mnwatershed.org/ |
Geologic Conditions - Special |
A map of known geological conditions, such as karst areas, buried valleys or sand plains that may pose concerns relating to water quality or quantity | Minnesota Geological Survey www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/indx.html DNR Waters - See map of County Geologic Atlas Series and Regional Hydrogeologic Assessments at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ groundwater_section/mapping |
Geology and Groundwater Resources |
A map or description of important aquifer systems, confining layers, & flow characteristics | Minnesota Geological Survey www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/indx.html DNR Waters - See map of County Geologic Atlas Series and Regional Hydrogeologic Assessments at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ groundwater_section/mapping |
Geology and Groundwater Resources |
A description of ground and surface water interconnections | http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/ publications/waters/mn_water_supply.pdf |
Groundwater Quality |
A list of wells covered by state water appropriation permits, including the location by geographic indicator, amounts of water appropriated, type of use, and aquifer source. | Contact DNR Waters SWUDS coordinator at (651) 296-4800 or go to the DNR Water Use data page |
Groundwater Quality |
A description of known well interference problems and water use conflicts. | Contact DNR local water planning coordinator at (651) 297-2404 for this information. |
Groundwater Quality |
A list of state observation wells located in the county, including geographic indicator, unique well number, aquifers measured, years of record, and average monthly levels. | Contact DNR Waters Observation Well data manager at (651) 297-3902 for a listing of observation wells and see DNR Water Level Data |
Groundwater Quality |
A summary of available water quality data, including routinely monitored sites. | Contact MPCA www.pca.state.mn.us/monitoring or EPA STORET www.epa.gov/storet/dbtop.html |
Groundwater Quality |
The implications of ground water quality information for present and future water and land uses with emphasis on those with potential health-related impacts and an assessment of those implications. Where possible, the information required in this item should be presented by aquifer system and geographic area. | MPCA GW Monitoring/Assessment Program www.pca.state.mn.us/water/groundwater/gwmap MDA Ag Chemical Monitoring/Assessment Program www.mda.state.mn.us/appd/ace/maace.htm MDH Groundwater and Health Info www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/groundwater |
Irrigation |
A map or list by geographic indicator of irrigated acreage | Contact DNR Waters SWUDS coordinator at (651) 296-4800 or see web site at: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/appropriations/wateruse.html |
Land Use / Public Utility |
A general map of existing land use | Minnesota Land Use and Cover Map http://mapserver.lmic.state.mn.us/landuse/ Interactive Mapping Tool www.lmic.state.mn.us/ projects/aboutlanduse.html |
Land Use / Public Utility |
A map showing the areas served by storm sewers, sanitary sewers and public water systems | Contact the MDH (612) 215-5800 -Public Water Systems: For a map or information, county water planners should contact individual public water suppliers -Storm and Sanitary Sewers: Contact individual county and city public works departments. |
Land Use / Public Utility |
A map or list of geographic indicator showing the location of community public water supply intakes and wells | DNR Waters http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/appropriations/index.html For the location of community wells and intakes county water planners should contact individual public water suppliers. |
Land Ownership |
A map showing ownership of local, state, federal and Indian tribal lands | http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us |
Land Ownership |
A map showing lands with easements that relate to water resources, where that information is available. | Contact BWSR and/or DNR directly
for most current information on conservation easements. |
Pollutant Sources |
A map or list of geographic indicator of known closed and open sanitary landfills, closed and operating open dumps, and MN Superfund hazardous waste sites, and summary of available water quality information relating to these sites | Contact MPCA at: www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/index.html www.pca.state.mn.us/cleanup/closedlandfills.html www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/ |
Pollutant Sources |
A list of geographic indicator of facilities that have hazardous waste generator identification numbers. | Contact MPCA at: www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/bau_p.html |
Precipitation |
A map or list of locations of gauging stations | http://climate.umn.edu/HIDENannual/ |
Precipitation |
A map showing isolines of normal annual total precipitation in inches | http://climate.umn.edu/doc/ historical/precip_norm.htm |
Precipitation |
A map showing isolines of normal total precipitation in inches May thru Sept | Contact DNR Waters State
Climatology Office http://climate.umn.edu/doc/ historical/precip_norm.htm |
Shorelands |
A list of local units of government with approved shoreland ordinances. | Contact the DNR Waters Shoreland
Manager at (651) 296-4800 for a list of approved shoreland ordinances. Contact the specific county or city planning/ zoning department for information contained in a specific ordinance. |
Shorelands |
A list of protected waters and their shoreland classifications under MS sec. 105.485. | Contact the DNR Waters Shoreland
Manager at (651) 296-4800 for a list of protected waters and their shoreland classification. |
Soils |
A general soils map and description of soils infiltration characteristics | Use individual county soil survey for general soils map and description. http://lucy.lmic.state.mn.us/ metadata/soilssis.html |
Soils |
A map of erosion-prone soils | Use individual county soil survey for a description of erosion-prone soils. http://lucy.lmic.state.mn.us/ metadata/soilssis.html |
Surface Water Resources |
A map of boundaries and flow directions of watershed units and minor watershed units | DNR http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us USGS http://water.usgs.gov |
Surface Water Resources |
A map of state protected waters and public drainage ditches, including location of existing dams and control structures | DNR Protected Waters Maps www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/pwi/maps.html Public Drainage Ditches Contact the county ditch authority for the location of public drainage ditches Dams and Control Structures Contact DNR Waters Dam Safety Unit staff at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/ waters/surfacewater_section/damsafety |
Surface Water Quality |
A list of lakes where the state has established ordinary high water levels | DNR Waters See the DNR Lake Finder: www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind |
Surface Water Quality |
A list of permitted withdrawals from lakes and streams, including the location by geographic indicator, source, use, and amounts withdrawn | DNR Waters www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/ watermgmt_section/appropriations |
Surface Water Quality |
A list of lakes and streams for which state protected levels or flows have been established | Contact DNR Waters Stream Hydrology Program staff at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/ waters/surfacewater_section/ stream_hydro/index.html |
Surface Water Quality |
A description of known water use conflicts, including those caused by ground water pumping that affects surface water. | DNR Waters Contact DNR local water planning coordinator at (651) 297-2404. |
Surface Water Quality |
A map or list of state water quality management classifications for each stream and lake. | Contact MPCA For Basin Management Plans: www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins/index.html www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/7050/0200.html |
Surface Water Quality |
A summary of available lake and stream water quality monitoring data | Contact MPCA -For Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) www.pca.state.mn.us/water/basins -For Lakes www.pca.state.mn.us/water/ lakequality.html www.pca.state.mn.us/water/ basins/305blake.html -For Streams www.pca.state.mn.us/water/ streamsrivers.html www.pca.state.mn.us/water/ basins/305briver.html |
Surface Water Quality |
A summary of information from informal sources relating to surface water quality, such as fish kills. | Contact DNR Area Fisheries or MPCA staff |
Vegetation |
Map of original vegetation | http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/index.html |
Topography |
General topographic relief of watershed units based on USGS topographic maps | http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/index.html |
Water-Based Recreation Land |
A map and description of water oriented recreational resources listed in the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). | See DNR Financial Assistance Directory at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/fad/recreation See DNR Recreation Program Web Page at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/fad/recreation |
Water-Based Recreation Land |
A map of public water accesses | Contact the DNR Information Center at 1-888-646-6367 for DNR public water access maps. www.dnr.state.mn.us/water_access/index.html |
Water-Based Recreation Land |
A map and description of state or federally designated wild and scenic rivers and state designated canoe and boating routes | Wild and Scenic Rivers Map www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/ wild_scenic/wsrivers/rivers.html Canoe and Boating Routes www.dnr.state.mn.us/canoeing/routes.html |
Wetlands |
Maps of wetlands identified under the National Wetlands Inventory, where available. | http://www.fws.gov |
Wetlands |
A summary of plans for wetlands with controlled outlets, such as plans for draw downs | Contact area fisheries and wildlife manager assigned to the specific county you wish to obtain this information |
Wetlands |
A description of the USCOE, Section 404 permit requirements affecting county waters. | USACOE Web Site: www.mvp.usace.army.mil/regulatory |
70/5/F/1 |
54. Unique Features/Scenic Areas: a map or description of unique features and scenic areas with relationships to water including state designated natural and scientific areas, areas containing county, state, and federal rare and endangered species, and other features such as waterfalls, springs, & historic mills | Contact DNR Ecological Services at (651)296-2835 Scientific and Natural Area Map www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/index.html Minnesota’s Threatened/Endangered List www.dnr.state.mn.us/ets/index.html |
Water Management Planning Resources
GIS
DNR Data Deli: http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us
Tons of Maps Online: http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/tomo
Terraserver: http://www.terraserver.com/
Water Quality
NASA Visible Earth: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?12215
