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DNR Hydrography - DNR Sentinel Lakes (SLICE program)
This layer represents 24 Sentinel Lakes that are being used for long-term monitoring under the Sustaining Lakes in a Changing Environment (SLICE) Program. Beginning in 2013... -
DNR Hydrography - Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) Ponds
This layer represents ponds included in DNR's Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) program, described online at: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/fin/index.html. This program... -
Listed Infested Waters
These are water bodies (lakes, streams/rivers, wetlands) listed as infested with any of these aquatic invasive species:bighead carpBrazilian waterweed brittle naiadEurasian... -
Watershed Health Assessment for Lakes Scores
These data include data to support evaluations of lake health across Minnesota. Healthy lakes are near to their natural state and are impacted by factors... -
DNR Hydrography Dataset
The DNR Hydrography Dataset is the centralized SDE data storage for master versions of DNR hydrographic spatial features (effective 2012). It includes the authoritative... -
Public Waters (PW) Basin and Watercourse Delineations
These are provisional representations of Public Waters Basins (lakes, wetlands) and Watercourses (streams, altered channels) as depicted on the scanned paper regulatory maps and... -
Lakes with DNR Fisheries IBI Scores
This layer shows the Fish-based Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) Scores for MN lakes as calculated by DNR Fisheries. Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating... -
Lakes with Aquatic Life Use Judgement (Based on Fish IBI)
This layer shows the aquatic life use judgements for MN lakes where fish index of biological integrity (IBI) monitoring has been completed. The judgement corresponding with the... -
Stressors to Impaired or Vulnerable Lakes (Based on Fish IBI)
This layer summarizes the stressors to impaired or vulnerable lakes, which are identified from fish-based index of biological integrity (IBI) scores and aquatic life use... -
NLCD 2011 Land Cover
This Minnesota NLCD layer is derived from the full NLCD dataset. The national raster is clipped and projected to UTM Zone 15N. It was reprocessed on July 6, 2018 to snap to the... -
Stream Protection Priorities
Restoring impaired waters is expensive, difficult, and may require a long time frame for success. Protecting streams and rivers that are currently healthy is far more... -
Areal extent of the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer
The Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer is the deepest bedrock aquifer in south-central/southeastern Minnesota, including the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. The aquifer is often... -
Groundwater Recharge through Restorable Wetlands in the Bonanza Valley
The Bonanza Valley Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) plan describes actions that will assure that groundwater use will remain sustainable as defined by Minnesota statutes. One... -
Water-Table Elevation and Depth to Water Table, Minnesota Hydrogeology Atlas ...
This dataset estimates the water-table elevation from three primary sources: depth to water table in saturated soils from Natural Resources Conservation Service data (which are... -
Pollution Sensitivity of the Bedrock Surface, Minnesota Hydrogeology Atlas se...
Pollution Sensitivity of the Bedrock Surface characterizes the relative rate of vertical travel time of a contaminant that moves conservatively with or within water from the... -
MNWAP Wildlife Action Network
The Wildlife Action Network (WAN) was developed as part of the 2015-2025 MN Wildlife Action Plan revision. The WAN is made up of ten GIS layers representing quality aquatic and... -
Annual canopy cover (1973-2018) in Minnesota
These maps represent annual canopy cover from 1973-2018 for the state of Minnesota. This is an update to the original posting in February 2019 with improved maps for 2013-2015,... -
Central Region Green Infrastructure
This Green Infrastructure data is comprised of 3 similar ecological corridor data layers ? Metro Conservation Corridors, green infrastructure analysis in counties just north of... -
Minnesota Land Use and Cover: 1990s Census of the Land (8 category statewide)
This data set integrates six different source data sets to provide a generalized overall view of Minnesota's land use/cover. The six source data sets covered different parts of... -
Potentially Wet Histosols in Minnesota
The Potentially Wet Histosols in Minnesota was created by the MNDNR to display the extent of peatlands across the state using the best available data. For the purposes of this...
