The Federal Emergency Managment Agency and the MNDNR produce Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) for selected counties in the state. These maps are often referred to as...

This data layer represents areas with varying levels of native biodiversity that may contain high quality native plant communities, rare plants, rare animals, and/or animal...

Native prairie polygons are a subset of a larger database of DNR Native Plant Communities and are the result of that classification system and protocol. As a subset of the DNR...

Stream segments with Strahler stream order values assigned. For more information about Strahler stream order, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strahler_Stream_Order Stream...

This file was created to show the boundaries of the Wildlife Administrative Areas in the State.

This layer shows legally designated trout streams and trout stream tributaries as identified in Minnesota Rules Chapter 6264. See...

This is a feature class of measured stream routes and is a core feature class within the DNR Hydrography Dataset.A "route" is an ESRI linear feature type created through a...

This dataset is a compilation of tax parcel information for Dakota County, MNThe layer contains one record for each real estate/tax parcel polygon within the county....

Southeastern Minnesota is part of the Upper Mississippi Valley Karst that includes southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa. In Minnesota, surface karst features (including...

Subdivision polygons in Dakota County for the purpose of labeling. CIC's will not be labeled as they are part of their original underlying subdivision plat.

This layer shows the locations of wildfires for which the DNR was the primary responding agency. These include fires not only on state lands, but also rural private lands for...

These are provisional representations of Public Waters Basins (lakes, wetlands) and Watercourses (streams, altered channels) as depicted on the scanned paper regulatory maps and...

This wetland classification scheme was originally developed for a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to establish protective permit thresholds for...

The State of Minnesota issues peat leases on state-owned and state-administered fee surface interests. These layers are of active or historic State peat leases, administered by...

The State of Minnesota issues mineral leases on state-owned and state-administered fee mineral interests. The lease types include iron ore, taconite, industrial mineral,...

This layer contains lines showing all public (and many private) roads in Dakota County, Minnesota. The lines are generally collected from plats and aerial photography.

The DNR Hydrography Dataset is the centralized SDE data storage for master versions of DNR hydrographic spatial features (effective 2012). It includes the authoritative...

The data set includes information on dam locations in Minnesota and associated permits.

State owned surface interests, including fee surface, easement in, lease in, and agreement, administered by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, mapped to the PLS...

Ecologically Important Areas - 2020 is an analysis of regionally significant Terrestrial and Wetland Ecological Areas in and surrounding the seven-county Twin Cities...