Resources
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State Funded Best Management Practices - BWSR (eLINK)
This layer represents locations of best management practices (BMPs) reported to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) via the eLINK grant reporting system from 2003 to... -
MPCA Agency Interests
Facility, site and project locations from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's enterprise database. These features represent locations associated with waste water, storm... -
Wastewater Facility Discharge Locations in Minnesota
This dataset represents the locations, classifications, and physical characteristics of NPDES and SDS wastewater facility discharge locations regulated by the Minnesota... -
Surface Waters Assessed for Chloride
The MPCA and its partners systematically evaluate waters in each major watershed in Minnesota every 10 years. This process begins with comprehensive lake and stream water... -
Sewer Interceptor System
This dataset contains the wastewater interceptors within the MCES regional wastewater system. The interceptor system connects the local community sewer systems to the wastewater... -
MPCA Institutional Controls
Institutional Controls (ICs) are restrictions, conditions, or controls intended to protect the integrity of a response action and help minimize the potential for exposure to... -
Meters
This dataset contains flow meters within the MCES regional wastewater system. Flow meters measure the volume of wastewater at various points in the interceptor system and are... -
What's In My Neighborhood Sites
The MPCA's What's in My Neighborhood contains a wide variety of environmental information about your community. This includes potentially contaminated sites, permits, licenses,... -
Land Application Sites in Minnesota
This dataset represents locations of land application sites regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Land application is the process of incorporating products such... -
Aquifer Properties - Public Version
The geodatabase contains a table and a featureclass with values for transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, and storativity entered into the aquifer properties... -
MPCA Remediation Sites
This dataset represents the locations, classifications, and physical characteristics of remediation activities carried out by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The... -
MNDNR Forest Inventory Old Growth
This layer is a digital inventory of currently designated or candidate old growth forest stands on lands administered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This data... -
Address Point Modification Log
This dataset records modifications made to the MN address point data, capturing both attribute and geometry changes. Each modification, whether it involves an attribute or... -
Lift Stations
This dataset contains lift stations within the MCES regional wastewater system. Lift stations pump wastewater into forcemain interceptors which carry the flow from lower to... -
Metro Road Centerlines
This dataset was created by a joint collaborative project involving the technical and managerial GIS staff from the ten Metropolitan Counties of the Twin Cities in Minnesota... -
Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) Licensed Businesses
Subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS) work in Minnesota must be completed by licensed businesses under the supervision of certified individuals (with certain licensure... -
MPCA Wastewater Program - Groundwater Monitoring Sites
Wastewater permits can have groundwater monitoring stations. Many of the groundwater monitoring requirements are part of Large Subsurfance Sewage System (LSTS) permits, but any... -
Liquid Waste Receiving
This dataset contains liquid waste receiving sites (LWR) within in the MCES regional wastewater system. These sites accept the discharge of hauled wastewater and are regulated... -
State Wildlife Management Area Public Facilities
WMAs are part of the Minnesota state recreation system created to protect wildlife habitat and provide wildlife-based recreation. Facilities and features are labeled based on a... -
DNR Cooperative Ground Water Monitoring Locations
Minnesota DNR Cooperative Ground Water Monitoring locations extracted from KISTER'S Water Information Systems (WISKI) time series database. The locations mirror the available... -
Minnesota Groundwater Contamination Atlas
The Minnesota Groundwater Contamination Atlas GIS data allows users to view groundwater areas of concern for sites in remediation programs. The data does not map areas of risk... -
Water Resource Recovery Facility
This dataset contains MCES owned/operated water resource recovery facilities (WRRF) which treat wastewater conveyed by the MCES regional wastewater system. The dataset does not... -
Permanent List of Priorities (PLP)
This dataset represents active sites on the Permanent List of Priorities (PLP), otherwise known as MN Superfund Sites. The locations, classifications, and other information... -
Groundwater Restoration And Protection Strategies (GRAPS) layers used in the ...
These layers were created by MDH to provide a groundwater context for MNDNR's Watershed Health Assessment Framework (WHAF) tool. WHAF provides an organized approach for... -
Wastewater Facilities in Minnesota
This dataset represents the locations, classifications, and physical characteristics of NPDES and SDS wastewater facilities regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.... -
DNR/MPCA Cooperative Stream Gaging Locations
MNDNR and MPCA Cooperative Stream Monitoring Locations extracted from KISTER'S Water Information Systems (WISKI) time series database. Data collected at these locations may... -
MNDNR Native Plant Communities - Groundwater Subset
This wetland classification scheme was originally developed for a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) effort to establish protective permit thresholds for... -
State Peat Leases
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... -
State Mineral Leases
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,... -
Rain Gauge Sites
This dataset contains MCES rain gauges in the Twin Cities seven county metro area. MCES uses rain gauges for flow monitoring, planning, inflow/infiltration (I/I) analysis, and... -
Sewersheds (Metersheds, WWTP Service Areas)
This dataset was developed to divide areas within the Twin Cities Metro Area into smaller, geographic regions. These sewershed boundaries are classified as currently served,... -
Public Fishing Sites in Minnesota
This geodatabase contains geospatial point locations and tabular data that represent public fishing sites in Minnesota. This dataset was derived from authoritative sources in... -
MNDNR Forest Inventory
The MNDNR Forest Inventory layer depicts the stand level demarcation of lands administered or managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) Forestry. Stands... -
Metro Address Points Dataset
This dataset is a compilation of address point data from metro area address authorities, which are predominantly cities. The dataset is intended to contain a point location and... -
Inventory of Dams in Minnesota
The data set includes information on dam locations in Minnesota and associated permits. -
Transit Shelters
The Transit Shelters layer identifies customer waiting shelters at transit stops. This dataset relates to Metro Transit's Transit Stops data. -
Groundwater Capture Area
The “capture zone” is the proposed capture area within the aquifer. When there isn't a surface water contribution, the groundwater capture area is identical to the wellhead... -
Water Quality Stressors Identified
This data was created as a result of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) biological stressor identification process (SID). Biological stressors are determined after... -
Surface Water Stations - MPCA Environmental Data Access
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) surface water monitoring station locations, including lake, stream, biological and discharge. Locations of United States Geological... -
State Surface Interests Administered by MNDNR
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... -
MPCA Air Quality Permits
This dataset represents the locations and classifications of facilities with air quality permits regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. -
Better Bus Stops
Identifies the bus stops programmed for improvements under Metro Transit’s Better Bus Stop program: http://www.metrotransit.org/better-bus-stopsBus stop improvements can be a... -
DNR QuickLayers for ArcGIS Pro 3
The way to access Layers Quickly.Quick Layers is an Add-In for ArcGIS Pro 3 that allows rapid access to the DNR's Geospatial Data Resource Site (GDRS). The GDRS is a data... -
MnModel Topographic Wetness Index, Minnesota
This dataset was developed for use in Mn/Model4 archaeological predictive model. NOTE: The compressed dataset is near 1 GB in size due to the high resolution scale and statewide... -
Metro Planning and Regional Development in Minnesota
The area for each Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).The area for each Regional Development Organization (RDO).Check other metadata records in this package for more... -
Highway Reference Posts in Minnesota
Reference posts (often called Mile Post or Mile Markers) are green numbered signs along the side of a highway roughly a mile apart for traveler reference. Check other metadata... -
Metro Road Centerlines Modification Log
This dataset logs the modifications of the MN road centerline data, adopting the GAC standard. It tracks both attribute and geometry changes. Each attribute and geometry change... -
Airports Information in Minnesota
Aviation safety, and safety of people and property on the ground, can be affected by construction in the vicinity of an airport. The area influenced by airport rules and... -
Federal Adjusted Urban Area Boundaries in Minnesota
Federal Urban Code lists the U.S. Census federal adjusted urban area a road segment is assigned to. The adjusted urban boundaries from the 2010 U.S. census. Check other metadata... -
MNDNR Administered State Forest Roads
Roads designated by the Commissioner of Natural Resource to provide access to lands administered by the Division of Forestry. These roads are generally open and used for...