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This page last updated: 04/06/2007
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division |
| Abstract | ArcView shapefiles depicting a variety of characteristics of the ground water system of Wabasha County, Minnesota. |
| Browse Graphic | none available |
| Time Period of Content Date | 2005 |
| Currentness Reference | Data collection and analysis by DNR staff during the period 2003-2005. |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references here and information on file in the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Department of Natural Resources. Every effort has been made to ensure the interpretation shown conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. This map should not be used to establish legal title, boundaries, or locations of improvements. |
| Distributor Organization | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division |
| Ordering Instructions | This online linkage is to the DNR Ground Water Mapping GIS Web site. Each individual data layer is listed in the Entity and Attribute section with links to layer-level metadata. From this location, download a zipfile containing all shapefiles (c14b_shape.zip). |
| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata. |
Go to Section:
1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information
| Section 1 | Identification Information | Top of page | ||
| Originator | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division | |||
| Title | Wabasha County Geologic Atlas, Part B | |||
| Abstract | ArcView shapefiles depicting a variety of characteristics of the ground water system of Wabasha County, Minnesota. | |||
| Purpose | Geographic information systems (GIS) layers were created to cartographically depict and spatially analyze data used in the production of the Wabasha County Geologic Atlas, Part B. A County Geologic Atlas (CGA) is a systematic study of a county's geologic and ground-water resources. Geologic studies include both near-surface deposits and bedrock. Ground-water studies include flow systems, aquifer capacity, ground-water chemistry, and sand and gravel deposits. Interpretation of sensitivity to pollution is also part of a CGA. |
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| Time Period of Content Date | 2005 | |||
| Currentness Reference | Data collection and analysis by DNR staff during the period 2003-2005. | |||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | None planned | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Wabasha County, Minnesota | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -92.6 -91.9 44.5 44.1 |
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| Place Keywords | Wabasha County, Minnesota | |||
| Theme Keywords | geoscientificInformation, Geology, Hydrogeology, Bedrock, Jordan Sandstone, St. Lawrence Formation, Franconia Formation, Ironton Sandstone, Galesville Sandstone, Jordan aquifer, St. Lawrence aquifer, Franconia aquifer, Ironton-Galesville aquifer, Quaternary aquifer, ground water, water chemistry, residence time, springs, wells, water table, perched water table, pollution sensitivity, depth to bedrock, surficial geology, drift thickness | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references here and information on file in the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Department of Natural Resources. Every effort has been made to ensure the interpretation shown conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. This map should not be used to establish legal title, boundaries, or locations of improvements. | |||
| Contact Person Information | GIS Specialist, Ground Water Mapping Unit,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4032 Phone: 651-297-4591 FAX: 651-296-0445 E-mail: none available | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | ||||
| Associated Data Sets | Wabasha County Geologic Atlas, Part A, County Geologic Atlas Series C-14, published by the Minnesota Geological Survey, 2001. More information and downloadable data for Part A available on the Minnesota Geological Survey ftp site at ftp://156.98.153.1/pub3/c-14 For additional information on the DNR Ground Water Mapping Program, visit: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/groundwater_section/mapping/index.html |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Attribute Accuracy | ||||
| Logical Consistency | Data are topologically correct using ArcView 3.3 | |||
| Completeness | Complete | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | Not available | |||
| Vertical Positional Accuracy | Not applicable | |||
| Lineage | Review of available data: Investigations begin with a review of existing information, such as earlier geologic maps, soil maps, hydrologic reports, and information provided by well drillers. Drillers send water well logs to the Minnesota Geological Survey, where they are reviewed, interpreted, and entered into the County Well Index (CWI), an interactive data base of water-well information. Collection of data from the field: Field studies are conducted to measure static water level elevations and chemistry of selected wells. These studies, combined with pre-existing data, are used to create models of water-table and bedrock hydrogeology (elevation, potentiometric surface, potential yield, flow direction), and sensitivity of ground water system to pollution. Creation of GIS layers: Using a variety of techniques, data is converted into Arc/INFO coverages or ARCVIEW shapefiles for cartographic display and spatial analysis. Metadata for individual layers contain more detailed lineage information. |
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| Source Scale Denominator | 100000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | ArcView | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
| Vendor Specific Object Types | Point, Line, Polygon | |||
| Tiling Scheme | Wabasha County | |||
| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | UTM | |||
| Ellipsoid | GRS80 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Meters | |||
| Distance Resolution | ||||
| UTM Zone Number | 15 | |||
| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | The Wabasha County Geologic Atlas, Part B consists of 11 separate GIS data layers divided into three plates: Plate 8 - Hydrogeology of the Unconsolidated and Bedrock Aquifers Plate 9 - Hydrogeologic Cross Sections Plate 10 - Sensitivity to Pollution of the Uppermost Bedrock Aquifers Layers used in more than one plate: - chemsprpt - Springs sampled by DNR staff for chemistry - chemwlpt - Wells sampled by DNR staff for chemistry Layers used in Plate 8, Hydrogeology of the Unconsolidated and Bedrock Aquifers: potsfcln - Potentiometric surface contour elevations exigabpy - Extent of the St. Lawrence Formation, Franconia Formation, Ironton Sandstone, and Galesville Sandstone exjdabpy - Extent of the Jordan Sandstone gwdpim - Modeled water table depth gwqtelim - Modeled water table elevation of the Quaternary aquifer Layers used in Plate 10, Sensitivity to Pollution of the Uppermost Bedrock Aquifers gwslpy - Sensitivity to Pollution of the Uppermost Bedrock Aquifers gwqtslpy - Sensitivity to Pollution of the Quaternary Aquifer sdovbdpy - Sediments overlying bedrock sdovqtpy - Sediments overlying the Quaternary aquifer Layers are available as ARCVIEW shapefiles. Layer-specific metadata is available for downloading and describes the data fields in the layer. |
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| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | Metadata for each individual GIS data layer can be accessed at the DNR Web site via: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/programs/gw_section/mapping/meta/cga/c14_wabasha/c14b_met.html#entatt |
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| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division | |||
| Publication Date | 2005 | |||
| Contact Person Information | GIS Specialist, Ground Water Mapping Unit Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4032 Phone: 651-297-4591 FAX: 651-296-0445 E-mail: none available |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | c14bwaba | |||
| Distribution Liability | This map was prepared from publicly available information only. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the factual data on which this map is based. However, the Department of Natural Resources does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or any implied uses of these data. Users may wish to verify critical information; sources include both the references here and information on file in the offices of the Minnesota Geological Survey and the Department of Natural Resources. Every effort has been made to ensure the interpretation shown conforms to sound geologic and cartographic principles. This map should not be used to establish legal title, boundaries, or locations of improvements. | |||
| Transfer Format Name | ArcView shapefile | |||
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| Transfer Size | 5.6 MB as zipfile | |||
| Ordering Instructions | This online linkage is to the DNR Ground Water Mapping GIS Web site. Each individual data layer is listed in the Entity and Attribute section with links to layer-level metadata. From this location, download a zipfile containing all shapefiles (c14b_shape.zip). | |||
| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. | |||
| Section 7 | Metadata Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Metadata Date | 04/06/2007 | |||
| Contact Person Information | GIS Specialist, Ground Water Mapping Unit,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Waters Division 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4032 Phone: 651-297-4591 FAX: 651-296-0445 E-mail: none available |
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| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm | |||
This page last updated: 04/06/2007