| Originator | Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District |
| Abstract | This data set contains Priority Natural Areas within Dakota County created from the Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory. The data set identifies and ranks potential greenway corridors in Dakota County, MN by ranking and prioritizing MLCCS polygons using ecological and rare species criteria developed cooperatively by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of the Mississippi River, and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. |
| Browse Graphic | View a sample of the data. |
| Time Period of Content Date | 04/16/2002 |
| Currentness Reference | The data set is currently maintained based on periodic release of updates to the Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory. |
| Access Constraints | The data set is public. A general Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District DATA LISCENSE is necessary to obtain the data set. Data is deliverable in ArcView shapefile format and county coordinates. A fee may be required for data conversion to other coordinate systems or hard copy data delivery. |
| Use Constraints | COPYRIGHT NOTICE The Dakota County Priority Natural Areas is Copyright 2002 by the Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District. All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this data may be copied, reproduced, sold, transferred or transmitted in any form, or by any means, whether graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, redording, or by an information storage or retrieval system, without express prior written permission of the Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District. |
| Distributor Organization | Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District |
| Ordering Instructions | Contact Distributor |
| 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. |
| Section 1 | Identification Information | Top of page | ||
| Originator | Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District | |||
| Title | Dakota County Priority Natural Areas | |||
| Abstract | This data set contains Priority Natural Areas within Dakota County created from the Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory. The data set identifies and ranks potential greenway corridors in Dakota County, MN by ranking and prioritizing MLCCS polygons using ecological and rare species criteria developed cooperatively by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of the Mississippi River, and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. | |||
| Purpose | The data set was created as a natural resource planning tool to identify and rank potential greenways within the County. The data set allows greenway conservation efforts to be applied more efficiently and effectively. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 04/16/2002 | |||
| Currentness Reference | The data set is currently maintained based on periodic release of updates to the Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory. | |||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | Irregular | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Dakota County, MN also Vermillion River Watershed including portion in Scott County, MN and Chub Creek Watershed including portions in Scott and Rice Counties. | |||
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| Place Keywords | Dakota County including the Cities of Lilydale, Mendota, Mendota Heights, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Hastings, Farmington, Lakeville, Hampton, Miesville, Randolph, Northfield, New Trier, Coates, Vermillion, and the Townships of Empire, Vermillion, Marshan, Ravenna, Eureka, Castle Rock, Hampton, Douglas, Greenvale, Waterford, Sciota, and Randolph, Scott County, Rice County, Chub Creek Watershed, Vermillion River Watershed, North Cannon River Watershed, Minnesota. | |||
| Theme Keywords | Priority Natural Areas, Ecological Ranking, Rare Species, Land Cover, Natural Resource Inventory, MLCCS, Percent Imperviousness, Vegetation Communities, Percent Tree Canopy Cover, Invasive Species, Land Use, Wetlands, Forests, Woodlands, Grasslands, Prairie, Savanah. |
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| Access Constraints | The data set is public. A general Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District DATA LISCENSE is necessary to obtain the data set. Data is deliverable in ArcView shapefile format and county coordinates. A fee may be required for data conversion to other coordinate systems or hard copy data delivery. | |||
| Use Constraints | COPYRIGHT NOTICE The Dakota County Priority Natural Areas is Copyright 2001 - 2002 by the Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District. All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this data may be copied, reproduced, sold, transferred or transmitted in any form, or by any means, whether graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, redording, or by an information storage or retrieval system, without express prior written permission of the Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District. |
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| Contact Person Information | David Holmen,
Resource Conservationist Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District 4100 220th St. W., Suite 102 Farmington, MN 55024 Phone: 651-480-7791 FAX: 651-480-7777 E-mail: david.holmen@co.dakota.mn.us | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | Priority Natural Areas Preview | |||
| Associated Data Sets | Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory, Northern Dakota County Greenway |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Attribute Accuracy | Database Entry: Queried in Arcview to insure all classification codes were valid, manually entered associated attribute fields were populated and valid, and all automatically entered associated attribute fields (via Query Builder) were populated and valid. Plotted polygon boundaries and ecological rankings and spot-checked for completeness and/or discrepencies. | |||
| Logical Consistency | Data set has been established and topologically verified. | |||
| Completeness | Completed cities: Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Lilydale, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount, Hastings, Lakeville, Coates, Hampton, Vermillion, and Farmington. The cities of New Trier, Randolph, and Miesville are not complete. Completed Townships: Eureka, Empire, Nininger, Marshan, Vermillion, Castle Rock, Greenvale, and Ravenna. The townships of Douglas, Sciota, Waterford, Hampton and Randolph are not complete. |
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| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | The horizontal accuracy is +/- 30 feet. | |||
| Vertical Positional Accuracy | N/A | |||
| Lineage | Data set was created by adding additional attribute fields to the Dakota County Natural Resource Inventory. | |||
| Source Scale Denominator | 3000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | ArcView version 3.2 | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | Polygon attribute table. Item CR_TOTAL contains the summarized potential greenway score. | |||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
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| Tiling Scheme | Not Tiled. | |||
| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | County Coordinates | |||
| Ellipsoid | ||||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Feet | |||
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| UTM Zone Number | 15 | |||
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| County Coordinate Zone Identifier | 45 | |||
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| Map Projection Name | Lambert Conformal Conic | |||
| Map Projection Parameters | False E: 499999.9999492012 False N: 99999.9999898402 Central Meridian: =93.316666667 Standard Parallel 1: 44.516666667 Standard Parallel 2: 44.916666667 Reference Latitude: 44.4719444444 |
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| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | The Priority Natural Areas data set contains information on pertinent ecological criter, presence of rare plant and animal species, greenway potential, percent imperviosness, ecological communtiy types, land cover, land use, natural quality, invasive species, percent tree canopy cover, field check level, water features, hydrology, vegetation management, and dominant plant species. | |||
| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | Attribute Records: CR_SIZE - Ecological Criteria = MLCCS polygon size in acres. large - 50 acres or more; [cr_size] = 100 medium - 5 to 49 acres; [cr_size] = 70 small - < 5 acres; [cr_size] = 40 CR_CBS - Ecological Criteria = Identified on County Biological Survey. CR_NATURAL - Ecological Criteria = Identified as MLCCS native dominant vegetation community. CR_SEMI_NA - Ecological Criteria = Identified as MLCCS non-native dominant vegetation community. CR_PLANTED - Ecological Criteria = Identified as MLCCS planted or maintained vegetation. CR_GREENSP - Ecological Criteria = Identified as MLCCS urban greenspace (m_2xx = 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245); and/or (c_num = 23211, 23111, 23121, 23221, 23311, 23321) CR_PASTURE - Ecological Criteria = Identifed as MLCCS pasture (m_2xx = 275) CR_URBAN1 - Ecological Criteria = Identified as MLCCS impervious cover 4-10% then [cr_urban1] = 10 11-25% then [cr_urban1] = 5 26-50% then [cr_urban1] = 4 51-75% then [cr_urban1] = 3 76-90% then [cr_urban1] = 2 91-100% then [cr_urban1] = 1 CR_SHOREBU - Ecological Criteria = Identified as: (A) MLCCS tall planted or maintained vegetation, or MLCCS native dominant, or MLCCS non-native dominant vegetation or (B) MLCCS agricultural vegetation. (A) [cr_ shorebu] = 80 (B) [cr_ shorebu] = 40 CR_STREAMB - Ecological Criteria. CR_TROUTST - Ecological Criteria. BLAND_TRTL - Rare Animal Criteria. BEAGLE - Rare Animal Criteria. SHRIKE - Rare Animal Criteria. SHRIKE_HAB - Rare Animal Criteria. RS_HAWK - Rare Animal Criteria. C_WARBLER - Rare Animal Criteria. WOOD_TRTL - Rare Animal Criteria. GOPHER_SNK - Rare Animal Criteria. RACER_SNK - Rare Animal Criteria. CR_TOTAL - Summarized ecological criteria, and rare animal and plant criteria. CR_HWARBLE - Rare Animal Criteria. CR_AFLYCAT - Rare Animal Criteria. CR_KITTEN - Rare Plant Criteria CR_RATTLES - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_JMSPOLA - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_SBNEEDL - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_VALERIA - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_HILLTHI - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_CREEPJU - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_AMGINSE - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_SHWYWHT - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_BIGTICK - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_TALLNUT - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_TUBERCL - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_ROCKSAN - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_SNOWTRI - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_SMLLWHT - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_OVATELV - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_NMWLLY - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_CLSPNG - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_RHOMBIC - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_CLSTRD - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_BEACH_H - Rare Plant Criteria. CR_PATCH - Ecological Criteria = Identified as part of an ecological patch. CR_CORRIDOR - Ecological Criteria = Identified as part of an ecological corridor. FLDCHK_LVL - Level polygon was fieldchecked (1 to 4: 1 = total walked, 2 = patial visited, 3 = viewed from edge, 4 = viewed from a distance). C_00_01 - MLCCS code field checked in 2001 and delineated with 2000 DOQQ. C_94_00 - MLCCS code not field checked and delineated with 2000 DOQQ. C_99_00 - MLCCS code field checked in 1999 or 2000 and delineated with 1997 DOQQ. C_94_97 - MLCCS code not field checked and delineated with 1997 DOQQ. C_91_94 - MLCCS code not field checked and delineated with 1991 DOQQ. C_NUM - MLCCS code (**Used for querying/displaying data regardles of wether fieldchecked or not). C_ALPHA - Unique alpha-numeric description for each MLCCS code. DESCRIPTION - Text description of MLCCS code. C_NUM+DESCRIPTIO - C_NUM and DESCRIPTION concatenated. M_0XX - Modifiers for percent imperviousness. 000 0% impervious 012 12% impervious ( 2 acre lot) 020 20% impervious ( 1 acre lot) 025 25% impervious (½ acre lot) 030 30% impervious (1/3 acre lot) 038 38% impervious (1/4 acre lot) 065 65% impervious (1/8 acre lot) 072 72% impervious (Large buildings ) 085 85% impervious (large buildings or pavement) 096 96% impervious 100 100% impervious M_2XX - Modifiers for land use. 210 Residential 211 Low Density Residential (one dwelling unit per acre) 212 Medium Density Residential (two to five dwelling units per acre) 213 High Density Residential (greater than five dwelling units per acre) 220 Commercial / Industrial 221 Commercial 222 Industrial 223 City Center 224 Institutional 225 Corporate Park 226 Recreational 227 Utility 228 Brown field 229 Other 230 Transportation (Roads & Railroads) 231 Roads 232 Railroads 233 Parking Lot 234 Runway 235 Marina / Barge Tie-ups 236 Other 240 Open space use 241 Parks (picnic grounds, ball fields, playgrounds) 242 Golf Course 243 Big Lawn 244 Public Garden 245 Cemetery 250 Pavement 251 Unimproved (Dirt) 252 Gravel 253 Bituminous 254 Concrete 255 Porous Pavement 256 Brick / Cobblestone 257 Other 260 Farm buildings 261 Farmstead 262 Feeding Operation 270 Agricultural field methods 271 Straight row 272 Crop residue 273 Contoured 274 Terraced 275 Pasture 276 Hayfield M_3XX - Modifiers for further defining vegetation. 32X - Modifiers that reflect types of disturbances observed 321 - Natural community disturbed by wind 322 - Natural community disturbed by flood 323 - Natural community disturbed by fire 324 - Natural community disturbed by disease 325 - Recently clear-cut 326 - Natural community disturbed by non-native plants 327 - Natural community disturbed by major cultural activity 328 - Natural community disturbed by unknown factors 329 - Monocultural vegetation 33X -- Modifiers that reflect natural quality of a site 331 - High quality natural community 332 - Medium quality natural community 333 - Low Quality M_4XX - Modifiers for identifying invasive species. 400 - Overgrown savanna 401 - Overgrown woodland 402 - Purple loosestrife 403 - Eurasian watermilfoil 404 - Curly-leaf pondweed 405 - Flowering rush 406 - narrow-leaf cattail 407 - crown vetch 408 - Common buckthorn 409 - Leafy spurge 410 - Tartarian honey suckle 411 - Garlic mustard 412 - Reed canary grass 413 - Smooth Brome 414 - Spotted knapweed 420 - other M_5XX - Modifiers for identifying tree species. 500 Coniferous trees 501 Pines 502 White Pine 503 Red Pine 504 Scotch Pine 505 Ponderosa Pine 506 Jack Pine 507 Spruces 508 White Spruce 509 Black Spruce 510 Norway Spruce 511 Colorado Spruce 512 Cedars 513 White Cedar 514 Red cedar 515 Tamarack 516 Pine / Spruce mix 517 White Pine / Red cedar mix 518 Deciduous Trees 519 Planted Maples 520 Sugar Maple 521 Norway Maple 522 Silver Maple 523 Boxelder 524 Oaks 525 White Oak 526 Red Oak 527 Burr Oak 528 Swamp White Oak 529 Northern Pin Oak 530 Ashes 531 Green Ash 532 White Ash 533 Poplars 534 Cottonwood 535 Aspen 536 Bigtooth Aspen 537 Maple / Oak mix 538 Maple / Ash mix 539 Northern Hardwoods 540 Mixed early successional hardwoods 541 Mixed Coniferous - Deciduous Trees 542 White Pine / Sugar Maple 543 Pine / Spruce / Oak / Maple 544 Pine / Oak 545 Walnut 546 Willow M_6XX - Modifiers for forestry. 60X - Forest Dynamics. 601 Stand initiation 602 Stem exclusion 603 Understory reinitiation 604 Old, multi-aged community 61X Percent tree canopy cover 610 0% to 10% tree cover 611 11% to 20% tree cover 612 21% to 40% tree cover 613 41% to 60% tree cover 614 61% to 80% tree cover 615 81% to 100% tree cover 62X Cover size. Average diameter of trees 621 not applicable to stand 622 0 to 0.9' Diameter Breast Height (DBH) 623 1 to 2.9' DBH 624 3 to 4.9' DBH 625 5 to 8.9' DBH 626 9 to 14.9' DBH 627 15 to 19.9' DBH 628 20 to 24.9' DBH 629 25+' DBH M_7XX - Modifiers for water features. Water regime (NWI modifiers) 710 Temporarily Flooded (A) 711 Saturated (B) 712 Seasonally Flooded (C) 713 Semipermanently Flooded (F) 714 Intermittently Exposed (G) 715 Permanently Flooded (H) 716 Artificially Flooded (K) 720 Beaver Pond (b) 721 Partially Drained/Ditched (d) 722 Farmed (f) 723 Diked/Impounded (h) 724 Artificial Substrate (r) 725 Spoil (s) 726 Excavated (x) 730 wetland(s) present 740 water feature used for stormwater management 750 water feature used for wildlife management 760 reservoir 770 livestock watering hole 780 groundwater seepage/springs present 790 stream(s) present |
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| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District | |||
| Publication Date | Periodically revised | |||
| Contact Person Information | David Holmen, Resource Conservationist Resource Conservationist Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District 4100 220th St. W., Suite 102 Farmington, MN 55024 Phone: 651-480-7791 FAX: 651-480-7777 E-mail: david.holmen@co.dakota.mn.us |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | Priority Natural Area | |||
| Distribution Liability | NOTICE: The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District for its own internal business purposes. Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer. | |||
| Transfer Format Name | ArcView Shapefile | |||
| Transfer Format Version Number | ArcView 3.2 | |||
| Transfer Size | 39.8 MB | |||
| Ordering Instructions | Contact Distributor | |||
| 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 | 10/09/2002 | |||
| Contact Person Information | David Holmen, Resource Conservationist,
Dakota County Soil & Water Conservation District 4100 220th St. W., Suite 102 Farmington, MN 55024 Phone: 651-480-7791 FAX: 651-480-7777 E-mail: david.holmen@co.dakota.mn.us |
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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 | |||
