Baseline Erosivity Risk for Minnesota's Hydro-geologic Landscape
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Section 1: Overview
Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Guideline Monitoring Program
Title:
Baseline Erosivity Risk for Minnesota's Hydro-geologic Landscape
Abstract:
A number of factors contribute to overall risk of water quality impacts related to timber harvest. Here, we summarize a variety of physical and hydro-geologic characteristics related to each of our watershed sample units, which may contribute to the potential for sediment and nutrient contribution from harvest sites to surface waters. These characteristics are best viewed as baseline conditions which could influence potential impacts to water quality in the absence of FMG implementation. These factors range from percent forest cover within a watershed to soil erosivity, and include slope, concentration potential for runoff, land use, distance to surface hydrology, and a variety of other factors.
It is critical to keep in mind that our summaries of the resulting models tend to average conditions across the entire watershed sample unit, while certain conditions may actually be concentrated along stream corridors, steep and narrow valleys, glacial moraine edges, or other physical features present in the watersheds. The series of maps resulting from this analysis shows these factors on a landscape level. Most factors are derived from map layers created at a 30 meter resolution (e.g. pixel size on the ground). Hence, our background erosivity risk model also describes these factors at the 30 meter scale.
Purpose:
The purpose of this dataset is to provide objective baseline information related to site-level risk of erosion to surface waters from timber harvest, or other forest management activities.
Time Period of Content Date:
Currentness Reference:
The time period referenced is a range of dates related to the development and acquisition of different data sets used in the modeling process.
Progress:
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
As needed
Spatial Extent of Data:
Minnesota, USA
Bounding Coordinates:
-97.23
-89.53
49.37
43.5
Place Keywords:
Theme Keywords:
Erosion, Runoff, Baseline, Risk, Water Quality
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
Erosion, Runoff, Baseline, Risk, Water Quality
Access Constraints:
None
Use Constraints:
Use at your own risk
Contact Person Information:
David C. Wilson,
Program Consultant
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Forestry
483 Peterson Rd.
Grand Rapids,
MN
55744
Phone: 218-322-2528
Email: david.c.wilson@state.mn.us
Browse Graphic:
None available
Associated Data Sets:
NED, NWI, NHD, SSURGO, STATSGO
Section 2: Data Quality
Attribute Accuracy:
Logical Consistency:
None
Completeness:
Statewide Coverage
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Lineage:
Section 3: Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata)
Section 4: Coordinate System
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme:
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number:
15
Horizontal Datum:
NAD83
Horizontal Units:
meters
Vertical Datum:
NAVD88
Vertical Units:
meters
Depth Datum:
local surface
Depth Units:
meters
Cell Width:
30
Cell Height:
30
Section 5: Attributes
Overview:
Erosivity Risk values contained in the data are approximate and should be interpreted with caution. The model used to produce the data used a natural log scale, so transformation of the data may be needed to put it in real world terms. Nonetheless, low values (0-1) indicate lower erosion risk, and high values (2-4+) indicate higher erosion risk.
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Section 6: Distribution
Publisher:
David C. Wilson, Minnesoata Department of Natural Resources - Forestry
Publication Date:
04/17/2020
Contact Person Information:
David C. Wilson,
Program Consultant
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Forestry
483 Peterson Rd.
Grand Rapids,
MN
55744
Phone: 218-322-2528
Email: david.c.wilson@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier:
Distribution Liability:
Online Linkage:
None available
Section 7: Metadata Reference
Metadata Date:
04/17/2020
Contact Person Information:
David C. Wilson,
Program Consultant
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Forestry
483 Peterson Rd.
Grand Rapids,
MN
55744
Phone: 218-322-2528
Email: david.c.wilson@state.mn.us
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