MNDNR Forest Stand Inventory

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Section 1: Overview

Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) - Division of Forestry

Title: MNDNR Forest Stand Inventory

Abstract: This layer is a digital inventory of individual forest stands. The data is collected by MNDNR Foresters in each MNDNR Forestry Administrative Area, and is updated on a continuous basis, as needed. Most stands are field checked and their characteristics described. Follows internal MNDNR classification schema. This data originates from the MNDNR's "Forest Inventory Management" system (also referred to as FIM).

Purpose: Forest Resource Planning, harvest plans, treatment plans, wildlife habitat assessment, biotic community mapping support, historical vegetation studies

Time Period of Content Date: 03/14/2022

Currentness Reference: Time Period of Content date indicates the date which the user can be confident of accuracy and completeness of the dataset.

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed

Spatial Extent of Data:

Bounding Coordinates: -96.664399
-89.762775
49.345240
43.443137

Place Keywords: Minnesota, MN

Theme Keywords: biota, Forest, Forest Inventory, Land Cover

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Category

Access Constraints: None

Use Constraints: None

Contact Person Information: Dennis Kepler, Supervisor Resource Assessment Unit
Minnesota DNR - Division of Forestry
483 Peterson Rd
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Phone: 218-322-2512
Email: dennis.kepler@state.mn.us

Browse Graphic: Click to view a data sample.

Associated Data Sets: MNDNR Historic Forest Stand Inventory: Archives of the FIM going back to 2001. Full data download (>1 GB): ftp://gdrs.dnr.state.mn.us/gdrs/data/pub/us_mn_state_dnr/biota_historic_dnr_fim.zip

Section 2: Data Quality

Attribute Accuracy: Data are in use by DNR staff on a daily basis. Attributes are fixed as problems are made known

Logical Consistency: Some non-data polygons are unlabeled.

Completeness: As new lands are acquired, Forest Inventory data collection is scheduled.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy: Features are digitized onscreen over standard 24k digital raster graphics (DRGs) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQs) and will inherit the horizontal positional accuracy of those products.

Vertical Positional Accuracy: Not Applicable

Lineage: Original source layer was MNDNR's forst_fimv3py3.shp. Data are now extracted on a regular basis from the MNDNR's enterprise geodatabase: Forest Inventory Managment System (FIM)

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: not applicable

Vertical Units: Not Applicable

Depth Datum: not applicable

Depth Units: Not Applicable

Section 5: Attributes

Overview:

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Table Detail:

**dnr_forest_stand_inventory** - Primary Feature Class Attribute Table
Field Name	Valid Values	Definition
STAND_KEY	-	DNR Internal ID for each forest stand polygon
LOCATION	-	DNR internal location code
RAN_CD	enumerated	3 Digit DNR Forestry Administrative Area (RAN=RegionAreaNumber)
	111	Bemidji Area
	117	Blackduck Area
	121	Warroad Area
	131	Baudette Area
	142	Backus Area
	161	Park Rapids Area
	199	Red Lake
	221	Deer River Area
	232	Aitkin Area
	234	Hibbing Area
	245	Tower Area
	251	Cloquet Area
	253	Two Harbors Area
	261	Littlefork Area
	312	Little Falls Area
	341	Lewiston Area
	344	Sandstone Area
	351	Cambridge Area
	443	New Ulm Area
SLABEL	-	Stand Label. A concatenation of a unique FIM Type Number per PLS Section + Main Species CoverType Code +Main Species SizeClass + Main Species Density Class. Used on maps.
COUNTY	enumerated	County identified using a standard number from 1 to 87
	1	Aitkin
	2	Anoka
	3	Becker
	4	Beltrami
	5	Benton
	6	Big Stone
	7	Blue Earth
	8	Brown
	9	Carlton
	10	Carver
	11	Cass
	12	Chippewa
	13	Chisago
	14	Clay
	15	Clearwater
	16	Cook
	17	Cottonwood
	18	Crow Wing
	19	Dakota
	20	Dodge
	21	Douglas
	22	Faribault
	23	Fillmore
	24	Freeborn
	25	Goodhue
	26	Grant
	27	Hennepin
	28	Houston
	29	Hubbard
	30	Isanti
	31	Itasca
	32	Jackson
	33	Kanabec
	34	Kandiyohi
	35	Kittson
	36	Koochiching
	37	Lac Qui Parle
	38	Lake
	39	Lake of the Woods
	40	LeSueur
	41	Lincoln
	42	Lyon
	43	McLeod
	44	Mahnomen
	45	Marshall
	46	Martin
	47	Meeker
	48	Mille Lacs
	49	Morrison
	50	Mower
	51	Murray
	52	Nicollet
	53	Nobles
	54	Norman
	55	Olmsted
	56	Otter Tail
	57	Pennington
	58	Pine
	59	Pipestone
	60	Polk
	61	Pope
	62	Ramsey
	63	Red Lake
	64	Redwood
	65	Renville
	66	Rice
	67	Rock
	68	Roseau
	69	St. Louis
	70	Scott
	71	Sherburne
	72	Sibley
	73	Stearns
	74	Steele
	75	Stevens
	76	Swift
	77	Todd
	78	Traverse
	79	Wabasha
	80	Wadena
	81	Waseca
	82	Washington
	83	Watonwan
	84	Wilkin
	85	Winona
	86	Wright
	87	Yellow Medicine
ADMIN1	-	Land Administrator 1
ADMIN1_AC	-	Administrator 1 Acres
ADMIN2	-	Land Administrator 2
ADMIN2_AC	-	Administrator 2 Acres
ADMIN3	-	Land Adminsitrator 3
ADMIN3_AC	-	Administrator 3 Acres
MN_CTYPE	enumerated	Main Cover Type
	0	None
	1	Ash
	6	Willow
	9	Lowland Hardwoods
	12	Aspen
	13	Birch
	14	Balm of Gilead
	15	Cottonwood
	17	Hybrid Poplar
	20	Northern Hardwoods
	25	Walnut
	30	Oak
	40	Central Hardwoods
	51	White Pine
	52	Norway Pine
	53	Jack Pine
	54	Scotch Pine
	55	Ponderosa Pine
	61	White Spruce
	62	Balsam Fir
	64	Norway Spruce
	70	Upland Larch
	71	Black Spruce-Lowland
	72	Tamarack
	73	White Cedar
	74	Black Spruce-Upland
	75	Stagnant Spruce
	76	Stagnant Tamarack
	77	Stagnant Cedar
	78	Offsite Aspen
	79	Offsite Oak
	81	Red Cedar
	82	Cutover Area
	83	Lowland Grass
	84	Upland Grass
	85	Lowland Brush
	86	Upland Brush
	87	Duff
	88	Moss
	90	Unknown
	91	Agricultural
	92	Industrial Develop
	93	Recreation Develop
	94	Roads
	95	Rock Outcrop
	96	Permanent Water
	97	Nonpermanent Water
	98	Marsh
	99	Muskeg
MN_SIZE	enumerated	Main Cover Type Size Class
	0	N/A
	1	0-0.9 inches
	2	1-2.9 inches
	3	3-4.9 inches
	4	5-8.9 inches
	5	9-14.9 inches
	6	15-19.9 inches
	7	20-24.9 inches
	8	25 inches +
MN_DENS	enumerated	Main Cover Type Density Class
	0	0-250 Stems/Ac or 0.0-2.9 Cds/Ac or 0-1250 Bdf/Ac
	1	251-750 Stems/Ac or 3.0-7.5 Cds/Ac or 1251-3750 Bdf/Ac
	2	751-1250 Stems/Ac or 7.6-12.5 Cds/Ac or 3751-6250 Bdf/Ac
	3	1251-1750 Stems/Ac or 12.6-17.5 Cds/Ac or 6251-8750 Bdf/Ac
	4	1751-2250 Stems/Ac or 17.6-22.5 Cds/Ac or 8751-11250 Bdf/Ac
	5	2251-2750 Stems/Ac or 22.6-27.5 Cds/Ac or 11251-13750 Bdf/Ac
	6	2751-3250 Stems/Ac or 27.6-32.5 Cds/Ac or 13751-16250 Bdf/Ac
	7	3251-3750 Stems/Ac or 32.6-37.5 Cds/Ac or 16251-18750 Bdf/Ac
	8	3751-4250 Stems/Ac or 37.6-42.5 Cds/Ac or 18751-21250 Bdf/Ac
	9	4251+ Stems/Ac or 42.6+ Cds/Ac or 21251+ Bdf/Ac
UTYPE	-	Understory Cover Type (Same values & descriptions as Main Cover Type Code)
USIZE	-	Understory Size Class (Same values & descriptions as Main Cover Size Class)
UDENSE	-	Understory Density Class (Same values & descriptions as Main Cover Density Code)
SURVEY_DT	-	Survey Date
SURVEY_YR	-	Survey year
STAND_AGE	-	Age of Stand (average age of dominant and co-dominant tree species present)
TMBR_STAT	enumerated	Timber Status
	0	N/A
	1	Normal
	2	Restricted
	3	No Harvest
	4	Normal-Special Mgmt
	5	Designated Old Growth
	6	No Longer Used
	7	Designated Future Old Growth
	8	Candidate Old Growth
	9	No Longer Used
DEV_STAT	-	TBD
TOPO	enumerated	Topography Code
	0	Not Applicable
	1	Level
	2	Rolling
	3	Steep
PHYS	enumerated	Physiographic Code
	0	Not Applicable
	1	Xeric, very dry
	2	Xeromesic
	3	Mesic
	4	Hydromesic
	5	Hydric, very wet
COND	enumerated	Condition classs describing the general condition of the stand
	0	Non-Stocked
	1	High Risk
	2	Mature
	3	Immature
	4	In the process of regeneration
ORIGIN	enumerated	Stand Origin
	0	Not Applicable
	1	Natural
	2	Greater than 40% artificial
	3	Less than 40% artificial
RECON	enumerated	Level of Reconnaissance
	0	None
	1	Photo Interpretation
	2	Aircraft Check
	3	Ground Check - No Snow
	4	Ground (1-6 inches snow)
	5	Ground (7 in. - 1 ft snow)
	6	Ground (1 - 2 ft snow)
	7	Ground (2 - 3 ft snow)
	8	Ground (3 ft + snow)
	9	Type Comparison
	10	Modeled Data
BASAL_AREA	-	A value representing square feet per acre occuppied by trees
TOTAL_MBF	-	Total thousand board feet per acre for all sawtimber species present in the stand (sum of all species with Unit of Measure = MBF + Misc_mbf)(a value of 4.1 is 4.1 MBF or 4,100 board feet per acre)
SITE_INDEX	-	Site Index Value (a measure of site productivity)
SI_SPECIES	enumerated	Species that SITE_INDEX field refers to
	0	None
	1	Ash Black
	2	Elm American
	3	Maple Silver
	4	Elm Red
	5	Elm Rock
	6	Willow
	12	Aspen Trembling
	13	Birch Paper
	14	Balm of Gilead
	15	Cottonwood
	16	Aspen Largetooth
	17	Hybrid Poplar
	21	Maple Red
	22	Maple Sugar
	23	Basswood
	24	Birch Yellow
	25	Walnut
	26	Butternut
	27	Cherry
	28	Buckeye
	31	Oak Northern Red
	32	Oak Black
	33	Oak Northern Pin
	34	Oak White
	35	Oak Burr
	36	Oak Scarlet
	38	Ash White
	39	Ash Green
	41	Hickory Bitternut
	42	Hickory Shagbark
	43	Hackberry
	45	Box Elder
	51	Pine White
	52	Pine Norway
	53	Pine Jack
	54	Pine Scotch
	55	Pine Ponderosa
	56	Pine Austrian
	61	Spruce White
	62	Balsam Fir
	63	Spruce Colorado
	64	Spruce Norway
	65	Spruce Black Hills
	71	Spruce Black
	72	Tamarack
	73	Cedar White
	81	Cedar Red
	82	Hemlock
	83	Douglas Fir
	84	Larch European
	85	Larch Japanese
	86	Larch Siberian
	91	Locust
	92	Ironwood
	93	Birch River
	94	Blue Beech
	99	Miscellaneous
MN_SPP	-	Code for Main Species in stand (see codes listed for column SI_SPECIES)
MN_SPP_DBH	-	Diameter at breast height (DBH) in inches of Main Species
MN_SPP_HT	-	Height in feet of Main Species
MN_SPP_VOL	-	Volume per acre of Main Species
MN_SPP_UOM	enumerated	Unit of Measure for the volume entered for Main Species
	0	Not Applicable
	1	Cords per acre
	2	MBF per acre
	3	Stems per acre
MN_SPP_DAM	enumerated	Damage Code for Main Species
	0	None
	1	Defoliators
	2	Bark Beetles
	3	Wood Borers
	4	Spittlebug
	5	White Pine Weevil
	6	Spruce Budworm
	7	Jack Pine Budworm
	8	Shoot Insects (Regen)
	9	Poplar Borer
	10	Root Collar Insects
	15	Insects (Other)
	16	White Pine Blistr Rust
	17	White Pine Rust With Weevil
	18	Sweet Fern Blister
	19	Scleroderris Canker
	20	Siricoccus Shoot Blight
	21	Butternut Canker
	22	Oak Mortality
	23	Dwarf Mistletoe
	24	Diplodia Tip Blight
	25	Hypoxylon Canker
	26	Phellinus
	27	Hypoxylon Canker With Phellinus
	28	Heart Rot
	29	Dutch Elm Disease
	30	Birch Decline
	31	Hardwood Cankers
	32	Needle Rust
	33	Shoestring Root Rot
	40	Diseases (Other)
	41	Beaver
	42	Porcupine
	43	Rabbit - Mice
	44	Deer or Moose
	45	Sapsucker
	50	Animal (Other)
	51	Windthrow
	52	Drought
	53	Ice Breakage
	54	Fire
	55	Flooding
	56	Hail
	57	Frost Cracks
	60	Environmental (Other)
	61	Mechanical
	62	Chemical
	99	Unknown
PCT_AFFECT	enumerated	Percentage of Main Species Affected by Damage
	0	None
	1	1-10% affected
	2	11-25%
	3	26-50%
	4	51-80%
	5	81-100%
PCT_MORTAL	enumerated	Percentage of Main Species with Mortality
	0	None
	1	1-10% mortality
	2	11-25%
	3	26-50%
	4	51-80%
	5	81-100%
SPP2	-	Species Code for 2nd Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPECIES.
SPP2_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 2nd Species
SPP2_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 2nd Species
SPP2_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 2nd Species (Same Values as MN_SPP_UOM)
SPP2_DST	enumerated	Distribution of 2nd Species in the stand
	0	Not Applicable
	1	Well distributed
	2	Moderately well distributed
	3	Patchy
SPP2_DAM	-	Damage for 2nd Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP3	-	Species Code for 3rd Species, If present. See codes listed for column SI_SPECIES.
SPP3_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 3rd Species
SPP3_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 3rd Species
SPP3_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 3rd Species(Same Values as MN_SPP_UOM)
SPP3_DST	-	Distribution of 3rd Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP3_DAM	-	Damage for 3rd Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP4	-	Species Code for 4th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPP.
SPP4_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 4th Species
SPP4_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 4th Species
SPP4_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 4th Species (Same Values as Mn._spp_uom)
SPP4_DST	-	Distribution of 4th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP4_DAM	-	Damage for 4th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP5	-	Species Code for 5th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPECIES.
SPP5_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 5th Species
SPP5_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 5th Species
SPP5_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 5th Species(Same Values as Mn._spp_uom)
SPP5_DST	-	Distribution of 5th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP5_DAM	-	Damage for 5th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP6	-	Species Code for 6th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPECIES.
SPP6_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 6th Species
SPP_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 6th Species
SPP6_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 6th Species (Same Values as Mn._spp_uom)
SPP6_DST	-	Distribution of 6th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP6_DAM	-	Damage for 6th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP7	-	Species Code for 7th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPP.
SPP7_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 7th Species
SPP7_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 7th Species
SPP7_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 7th Species (Same Values as MN_SPP_UOM)
SPP7_DST	-	Distribution of 7th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP7_DAM	-	Damage for 7th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP8	-	Species Code for 8th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPECIES.
SPP8_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 8th Species
SPP8_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 8th Species
SPP8_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 8th Species(Same Values as Mn._spp_uom)
SPP8_DST	-	Distribution of 8th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP8_DAM	-	Damage for 8th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP9	-	Species Code for 9th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPP.
SPP9_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 9th Species
SPP9_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 9th Species
SPP9_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 9th Species (Same Values as MN_SPP_UOM)
SPP9_DST	-	Distribution of 9th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP9_DAM	-	Damage for 9th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
SPP10	-	Species Code for 10th Species, if present. See codes listed for column SI_SPP.
SPP10_DBH	-	DBH in inches for 10th Species
SPP10_VOL	-	Volume per Acre of 10th Species
SPP10_UOM	-	Unit of Measure for Volume of 10th Species(Same Values as Mn._spp_uom)
SPP10_DST	-	Distribution of 10th Species in the stand. See codes for SPP2_DST.
SPP10_DAM	-	Damage for 10th Species, see codes listed for MN_SPP_DAM
MISC_CORDS	-	If more than 10 species present, additional volume in cords per acre is recorded here
MISC_MBF	-	If more than 10 species present, additional volume in MBF is recorded here
RSPP1	-	TBD

Section 6: Distribution

Publisher: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR)

Publication Date: 09/17/2009

Contact Person Information: Zeb Thomas, GIS Data Systems Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul, MN 55155-4011
Phone: 651-259-5637
Email: zeb.thomas@state.mn.us

Distributor's Data Set Identifier: biota_dnr_forest_stand_inventory

Distribution Liability: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources General Geographic Data License Agreement is online: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/sitetools/data_software_license.html

Ordering Instructions: Please visit the download page for this dataset on the Minnesota Geospatial Commons website using the web link below (Online Linkage).

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Section 7: Metadata Reference

Metadata Date: 03/29/2016

Metadata Standard Name: Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines

Metadata Standard Version: 1.2

Metadata Standard Online Linkage: http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/standards/mgmg/metadata.htm

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