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County Well Index (CWI) Well
Locations, Le Sueur County, 2001
This page last updated: 2007
Metadata created using Minnesota
Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Summary
Originator |
Minnesota Geological Survey |
Abstract |
This dataset consists of the locations of wells drilled within Le Sueur County. The County Well Index (CWI) is a database that contains information about wells drilled throughout Minnesota. In this case, a subset of the locations was used to look at the geological descriptions of these wells. The original CWI file was downloaded from the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) in 2001. |
Browse Graphic |
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Time Period of Content Date |
2001 |
Currentness Reference |
2001 |
Access Constraints |
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Use Constraints |
Acknowledgement of the Minnesota Geological Survey is appreciated for products derived from these data. |
Distributor Organization |
Minnesota Geological Survey |
Ordering Instructions |
Go to the website of the Minnesota Geological Survey, http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs, to find the link describing CWI and to download the current version of CWI. To download this subset of the CWI data, which was used for this project and downloaded in 2001, go to http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/aggregatemaps.html, where it is part of the lesudata.zip file under Le Sueur County. |
Online Linkage |
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Full Metadata
County Well Index (CWI) Well Locations, Le
Sueur County, 2001
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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 |
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Originator |
Minnesota Geological Survey |
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Title |
County Well Index (CWI) Well Locations, Le Sueur County, 2001 |
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Abstract |
This dataset consists of the locations of wells drilled within Le Sueur County. The County Well Index (CWI) is a database that contains information about wells drilled throughout Minnesota. In this case, a subset of the locations was used to look at the geological descriptions of these wells. The origianl CWI file was downloaded from the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) in 2001. |
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Purpose |
This dataset contains the locations of the wells that were used for this study. Approximately 600 of the 950 wells contained geological descriptions that were used in this study. |
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Time Period of Content Date |
2001 |
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Currentness Reference |
2001 |
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Progress |
Complete |
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Maintenance and Update Frequency |
The CWI database maintained by MGS is updated quarterly. This subset was downloaded in 2001 and provides part of the background information that was used in developing the aggregate resource mapping units in Le Sueur County. |
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Spatial Extent of Data |
Le Sueur County, Minnesota |
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Bounding Coordinates |
-94.03 |
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Place Keywords |
Le Sueur County, Minnesota |
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Theme Keywords |
CWI, wells, county well index, geological descriptions |
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Access Constraints |
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Use Constraints |
Acknowledgement of the Minnesota Geological Survey is appreciated for products derived from these data. |
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Contact Person Information |
Aggregate Resource Mapping
Program (Geologist or GIS Specialist) St. Paul, MN 55155-4045 |
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Browse Graphic File Description |
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Associated Data Sets |
The
County Aggregate Mapping Program dataset for Le Sueur County is included in
the file lesudata.zip from the MN DNR Aggregate Mapping web page: |
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Section 2 |
Data Quality Information |
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Attribute Accuracy |
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Logical Consistency |
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Completeness |
The locational accuracy of these points varies. Some of the points were field checked down to the meter, while others are located to the centroid of a 40-acre parcel, a 10-acre parcel, ... Download CWI from the Minnesota Geological Survey for a complete and up-to-date version. |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy |
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Vertical Positional Accuracy |
Not applicable. |
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Lineage |
The geological descriptions associated with the well locations were used to make interpretations and test interpretations about the geology, aggregate resources, and glacial and bedrock history of the area. |
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Source Scale Denominator |
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Section 3 |
Spatial Data Organization Information |
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Native Data Set Environment |
ArcGIS 8.3, Arc/INFO 8.0.2, and Arcview 3.3 from ESRI |
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Geographic Reference for Tabular Data |
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Spatial Object Type |
Point |
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Vendor Specific Object Types |
Point |
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Tiling Scheme |
Le Sueur County |
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Section 4 |
Spatial Reference Information |
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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme |
UTM |
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Ellipsoid |
GRS80 |
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Horizontal Datum |
NAD83 |
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Horizontal Units |
Meters |
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Distance Resolution |
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Altitude Datum |
Not applicable |
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Depth Datum |
Not applicable |
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UTM Zone Number |
15E |
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Section 5 |
Entity and Attribute Information |
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Entity and Attribute Overview |
These points represent the locations of individual wells drilled throughout Le Sueur County. |
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Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation |
cwiwells_att.htm
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Section 6 |
Distribution Information |
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Publisher |
Minnesota Geological Survey |
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Publication Date |
Periodically revised |
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Contact Person Information |
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Distributor's Data Set Identifier |
CWI |
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Distribution Liability |
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Transfer Format Version Number |
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Transfer Size |
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Go to the website of the Minnesota Geological Survey, http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs, to find the link describing CWI and to download the current version of CWI. To download this subset of the CWI data, which was used for this project and downloaded in 2001, go to http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/aggregatemaps.html, where it is part of the lesudata.zip file under Le Sueur County. |
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Online Linkage |
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Section 7 |
Metadata Reference Information |
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Metadata Date |
2007 |
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Contact Person Information |
Aggregate Resource Mapping
Program (Geologist or GIS Specialist) St. Paul, MN 55155-4045 |
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Metadata Standard Name |
Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines |
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Metadata Standard Version |
1.2 |
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Metadata Standard Online Linkage |
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This page last updated: 2007