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Go to Section:- Overview
- Data Quality
- Data Organization
- Coordinate System
- Attributes
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- Metadata Reference
Section 1: Overview
Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Title:
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Abstract:
Data include wells, lakes, and rivers sampled in Redwood County, Minnesota for natural chemistry of groundwater by DNR staff and others for major cations and anions, trace elements, tritium, and carbon-14.
Purpose:
Redwood County Groundwater Atlas, Part B
Time Period of Content Date:
Currentness Reference:
data were acquired or accessed between 2016 and 2019
Progress:
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
None Planned
Spatial Extent of Data:
Redwood County, Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates:
-95.62
-94.85
44.7
44.19
Place Keywords:
Redwood County, Minnesota
Theme Keywords:
groundwater, water chemistry, residence time, stable isotopes, wells
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
None
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 Minnesota 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:
Holly Johnson,
GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul,
MN
55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Browse Graphic:
None available
Section 2: Data Quality
Attribute Accuracy:
1:100,000
Logical Consistency:
Data are topologically correct using ArcGIS 10.6
Completeness:
Complete
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Vertical Positional Accuracy:
NA
Lineage:
This file primarily contains well locations and associated inorganic and isotope chemistry sample analyses for wells sampled for the Redwood County Geologic Atlas, Part B. Data also include surface water samples. Some data are available in table format only (chempt_other).
Chemistry data are managed in a MS Access database. Excel tables of chemistry data are available online for download at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/groundwater_section/mapping/chemdataaccess.html.
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:
Vertical Units:
Depth Datum:
Depth Units:
Section 5: Attributes
Overview:
Detailed Citation:
Table Detail:
chemptField Name | Valid Values | Definition | Definition Source |
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Relateid | - | Four 0's followed by 6-digit unique number for wells, or the Lake ID from DNR Lakes Database + 2 digits for a site at a lake (01, 02, etc.) | |
AQUIFER | - | County Well Index aquifer code | |
AQUIFER_Q | - | Quaternary aquifer name, usually mapped at county scale. Quaternary aquifers are named after surficial and buried sand units shown on Plate 4, Part A. Bedrock aquifers are represented by "bdrk". | |
XSEC | - | Cross section number associated with well, letter indicates published hydrogeologic cross section shown on Part B | |
TRITIUM | - | Tritium in tritium units (TU) | |
TRIT_AGE | enumerated | Residence time estimated from tritium value | |
| recent | water entered the ground since about 1953 | |
| mixed | water is a mixture of recent and vintage | |
| vintage | water entered the ground before 1953 | |
C14_YEARS | - | Groundwater residence time in years, estimated by carbon-14 isotope analysis | |
CHLORIDE | - | Chloride concentration in parts per million | |
BROMIDE | - | Bromide concentration in parts per million | |
CL_BR | - | Chloride Bromide ratio | |
NITRATE_N | - | Nitrate concentration in parts per million reported as Nitrogen | |
DEUTERIUM | - | Deuterium (permil) | |
OXYGEN_18 | - | Oxygen-18 (permil) | |
ARSENIC | - | Arsenic in parts per billion | |
MANGANESE | - | Manganese in parts per billion | |
DATASOURCE | - | Source of data | |
PROJECT | - | Project for which the data were collected | |
SITETYPE | - | Type of site where water sample was collected | |
BORON | - | Boron concentration in parts per billion | |
Section 6: Distribution
Publisher:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Ecological and Water Resources Division
Publication Date:
11/18/2019
Contact Person Information:
Holly Johnson,
GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul,
MN
55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier:
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Distribution Liability:
These data were prepared from publicly available information only. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the factual data on which these files are 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 Department of Natural Resources.
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Section 7: Metadata Reference
Metadata Date:
11/18/2019
Contact Person Information:
Holly Johnson,
GIS Specialist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd
St. Paul,
MN
55155-4025
Phone: 651-259-5693
Email: holly.je.johnson@state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name:
Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version:
1.2