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Kristofor Parson
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Data Specialist
218-302-6622
525 S. Lake Ave.
Duluth
MN
55802
kristofor.parson@state.mn.us
20180529
Impaired Streams, Minnesota, 2014 (Final)
2018-05-29
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
This is a draft set of the impaired streams as determined by MPCA's surface water quality assessment process in 2012 and 2013 for the 2014 reporting cycle to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Streams declared impaired prior to 2012 are also included in this dataset unless they have been delisted. Impairments on waterbodies included in the dataset were approved by EPA on May 29th, 2018. These streams are a subset and enhancement of the 1:24,000 scale National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). In cases where the NHD does not include a stream reach that MPCA has assessed, a feature is added by MPCA. Since the impaired streams are a small subset of the NHD, only that subset is included in the dataset. This dataset includes impaired streams which have not yet had a TMDL plan approved by the US EPA, those that have a US EPA approved TMDL plan as well as those waters that do not need a TMDL plan.
These data are intended to be used for planning, informational, and cartographic purposes related to surface water quality in Minnesota.
Kristofor Parson
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Data Specialist
218-302-6622
525 S. Lake Ave.
Duluth
MN
55802
kristofor.parson@state.mn.us
Minnesota
inlandWaters, surface water, water chemistry, water quality
ISO 19115
inlandWaters, surface water, water chemistry, water quality
Minnesota
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 the Minnesota Pollution Control Agnecy for its own internal business purposes. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 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.
Detailed information regarding the impaired waterbodies is available in spreadsheet form here: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=20205
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These data reflect the state of the MPCA's surface water assessment database as of the dataset publication date.
2018-05-29
State of Minnesota
These data have been audited to ensure every waterbody included in the draft 2014 list of impaired waters has a corresponding feature within this spatial dataset. Date of test: 11/25/2013
These data contain a feature for every waterbody in the draft impaired waters dataset. High-resolution NHD is the primary dataset from which these features are drawn. If no feature exists in the NHD, then a feature is digitized and added to NHD as a special feature.
Statements of horizontal positional accuracy are based on accuracy statements made for U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps. These maps were compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards. For horizontal accuracy, this standard is met if at least 90 percent of points tested are within 0.02 inch (at map scale) of the true position. Additional offsets to positions may have been introduced where feature density is high to improve the legibility of map symbols. In addition, the digitizing of maps is estimated to contain a horizontal positional error of less than or equal to 0.003 inch standard error (at map scale) in the two component directions relative to the source maps. Visual comparison between the map graphic (including digital scans of the graphic) and plots or digital displays of points, lines, and areas, is used as control to assess the positional accuracy of digital data. Digital map elements along the adjoining edges of data sets are aligned if they are within a 0.02 inch tolerance (at map scale). Features with like dimensionality (for example, features that all are delineated with lines), with or without like characteristics, that are within the tolerance are aligned by moving the features equally to a common point. Features outside the tolerance are not moved; instead, a feature of type connector is added to join the features.
This statement is generally true for the most common sources of NHD data. Other sources and methods may have been used to create or update NHD data. In some cases, additional information may be available from the data provider upon request.
The processes used to create and maintain high-resolution NHD data can be requested from MPCA. Because NHD data can be downloaded using several user-defined areas, the process descriptions can vary for each download. The NHDMetadata table contains a list of all the process descriptions that apply to a particular download, and those descriptions can be associated with the impaired waters reaches by MPCA staff upon request.
http://www.gis.state.mn.us/stds/metadata.htm
impaired_2014_streams_final
Feature Class
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FID
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
FID
OID
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0
0
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Shape
Geometry
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0
0
AUID
AUID
String
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0
0
REACH_NAME
REACH_NAME
String
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0
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REACH_DESC
REACH_DESC
String
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0
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USE_CLASS
USE_CLASS
String
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MILES
MILES
Double
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CAT
CAT
String
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AFFECTED_U
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NOPLN
NOPLN
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0
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APPROVED
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String
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NEEDSPLN
NEEDSPLN
String
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IMPAIR_PAR
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NEW_2014
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HUC8
HUC8
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HUC8_NAME
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HUC4
HUC4
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BASIN
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ALL_COUNTI
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WDWMO_TYPE
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A
A
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Arsenic
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Chloride
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Chlpyr
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DDT
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Dieldrin
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Dioxin
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DO
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E_coli
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HgF
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NO3
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PCBF
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All streams contained in this shapefile are on the draft 2014 Impaired Waters List prepared by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
AUID: Assessment Unit ID, a waterbody identifer that is the WBD eight digit watershed code and the three digit reach number. This AUID constitutes a unique identifer for each reach in the dataset.
REACH_NAME: Name of the stream reach associated with the AUID.
REACH_DESC: A rough description of the reach location.
USE_CLASS: Use class per MN Statute 7050.0470.
MILES: The length, in miles, of the stream reach (assessment unit).
CAT: EPA Consolidation Assessment and Listing Methodology [CALM] category, which integrates the 305(b) Report with the 303(d) TMDL List. The five categories in CALM are as follows: Category 1: all designated uses are meeting water quality standards. Category 2: some uses are meeting water quality standards and there are insufficient data to assess other uses. Category 3: there are insufficient data to assess any uses. Category 4: at least one use is impaired, but a TMDL is not required.
Category 5: at least one use is impaired and a TMDL is required. These become the List of impaired waters. A reach can only be placed into one Category. For example, if a reach is impaired for one pollutant but the other uses are being met, and a TMDL is required, that reach would be placed into Category 5. Furthermore, if the reach is impaired for more than one pollutant, the reach must stay in Category 5 until ALL pollutants have EPA-approved TMDL plans. For 'bookkeeping' purposes, these Categories can be sub-divided. Category 4 has the following four sub-categories: 4A: Impaired, but a TMDL study has been approved by EPA. 4B: Impaired, but a TMDL study is not required because water quality standards are expected to be met in the near future. 4C: Impaired, but a TMDL study is not required because the impairment is not caused by a pollutant. 4D: An assessment unit is impaired or threatened but doesn't require a TMDL because the impairment is due to natural conditions with only insignificant anthropogenic influence. To be considered 'insignificant', the elimination of the anthropogenic influence would not lead to the attainment of water quality standards and it would not be included in formal pollution reduction goal-setting activities. A reach-specific water quality standard based on local natural conditions has yet to be determined. Upon determination, the assessment unit will be considered non-impaired for the natural conditions and re-categorized to an appropriate category. 4E: Impaired or threatened but existing data indicates a TMDL is not required because impairment is solely a result of natural sources; a final determination of Category 4D will be made in the next assessment cycle pending confirmation from additional information (i.e. water quality or land use). Category 5 has the following three sub-categories: 5A: Impaired by multiple pollutants and no TMDL study plans are approved by EPA. 5B: Impaired by multiple pollutants and at least one TMDL study plan is approved by EPA. 5C: Impaired by one pollutant and no TMDL study plan is approved by EPA.
AFFECTED_U: Impaired Use(s)
Values: AQC: Aquatic Consumption
AQR: Aquatic Recreation
AQL: Aquatic Life
DW: Drinking Water
CLASS 7: Limited Resource Value Waters
a combination of these values
NOPLN: The parameter(s) for which no TMDL plans is required.
Values:
Arsenic
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
F-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Fish
M-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Macroinvertebrates
APPROVED: The parameter(s) for which TMDL plans have been approved.
Values:
Cl-: Chloride
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
E.coli: Escherichia coli
FC: Fecal Coliform
F-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Fish
HgF: Mercury in Fish Tissue
HgW: Mercury in Water Column
LCWA: Lack of Cold Water Assemblage
pH
T: Turbidity
NEEDSPLN: The pollutant(s) for which TMDL plans must be developed and approved.
Values:
A: Ammonia (Un-ionized)
Chlpyr: Chlorpyrifos
Cl-: Chloride
DDT
Dieldrin
Dioxin
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
E.coli: Escherichia coli
FC: Fecal Coliform
F-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Fish
HgF: Mercury in Fish Tissue
HgW: Mercury in Water Column
LCWA: Lack of Cold Water Assemblage
M-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Macroinvertebrates
NO3: Nitrates
PCBF: PCB in Fish Tissue
PCBW: PCB in the Water Column
PFOS-F: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Fish Tissue
PFOS-W: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Water Column
pH
T: Turbidity
TM: Temperature
Toxaphene
TSS: Total Suspended Solids
IMPAIR_PAR: Parameters listed in APPROVED and NEEDSPLN that cause the stream to be impaired.
NEW_2014: Parameters proposed to be listed for the first time in 2014.
Values:
Chlpyr: Chlorpyrifos
CL-: Chloride
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
E.coli: Escherichia coli
FC: Fecal Coliform
F-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Fish
M-IBI: Index of Biological Integrity - Macroinvertebrates
NO3: Nitrates
PFOS-W: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Water Column
T: Turbidity
HUC8: The numeric code of the 8 digit Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) polygon that this waterbody is primarily associated with.
HUC8_NAME: The name of the DNR major watershed that this waterbody is primarily associated with.
HUC4: The numeric code of the 4 digit Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) polygon that this waterbody is primarily associated with.
BASIN: The name of the basin (HUC4) in which this waterbody is located.
ALL_COUNTIES: The name of the counties this waterbody intersects.
WDWMO_NAME: The name of Watershed District(s) or Watershed Management Organization(s) that intersect this waterbody.
WDWMO_TYPE: The type(s) of WDWMO that intersect this polygon.
Values:
COU: County
WD: Watershed District
WMO: Watershed Management Organization
Target start year fields:
These fields indicate the target start year for a TMDL addressing their respective pollutants. The attribute also indicates cases with an approved TMDL or a natural background impairment.
Fields:
A: Ammonia (Un-ionized)
Arsenic
Chloride
Chlpyr: Chlorpyrifos
DDT
Dieldrin
Dioxin
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
E_coli: Escherichia coli
FC: Fecal Coliform
F_IBI: Fish Index of Biological Integrity
HgF: Mercury in Fish Tissue
HgW: Mercury in the Water Column
LCWA: Lack of a Cold Water Assemblage
M_IBI: Macroinvertebrate Index of Biological Integrity
NO3: Nitrates
PCBF: PCB in Fish Tissue
PCBW: PCB in Water Column
PFOS_F: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Fish Tissue
PFOS_W: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in Water Column
pH
T: Turbidity
TM: Temperature
Toxaphene
TSS: Total Suspended Solids