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Databases

You can view a map by clicking on a Data Theme or you can go to the maps page. You can also view the metadata for each of the databases. Once you have determined what your interested in, you can download the data.  

We have provided data within a 50 Kilometer buffer of the Lake Superior Watershed Basin. The data is available in three basic extents:

Individual counties, for Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Canada
Lake Superior Basin (very large files)

Please sign our Guest Book and tell us what you plan to use the data for. This is not required, but we would greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank You!

 

Data Theme Geographic extent Attributes Scale Resolution Metadata Download
Bathymetric Model Lake Superior Interpolated depth values 1:547,000 Bath.html YES
Census data MN, WI, MI, ONT population, demography, housing     Census.html YES
Counties Lake Superior Basin County boundaries     Counties.html YES
Civil divisions, minor MN, WI, MI Townships 1:100,000      
Climate MN, WI, MI, ONT Interpolated data, monthly temp, precip   5 km Climate.html YES
DEM Lake Superior Basin Digital Elevation Model 3 arc second   1 km  Dem.html YES
Ecological classification system MN, WI, MI ECS, Province to Subsection     Usecs.html YES
Ecological classification system N MN, N WI Land Type Asscociations        
Ecological classification system ONT Hierarchy: ecozone, region and district     Canecs.html YES
Ecological classification system Lake Superior Lake ecological classification     Lakeecs.html YES
Forest inventory (FIA) MN, WI, MI Forest inventory data by sample point, 1990s      
Forest inventory (presettlement) MN GLO witness trees, section corner description 1:100,000      
Forest Resources MI, MN, WI NOAA AVHRR imagery fresources.html YES
Geology MI,MN,WI,ONT Surficial geology, landforms 1:1,000,000      
Geographic Names  Lake Superior Basin Geographic Names GNIS.html YES
Habitat megasites NE MN Wilderness areas, ecoregions, parks etc.        
Habitat areas (2006) Lake Superior basin Habitat projects, location, description      Habareas.html YES
Habitat sites (2006) Lake Superior basin Habitat sites, location, description     Habsites.html YES
Habitat areas (2000) Lake Superior basin Habitat projects, location, description      Habareas.html YES
Habitat sites (2000) Lake Superior basin Habitat sites, location, description     Habsites.html YES
Hydrography MN, WI, MI, ONT Lakes, streams, wetlands 1:100,000   Hydro.html YES
Hydrography MN, WI, MI, ONT Rivers 1:100,000   Rivers.html YES
Lake Superior Shoreline Lake Superior Shoreline boundary     Shore.html YES
Lake Superior Drainage Basin Lake Superior Basin Drainage basin boundary      Lsbasin.html YES
Lake Superior Basin
50 Km Buffer		 Lake Superior Basin 50 KM Buffer LSB50.html YES
Basin Combo Lake Superior Basin Combined Shoreline, Drainage Basin, and 50 KM Buffer     Newbasin.html YES
Land Cover: Forest vegetation MN, WI, MI, S. CAN 24 classes of forest vegetation   1 km X
Land Cover: General Great Lakes Basin Anderson II, Land cover/use   200 m X  
Land Cover:Original vegetation MI,MN,WI 40 veg classes derive from GLO survey notes     MN_veg.html
MI_veg.html
WI_veg.html		 YES
Land ownership MI,MN,WI public/private ownerhsip   40 acre Own.html YES
Pollutants-point source Lake Superior basin Industrial point source locations      
Pollutants-point source Lake Superior basin Municipal point source locations        
Public Land Survey MN, WI, MI, ONT Township, range and section boundaries      
Satellite imagery Lake Superior Basin Mosaic of Landsat MSS, mid 1980's   200 m   YES
Satellite imagery Lake Superior Basin AVHRR NDVI Composite   1 km X
Satellite imagery Lake Superior Basin Night image of city lights   1 km Lights.html YES
Soils MN, WI, MI, ONT drainage, Surface material, texture, drainage, depth, others 1:250,000   Soils.html YES
Transportation MN, WI, MI, ONT Classification of roads, railways, others 1:100,000   Trans.html YES
Watersheds, Major Lake Superior basin Major Watershed boundaries       YES
Watersheds, Major MN,WI Major Watershed boundaries        
Watersheds, Minor MN Minor watershed boundaries      

 

 

The Lake Superior Decision Support project is coordinated through the Center for Water and the Environment at the Natural Resources Research Institute. The project is funded by the USEPA Region 5 Coastal Environmental Management Grant Program through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  For comments on this project or this home page, contact George Host.  Last updated: Friday, September 8, 2006
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