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Shallow Lakes Identified by DNR Wildlife [Minnesota]

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Shallow Lakes Identified by DNR Wildlife [Minnesota]
Description
This is a polygon coverage of shallow lakes in Minnesota. In this coverage, a "shallow lake" is defined as a basin 50 acres or greater in size having a maximum depth of 15 feet or less. It was created using the MN DNR's 'DNR 100K Water (hydrography)' coverage as a base. A list of shallow lakes was generated from a query of all lakes with assigned Division of Waters ID numbers. Lakes with unknown depths were assigned a depth of '0', and were subsequently included in the list of shallow lakes. Some of these lakes with unknown depths may be deeper than 15 feet, and therefore, not shallow lakes. The depth values are updated as additional data is obtained, and the non-shallow lakes are removed from the list and the coverage., This layer was created to help resource managers identify shallow lakes for wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement.
Creator
Minnesota DNR - Division of Fish & Wildlife - Wildlife Unit
Publisher
Minnesota Geospatial Commons
Temporal Coverage
2019-02-13
Access Rights
Public
Format
Files
Language
English
Date Added
April 26, 2021
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from the Minnesota Geospatial Commons on 2025-08-26.

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    Minnesota DNR - Division of Fish & Wildlife - Wildlife Unit (n.d.). Shallow Lakes Identified by DNR Wildlife [Minnesota]. Minnesota Geospatial Commons. https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/12c509ac-c90e-4197-a7a9-b08aaa451691 (dataset)
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