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St. Louis River Habitat Map, Minnesota and Wisconsin 2025

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Citation
Title
St. Louis River Habitat Map, Minnesota and Wisconsin 2025
Originator
Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
Creation Date
2025-06-05
Publication Date
2025-06-05
Edition
2025
Abstract
This geodatabase contains feature classes used to post-process a "UNET" land cover map of the St. Louis River Estuary in the Duluth-Superior area, produced by U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota. The methodology to produce the UNET map is described on the University of Minnesota U-Spatial GitHub repository: https://github.com/umn-uspa/StLouisEstuary_LandCover Full descriptive metadata for this project is accessible via the "habitat_map_raster" feature inside the geodatabase.Post-processing was implemented to produce a final habitat map and a change map from the UNET map. The methodology is described on the University of Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office GitHub repository: https://github.com/WIStCart/StLouisEstuary-HabitatMap The maps were produced under a project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. File names: Habitat_map_raster – Final habitat map, raster format (full project metadata listed here)Habitat_map_vector – Final habitat map, vector formatUNET – Land cover map created by U-Spatial based on NAIP imageryAquatic_habitats_2002 – 2002 Aquatic Habitats MapPlant_communities_2002 – 2002 Plant Communities Map Change_raster – Change map (2002 map vs new habitat map), raster formatChange_poly – Change map (2002 map vs new habitat map), vector formatBathy_30m – 2019 USACE merged bathymetry data. Source: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/8832/index.html Available through: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/ Bath – Raster layer used to separate lake limnetic from lake littoralCWMP – Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Program polygons, raster format, used to correct miscoded areas on map. Viewable here: https://www.greatlakeswetlands.org/Map.vbhtml CWMP_poly – Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Program polygons, vector formatExpert1 – Raster layer used to correct miscoded areas Expert1_poly – Vector version of Expert1Expert2 – Raster layer used to correct miscoded areas. Source: C. Reschke and C. Hill, 2020, Aquatic Habitat Mapping in the St. Louis River Estuary, Report NRRI/TR-2020/19. https://conservancy.umn.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/a456bdbe-8434-4d8f-a8f2-e52d990b9a6b/contentExpert2_poly – Vector version of Expert2Lake -- Raster layer used to separate river and lakeLake_poly – Vector version of Lake rasterLandfire – 2023 Landfire grid used to separate upland and wetland, based on EVT_PHYS “riparian” classification on Landfire Vegetation Type grid. (LF2023_EVT_240 available at https://www.landfire.gov/viewer/) .Uncons – Raster layer used to separate unconsolidated classesUncons_poly – Vector version of UnconsWaterfix – Raster layer used to correct miscodings on land cover mapWaterfix_poly – Vector version of WaterfixTraining_polys_2023 – 2023 training dataTraining_polys_2023__ATTACH – 2023 training data photosTraining_polys_2023__ATTACHREL – 2023 training data photos/feature x-walkTraining_polys_2024 – 2024 training dataTraining_polys_2024__ATTACH – 2024 training data photosTraining_polys_2024__ATTACHREL – 2024 training data photos/feature x-walkTraining_polys_2023_2024_skinny – Merged 2023 and 2024 training data, with 5 foot internal buffer applied to remove edge effects
Purpose
Post-processing was implemented to produce a final habitat map and a change map from the UNET map. The methodology is described on the University of Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office GitHub repository: https://github.com/WIStCart/StLouisEstuary-HabitatMap. The maps were produced under a project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Supplemental Information
This is an archived copy of the data at UW-Madison.
Bounding Box
West
-92.3
East
-91.9
North
46.8
South
46.6
ISO Topic Category
environment
biota
inlandWaters
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Maintenance and Update Frequency
asNeeded
Language
eng
Credit
This work was sponsored by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative, which supports collaborative research that addresses coastal management problems important to the reserves. The Science Collaborative is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and managed by the University of Michigan Water Center (NA19NOS4190058).
Point of Contact
Contact
Howard Veregin
Position Name
State Cartographer
Point of Contact
Contact
Kirsten Rhude
Position Name
Stewardship Coordinator
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
26915
Code Space
EPSG
Version

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Added project geodatabase to the Robinson Map library geospatial archive at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2025-06-09T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Geodatabase
Format Version
2.9
Distributor
UW-Madison
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/St_Louis_River_Habitat_Map_2025.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
Function
download

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
4BEDD9CC-8E09-477D-B372-151BD36E9FFA
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
metadata technician
Delivery Point
550 N Park St
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
608-262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2025-06-09
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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