| Section 1 | Overview | |||
| Originator | Itasca County Land Department | |||
| Title | Forest Inventory, Itasca County, Minnesota | |||
| Abstract | This layer is a digital inventory of individual forest stands on Itasca County tax-forfeited land. The data is collected by Itasca County Foresters and is updated on a continuous basis, as needed. | |||
| Purpose | To provide comprehensive information about the state and dynamics of the forests for strategic and management harvest planning. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 01/07/2025 | |||
| Currentness Reference | Time Period of Content date indicates the date which the user can be confident of accuracy and completeness of the dataset.
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| Progress | In work | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | ||||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Itasca County, Minnesota | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -94.419272199455 -93.0555277417487 47.8989785603538 47.0251605088806 | |||
| Place Keywords | Itasca County, Minnesota | |||
| Theme Keywords | Biota, Forest, Forest Inventory, Stand, Vegetation, Land Cover, Trees | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | See Distribution Liability | |||
| Contact Person Information | Adam Olson,
GIS Analyst Natural Resources Itasca County Land Department 1177 LaPrairie Ave Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Phone: 218-327-7309 Email: Adam.Olson@co.itasca.mn.us | |||
| Browse Graphic | Click to view a data sample.
Forest Inventory in Itasca county | |||
| Associated Data Sets | None | |||
| Section 2 | Data Quality | |||
| Attribute Accuracy | Attribute domains are used on fields were possible to ensure data integrity. Data entry mistakes are corrected as found. | |||
| Logical Consistency | Test queries are performed to ensure correct values are entered. Topology rules are applied to find and correct polygon spatial errors. | |||
| Completeness | As new lands are acquired, Forest Inventory is completed as time is available. | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | Land boundary lines are snapped to the parcel layer which is plus or minus 3 feet at section corners and quarter corners. Covertype boundaries are digitized on screen over a 1 - 3 foot accuracy aerial imagery and will inherit the horizontal positional accuracy of the imagery. | |||
| Vertical Positional Accuracy | Not Applicable | |||
| Lineage | Original data was field collected and is updated on a continuous basis. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Section 5 | Attributes | |||
| Overview | This section will cover data field descriptions that are too comprehensive to fit in the detailed table below.
ODENS: Cover Type Density reflects the total stems per acres or volume. Three types of Density Assessments: 1) Seedlings, 2) Saplings, 3) Mercantable stands. CODE - DENSITY SEEDLINGS: Stems <1 in. DBH classified according to percent stocking, based on stems per acre. 0 - Stems <1 inch in diameter and stocking is <20%. Red & White Pine, Oak, W Spruce 1 - <400 2 - 400-800 3 - >800 Jack Pine, Tamarack, B Spruce, Cedar, Balsam Fir 1 - <500 2 - 500-1000 3 - >1000 Aspen, Birch, Balm of Gilead 1 - <1000 2 - 1000-3000 3 - >3000 SAPLINGS: Stem >1 in. but < 5 in. Stem DBH 1 in. - 2.9 in. 0 - <100 1 - 100-399 2 - 400-699 3 - >700 Stem DBH 3 in. - 4.9 in. 0 - <100 1 - 100-299 2 - 300-549 3 - >550 MERCHANTABLE STANDS: >3 cords/acre in stems >5 in. DBH Cords/Acre (Stem DBH 5 in. +) 0 .......... 0-3 1 .......... 3-7 2 .......... 7 - 13 3 .......... 13 - 17 4 .......... 17 - 23 5 .......... 23 - 27 6 .......... 27 - 33 7 .......... 33 - 37 8 .......... 37 - 43 9 .......... 43+ | |||
| Detailed Citation | ||||
| Table Detail: | ||||
| Forest Inventory - Itasca County Tax Forfeit Lands | |||
| Field Name | Valid Values | Definition | Definition Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique_ID | A 10-11 digit number comprised of TWP, RNG, SEC, QTR SEC, Forty, Site | ||
| District | District Forester #, Itasca Co. has 7 Forester districts | ||
| TWP | Township | ||
| RNG | Range | ||
| SEC | Section | ||
| QSEC | Quarter Section | ||
| Forty | enumerated | The number in which the stand is mostly located. | |
| 1 | Full ownership of a Forty | ||
| 2 | Full ownership of a Government lot | ||
| 3 | Undivided interest in a forty | ||
| 4 | Undivided interest in Government lot | ||
| 5 | Portion of a Forty | ||
| 6 | Portion of a Government lot | ||
| 7 | Undivided interest in portion of a Forty | ||
| 8 | Undivided interest in portion of a Goverment lot | ||
| Stand | Stand ID, two digits | ||
| GLOT | Government Lot | ||
| Acres | Acres of the cover type | ||
| Otype | enumerated | CovType - Stand cover type | |
| 0 | Unknown | ||
| 1 | White Pine | ||
| 2 | Red Pine | ||
| 3 | Jack Pine | ||
| 4 | Scotch Pine | ||
| 11 | Balsam Fir | ||
| 12 | White Spruce | ||
| 15 | Black Spruce Upland | ||
| 21 | Black Spruce | ||
| 22 | Tamarack | ||
| 23 | Northern White Cedar | ||
| 30 | Northern Hardwoods | ||
| 35 | Northern Red Oak | ||
| 36 | Bur Oak | ||
| 40 | Lowland Hardwoods | ||
| 42 | Black Ash | ||
| 44 | Balm of Gilead | ||
| 50 | Aspen | ||
| 52 | Birch | ||
| 80 | Upland Grass | ||
| 81 | Duff | ||
| 82 | Upland Shrubs | ||
| 83 | Offsite Aspen | ||
| 85 | Lowland Grass | ||
| 86 | Lowland Shrubs | ||
| 88 | Beaver Pond | ||
| 90 | Marsh | ||
| 91 | Muskeg | ||
| 92 | Water | ||
| 93 | Urban | ||
| 94 | Stagnant Spruce | ||
| 95 | Stagnant Tamarack | ||
| 96 | Stagnant Cedar | ||
| 97 | Stagnant Ash | ||
| 98 | Rock Outcrop | ||
| OSize | enumerated | CovSize - Cover type size class | |
| 1 | 0 to 4.9 inches | ||
| 2 | 5 to 8.9 inches | ||
| 3 | 9 to 14.9 inches | ||
| 4 | 15+ inches | ||
| ODEN | CovDensity - Cover Type Density (see Overview section above for description) | ||
| Plant_1 | Plantation code 1 | ||
| Plant_2 | Plantation code 2 | ||
| Plant_3 | Plantation code 3 | ||
| Plant_4 | Plantation code 4 | ||
| UTYPE | UnderType - Understory Type see Otype code reference | ||
| USIZE | UnderSize - Understory size class (see CovType code reference) | ||
| UDENS | UnderDensity (see density overview section above for description) | ||
| UPLC | Understory Plantation Code | ||
| CURAGE | CurAge - Current Stand Age in years | ||
| SI | SI - Site Index of the main cover type | ||
| DBH | Diameter at Breast Height (inches) | ||
| TOTBA | Basal area measured in square feet per acre | ||
| NTREES | Number of Trees/Acre | ||
| COND | enumerated | Condition - percent damage to main species in the cover type | |
| 0 | 5% | 0-5% | |
| 1 | 10% | 6-15% | |
| 2 | 20% | 16-25% | |
| 3 | 30% | 26-35% | |
| 4 | 40% | 36-45% | |
| 5 | 50% | 46-55% | |
| 6 | 60% | 56-65% | |
| 7 | 70% | 66-75% | |
| 8 | 80% | 76-85% | |
| 9 | 90% | 86-100% | |
| DAMAGE | enumerated | Tree Damage | |
| 1 | Defoliators | Insects | |
| 2 | Bark Beetles | Insects | |
| 3 | Wood Borers | Insects | |
| 4 | Spittlebug | Insects | |
| 5 | White Pine Weevil | Insects | |
| 6 | Spruce Budworm | Insects | |
| 7 | Jack Pine Budworm | Insects | |
| 8 | Soot Insects | Insects | |
| 9 | Poplar Borer | Insects | |
| 10 | Root Collar Insects | Insects | |
| 11 | Earthworms | Insects | |
| 15 | Insects Other | Insects | |
| 16 | White Pine Blister Rust | Diseases | |
| 17 | White Pine Blister Rust & White Pine Weevil | Diseases | |
| 18 | Sweet Fern Rust | Diseases | |
| 19 | Scleroderris Canker | Diseases | |
| 20 | Sirococcus Shoot Blight | Diseases | |
| 21 | Butternut Canker | Diseases | |
| 22 | Oak Mortality | Diseases | |
| 23 | Dwarf Mistletoe | Diseases | |
| 24 | Diplodia Tip Blight | Diseases | |
| 25 | Hypoxylon Canker | Diseases | |
| 26 | White Rot of Aspen | Diseases | |
| 27 | Hypoxylon Canker & White Rot | Diseases | |
| 28 | Heart Rot | Diseases | |
| 29 | Dutch Elm Disease | Diseases | |
| 30 | Birch Decline | Diseases | |
| 31 | Hardwood Cankers | Diseases | |
| 32 | Needle Rust | Diseases | |
| 33 | Shoestring Root Rot | Diseases | |
| 40 | Diseases Other | Diseases | |
| 41 | Beaver | Animals | |
| 42 | Porcupine | Animals | |
| 43 | Rabbit or Mice | Animals | |
| 44 | Deer or Moose | Animals | |
| 45 | Sapsucker | Animals | |
| 50 | Animal Other | Animals | |
| 51 | Windthrow | Environmental | |
| 52 | Drought | Environmental | |
| 53 | Ice Breakage | Environmental | |
| 54 | Fire | Environmental | |
| 55 | Flooding | Environmental | |
| 56 | Hail | Environmental | |
| 57 | Frost Crack | Environmental | |
| 60 | Environmental Other | Environmental | |
| 61 | Mechanical | Man Caused | |
| 62 | Chemical | Man Caused | |
| 99 | Unknown | Man Caused | |
| TOPOG | enumerated | Topography | |
| 0 | Not Applicable | Lakes, etc. | |
| 1 | Level | Flat Terrain, bogs, marshes ,swamps, etc. | |
| 2 | Rolling | Gently rolling terrain | |
| 3 | Steep | Abrupt peaks, sharply dropping hills, ridges, etc. | |
| MREC | enumerated | ManRec - Management Recommendations | |
| 0 | No Treatment | ||
| 1 | Final Harvest in 0-5 yrs | ||
| 2 | Harvest in 5-10 years | ||
| 3 | Pre-Commercial Thin | ||
| 4 | Commercial Thin | ||
| 5 | Plant | ||
| 6 | Mechanical Site Prep Plant | ||
| 7 | Chemical Site Prep Plant | ||
| 8 | Thin Regeneration | ||
| 9 | Hand Release | ||
| 10 | Chemical Site Prep | ||
| 11 | Chemical Release | ||
| 12 | Insect Control | ||
| 13 | Aspen Recycle (shear) | ||
| 14 | Plantation Survey | ||
| 15 | Fuelwood Area | ||
| 16 | Cut Understory (0-5 yrs) | ||
| 17 | Cut Overstory (0-5yrs) | ||
| 18 | Treat Wildlife Opening | ||
| 19 | Mow down for conversion | ||
| 20 | Selective Harvest | ||
| 21 | Partial Harvest | ||
| 22 | Seed Tree Cut | ||
| 23 | Reserve Stand | ||
| 24 | Seed for Regeneration | ||
| 25 | Check Regeneration | ||
| 26 | Check Inventory | ||
| 99 | Other | ||
| MRECYR | Management Recommendation Year | ||
| MISC | enumerated | Miscellaneous Code | |
| 1 | Snowmobile Trail | ||
| 2 | Cross Country Ski Trail | ||
| 3 | Wild & Scenic River | ||
| 4 | Public Access | ||
| 5 | Bass Lake Park | ||
| 6 | Hunter Walking Trail | ||
| 7 | Historical Site | ||
| 8 | Canoe Route | ||
| 9 | Unusual Scenic & Recreational Potential | ||
| 10 | Untyped | ||
| 11 | Agricultural Lease | ||
| 12 | Cabin Lease or Building | ||
| 13 | Private Road Easement | ||
| 14 | Landfill | ||
| 15 | Gravel Pit | ||
| 16 | Gated Road | ||
| 17 | Buffer Zone | ||
| 18 | Riparian Zone | ||
| 19 | Breakup Yard | ||
| 20 | Biological Legacy | ||
| 21 | Scientific and Natural Area | ||
| 22 | Seed Orchard or Production Area | ||
| 23 | Research Plot | ||
| 24 | Seedbed | ||
| 25 | Unusual Botanical Feature | ||
| 26 | Unusual Geographical Feature | ||
| 27 | Unusual Historical Feature | ||
| 28 | Fruit Production Area | ||
| 29 | Hybrid Aspen Plantation | ||
| 30 | Marcell Experimental Watershed | ||
| 31 | Residual Timber Scattered | ||
| 32 | Residual Timber Clumped | ||
| 33 | Residual Timber on Fringe of Type | ||
| 34 | Managed for Old Growth | ||
| 35 | Managed for Old Forest | ||
| 36 | Wildflower Sanctuary | ||
| 37 | Recreation Area | ||
| 38 | Representative Sample Area | ||
| 39 | Seeded | ||
| 40 | Wildlife Opening | ||
| 41 | Bald Eagle Nest | ||
| 42 | Osprey Nest | ||
| 43 | Deer Yard | ||
| 44 | Colonial Bird Rookery | ||
| 45 | Bear Den | ||
| 46 | Beaver Pond | ||
| 47 | Travel Zone | ||
| 85 | Intermediate Harvest | Not in MISC2 | |
| 86 | In Harvest | Not in MISC2 | |
| 89 | FSC Removed from Management | ||
| 90 | Temporarily Removed from Management | ||
| 91 | BMP Water Quality Filter Strip | ||
| 92 | BMP Visual Reserve Strip | ||
| 93 | DNR Shore Impact Zone | ||
| 94 | Shoreland Alteration Zone | ||
| 95 | Economically Inaccessible | ||
| 99 | Conservation Easement | ||
| MISC2 | Miscellaneous Code 2 ( 86-in harvest only in MISC field) | See MISC | |
| Harvestable | enumerated | Harvestable? | |
| Y | Yes | ||
| N | No | ||
| APPYR | Appraisal Year (year in which the stand was last inventoried) | ||
| HISTCD | enumerated | History Code | |
| 1 | Pruned | ||
| 3 | Commercial Thin | ||
| 8 | Seed Tree Cut | ||
| 9 | Shelterwood Cut | ||
| 10 | Selective Cut | ||
| 11 | Planted | ||
| 12 | Seeded | ||
| 13 | Treated Wildlife Opening | ||
| 14 | Clear Cut | ||
| 15 | Bird Habitat Shearing | ||
| 99 | Other | ||
| HISTYR | History Year | ||
| NPC | MN DNR Ecological Classification System code | ||
| Notes | Text comment about stand | ||
| C1 | White Pine | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C2 | Red Pine | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C3 | Jack Pine | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C4 | Scotch Pine | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C11 | Balsam Fir | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C12 | White Spruce | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C21 | Black Spruce | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C22 | Tamarack | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C23 | Cedar | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C31 | Maple | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C32 | Yellow Birch | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C33 | Basswood | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C34 | Red Oak | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C36 | Burr Oak | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C37 | Ironwood | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C41 | Elm | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C42 | Ash | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C44 | Balm of Gilead | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C50 | Aspen | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C52 | Birch | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| C60 | other | Cord Wood Volume / Acre | |
| Section 6 | Distribution | |||
| Publisher | Itasca County | |||
| Publication Date | 01/07/2025 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Adam Olson,
GIS Analyst Natural Resources Itasca County Land Department 1177 LaPrairie Ave Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Phone: 218-327-7309 Email: Adam.Olson@co.itasca.mn.us | |||
| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | Forest Inventory, Itasca County, Minnesota | |||
| Distribution Liability | THE COUNTY FURNISHES THIS DATABASE "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT WHATSOEVER, AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT IN ANY MANNER LIMITED TO, FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY OR THE ACCURACY AND COMPETENESS OF THE DATABASE. The database is neither a legally recorded map nor a survey and is not intended to be used as one. The database is a compilation of records, information and data from various sources with varying accuracies and should be used for reference only. Verification of the data by qualified field survey or any other process is the sole responsibility of the user. No representation is made that data and features presented, accurately reflect true location. Itasca County or any other entity from whom data was obtained assume no liability for any errors or omissions herein. If discrepancies are found, please contact the Itasca County Department of Surveying and Mapping. Because the database is inherently complex and may not be completely free of errors, user is hereby advised to verify its work. In no event will the County be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the Database even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Specifically, the county is not responsible for any costs including, but not limited to, those incurred as a result of lost profits or revenue, loss of use of data, the costs of recovering such programs or data, the cost of any substitute program, claims by third parties, or for other similar costs. User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County from any and all claims, actions, suits, or damages including but not limited to, the cost of attorney's fees in the defense of any claims, arising from users use or dissemination of the Database herein. | |||
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| Section 7 | Metadata Reference | |||
| Metadata Date | 01/07/2025 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Adam Olson,
GIS Analyst Natural Resources Itasca County Land Department 1177 LaPrairie Ave Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Phone: 218-327-7309 Email: Adam.Olson@co.itasca.mn.us | |||
| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/standards/mgmg/metadata.htm | |||
