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River Valley Boundaries Generated for Select Large Rivers of the Upper Midwest, United States River valley boundary extents were generated for select large river floodplains of the Upper Midwest, United States. These polygons were delineated using a method that incorporated interpolating a water surface elevation that completely over-topped water-control structures within the valley such as levees, flood walls, and roadways. The intersection of this derived water surface and land elevation at the outermost edge of the floodplain was used to delineate the approximate extent of the river valley boundary. We used best professional judgment to approximate this water surface elevation. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, All tags... Midwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, United States, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, classification, connectivity, floodplains, hydrogeomorphic, river reaches, rivers, Fewer tags Mussel Density Quadrat Sampling Locations in West Newton Chute from 2008 to 2017 Since 2008, over 1,400 quadrats and about 2,500 mussels have been systematically sampled within West Newton Chute (WNC), contributing to a diverse assemblage of 25 live species, including 2 federally endangered species, and 10 Minnesota listed species. West Newton Chute is a 2.4 km long side channel in Navigation Pool 5 of the Upper Mississippi River and has an overall aquatic area of ~75 ha. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been quantitatively sampling a mussel bed here (~650 meters long X 170 meters wide) annually since 2008. About 200 systematically-placed 0.25 m2 quads are sampled annually and the quads are spaced ~25 m apart. Briefly, divers excavate substrates to a depth of ~15 cm and place... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Minnesota, Mussel Bed, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Unionioida, United States, All tags... Upper Mississippi, Fewer tags Application of a Decision Support Tool for Prioritizing Restoration of Private Land Units within a Joint Northern Missouri Focal Area - derived spatial data This shapefile describes the outputs from the application of a decision support tool (Rohweder and others 2015) used to assist the Northern Missouri Private Lands Program make thoughtful and strategic choices about where to spend its limited management resources. It incorporates landscape and management unit features to help prioritize management on 17 oak savanna and open woodland restoration and enhancement project areas. The private lands program and other stakeholders can use this information to prioritize and target management. This shapefile contains the relevant input criteria attributes used in the development of station objective models. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Land Cover - Woodland, Missouri, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), grasslands, All tags... natural resource management, Fewer tags Selected planform changes between 1989-2010 for the UMR data Three sets of standardized land cover/use data exist (1989, 2000, and 2010) for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) through the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program. These data provide the opportunity to detect planform change for two time periods: 1989-2000 and 2000-2010. This dataset identifies specific types of changes and addresses errors from potential sources in the overlay. Four of the change types will be reported on, while the others change types were retained in the derived data. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Mississippi River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi River, biota, geomorphic, All tags... navigational pool, none, planform, Fewer tags Application of a Decision Support Tool for Prioritizing Management Units at Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District - derived spatial data This shapefile describes the outputs from the application of a decision support tool (Rohweder and others 2015) used to assist the Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District make thoughtful and strategic choices about where to spend its limited management resources. It incorporates landscape and management unit features to identify which Waterfowl Production Areas have the greatest biological potential with respect to priority resources and habitats. The district can use this information to prioritize and target management, which will help with development of annual habitat plans. This shapefile contains the relevant input criteria attributes used in the development of station objective models. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Minnesota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), birds, wetland ecosystems Segment-scale classification, large rivers of the Upper Midwest United States This dataset is part of a multi-scale assessment and classification for segments of 15 rivers of the Upper Midwest United States that meet various criteria for largeness. All rivers are tributary to the Mississippi River system. The 11,600 kilometers (km) that qualified as large were parsed into 10-kilometer-long segments and classified by major alterations (free-flowing, navigation pools, storage reservoir). The dataset also includes a statistically based, component classification based on the 10-km segments. Cluster analysis of hydrologic variables from 66 streamflow gaging stations yielded 5 clusters calculated from 5 ecohydrological metrics related to lateral connectivity with the floodplain. A separate cluster... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Midwest, Mississippi River Basin, Missouri River Basin, Ohio River Basin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... connectivity, ecohydrology, freshwater ecosystems, river systems, terminologies and classifications, Fewer tags River Valley Transects Generated for Select Large Rivers of the Upper Midwest, United States River transects were generated at 1-mile increments across select large river floodplains of the Upper Midwest, United States. These transects were created perpendicular to the river valley bottom centerline and were clipped by the floodplain boundary also generated. Transects that extended up into the valleys of connecting tributaries were not included because of spatial bias toward very large values. Inclusive features within the derived valley bottom outline such as raised plateaus were removed. The total length of these extended transects was then calculated. Five separate variables were developed to assess geomorphic connectivity potential using the transects: channel sinuosity, average floodplain width, standard... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, All tags... Midwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, United States, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, classification, connectivity, floodplains, hydrogeomorphic, river reaches, rivers, Fewer tags 2010 Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canarygrass) mapped locations within pools 2-13 of the Upper Mississippi River System Aerial photographs for Pools 2-13 Upper Mississippi River System were collected in color infrared (CIR) in August of 2010 at 8”/pixel and 16”/pixel respectively using a mapping-grade Applanix DSS 439 digital aerial camera. All CIR aerial photos were orthorectified, mosaicked, compressed, and served via the UMESC Internet site. The CIR aerial photos were interpreted and automated using a 31-class LTRM vegetation classification. The 2010 LCU databases were prepared by or under the supervision of competent and trained professional staff using documented standard operated procedures and are subject to rigorous quality control (QC) assurances (NBS, 1995). The 2010/2011 land cover/land use spatial data sets for pools... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aerial Photography, Floodplain, Floodplain Forest Mapping, Floodplain Mapping, LC/LU, All tags... LCU, Land Cover, Mississippi River, Phalaris, Reed canarygrass, River Mapping, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Mississippi River, Vegetation Mapping, Wetlands Mapping, arundinacea, Fewer tags