Codes Identifying Watersheds

The purpose of this standard is to provide a common convention for identifying watersheds in Minnesota. This standard enables the transfer of data among agencies and external customers. This standard can also improve the sharing of data by avoiding duplication and incompatibilities in the collection, processing and dissemination of data relating to watersheds. This standard provides consistency between state practices and federal identification and naming conventions for watersheds (referred to as hydrologic units), as defined in the national Watershed Boundary Dataset. It promotes data integration across state lines and with national data sets.

Standard and Supporting Materials

Questions? Contact gisinfo.mngeo@state.mn.us