This map of Minnesota cities, townships, and counties was published by MnGeo in January 2019. The primary data set for the map is the "Cities, Townships, and Unorganized Territories" (MnCTU) data maintained by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Other reference data on the map include County Seats and Other Cities, County Boundaries, Interstate, US Trunk, and State Trunk Highways, Major Rivers, Lakes, County and State Boundaries. The download is a PDF file with embedded layers that can be printed at E-scale (36" x 48").

Map Catalog is powered by the Memento Server software and provides a continuous view across multiple geospatial PDFs. The PDF maps currently available are 1K USNG (topo and aerial) maps from four metro counties(Anoka, Carver, Dakota and Ramsey), 1K USNG Topo of cities and state parks in Minnesota, 10K USNG Aerial maps for Minnesota, US Topo for the metro and Dakota County Park maps, City Street maps and Half Section maps. Map update frequency varies.

The 2022 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. The cartographic boundary files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population. The generalized boundaries of most incorporated places in this file are based on those as of January 1, 2022, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The generalized boundaries of all CDPs are based on those delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2020 Census.

This medium-scale (nominally 1:24,000) dataset represents the boundaries of cities, townships, and unorganized territories (CTUs) in Minnesota. The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office created the initial CTU dataset by updating a municipal boundary file maintained by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). Update information was gathered primarily from boundary adjustment records maintained by the Office of Administrative Hearings, Municipal Boundary Adjustment Unit. MnDOT has maintained the file since 2014.

Note: Cities and Townships represented in this dataset are political (civil) townships as recognized by the State of MN, not congressional or public land survey townships. Unorganized territory subdivisions are those defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, which often differ from those defined by a county.

Check other metadata records in this package for more information on CTUInformation.


Link to ESRI Feature Service:

City, Township, and Unorganized Territory in Minnesota: City, Township, and Unorganized Territory

Moorhead MN City Limits for Open Data Site.

A downloadable, printable 8.5 x 11 inch PDF map of the City of Norwood Young America and surrounding area.

Exterior boundary, Annexation boundary, and County boundary coverages are examined to remove all overshoots, unwanted intersections; insure polygons are closed; and to see that there are no missing or duplicate polygon labels. Each symbolic layer is individually examined for completeness. There is no line duplication in exterior or annexation coverages. MCD's with detached or non-contiguous units (polygons) have the same polygon link/label code in each of their units. Completeness in the checking process is examined through the examination and comparison of all detail collected by County Staff. Sources used included: City Clerks, County Auditor's Office, Washington County Historical Courthouse, MN State Historical Society, Secretary of State, Minnesota Municipal Board, and MNDOT. https://www.co.washington.mn.us/1609/Municipal-Boundaries

A downloadable, printable 8.5 x 11 inch PDF map of the City of Watertown and surrounding area.

The regional bikeways dataset was created by the Minnesota Dept of Transportation (MNDOT) in 2003. It has been maintained and updated by the Land Management Information Center (LMIC) through contract with the Metropolitan Council.

Dataset includes bicycle routes within nine Twin Cities metropolitan counties: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, and Wright. The bikeways are from a number of sources including the Metro Bicycle Network map book (2001), supplemented by information from maps published by city, state, county and regional government agencies, and city and county planning maps. The map shows on-road and off-road bikeways, proposed and existing bikeways, and includes bike lanes, bike-able road shoulders, and trails.

The majority of the bikeways follow road centerlines of the MNDOT BaseMap 2002-Roads. A description of the bikeways attributes and sources of data are included in Section 5 of this document - Entity and Attribute Overview.

Fugro Horizons Inc. acquired highly accurate Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) elevation data for the Twin Cities metropolitan region in east-central Minnesota in Spring and Fall 2011, with some reflights in Spring 2012. The data cover Anoka, Benton, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne and Washington counties.

Most of the data was collected at 1.5 points/square meter. Smaller areas were collected with 2 points/square meter and with 8 points/square meter:
1. 1.5 points/square meter covers Morrison, Mille Lacs, Benton, Isanti, Sherburne, Anoka, Meeker, Hennepin, Washington, Carver, Scott, and Goodhue counties.
2. 2 points/square meter covers the Dakota Block (southern 2/3 of Dakota County)
3. 8 points/square meter covers portions of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the City of Maple Grove
See map of block boundaries: https://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/elevation/metro_data_delivery_dates.pdf

Data are in the UTM Zone 15 coordinate system, NAD83 (HARN), NAVD88 Geoid09, meters. The tiling scheme is 16th USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle tiles.

The vendor delivered the data to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in several formats:

1. One-meter digital elevation model
2. Edge-of-water breaklines
3. Classified LAS formatted point cloud data

DNR staff quality-checked the data and created three additional products: two-foot contours, building outlines and hillshades.

This metadata record was created at the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office using information supplied by the vendor and by DNR.

This layer contains boundaries of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota for each year from 1995 through 1998. Plans are to also add Local Urban Service Area (LUSA) boundaries to this dataset.

A MUSA boundary line is the outer edge of the urban area. It is a line agreed to jointly by the Council and local governments through local comprehensive plan reviews. It delimits the outer reaches of regional services for the specified time period.

A LUSA boundary line is the outer edge of the urban service are in rural growth centers. Rural growth centers are incorporated areas that currently provide central sewer service and that have planned long-term expansions of their urban service area. These small cities are expected to plan for a balance of housing and jobs to promote self-sufficiency. This service area boundary, like the MUSA, is agreed to jointly by the Council and local governments through local comprehensive plan reviews. It delimits the outer reaches of regional services for the specified time period.

Many of the lines that define the MUSA boundary are municipal boundaries. In this layer, these lines have been derived from the County and Minor Civil Divisions layer compiled by the Metropolitan Council. Other lines in this layer have been derived from municipal comprehensive plan maps at a variety of scales and accuracy levels.

NOTES:
- The lines in this layer are not expected to be as positionally accurate as parcel datasets available from most counties in the Twin Cities area.
- Significant errors have been noticed in the original 1995 dataset. These include missing polygons and lines that differ significantly from the parcel boundaries that actually define the MUSA. These errors will be fixed as they are encountered. See Horizontal Positional Accuracy for more information.
- Additionally, areas included in the MUSA in any particular year can, at times, be difficult to determine from maps submitted to the Council prior to 1998, and do not necessarily match maps from previous years.
- Some communities have 'undesignated' or 'floating' MUSAs. That is, they may have a large or undefined area within which a specific amount of land may be added to the MUSA within a given period of time. Thus, the acreage of additional MUSA has been approved by the council, but the location of that acreage will be determined in the future. These 'undesignated' or 'floating' MUSAs are not represented in this layer until specific locations are identified.

This is the authoritative public subset of the compiled Minnesota statewide parcel dataset. By authoritative, we mean this is the official source of statewide parcel data compiled from the counties that have opted-in to be included. Counties are the authoritative source and owner of parcel data. Quarterly, MnGeo compiles and standardizes the county data using the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council's parcel data standard. In the compilation process, some data content is standardized or otherwise modified (capitalization and address parsing are the most common changes). The full opt-in compiled parcel metadata record can be found on the Minnesota Geospatial Commons.To obtain the most current and authoritative data in its original form, users are referred back to the respective county. Links to each county's downloadable and/or web-viewable data, where known, are available in the accompanying spatial metadata dataset.Known limitations:Data provided by counties are often limited to a subset of fields and may not be the same fields across all counties. The fields provided by a given county may change by quarter.The USECLASS and XUSECLASS fields, while often consistent within a county, are not standardized between counties.The OWN_ADDR_# and TAX_ADDR_# fields are often populated in ways not consistent with the standard. In particular, an address number/street address may not be in Line 1, and city/state/zip cannot be relied on to be in Line 3. Even within a single county, the city/state/zip line may not be in a consistent field.Parcels with addresses on fractional streets (5-1/2th Ave) cause issues for our address parser when parsing is needed for aggregation and may be missing some or all of the address data. Certain other oddly named streets can also cause this behavior.A maximum record count has been set on the mapping service. This limits the number of features that can be returned in a single request. It is set to balance usability and response time.

This digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of Europe. The oil and gas map is part of a worldwide series released on CD-ROM by the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey. For data management purposes the world is divided into eight energy regions corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S. Department of State. Europe (Region 4) including Turkey (Region 2) includes Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Svalbard

Fugro Horizons Inc. acquired highly accurate Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) elevation data for the Twin Cities metropolitan region in east-central Minnesota in Spring and Fall 2011, with some reflights in Spring 2012. The data cover Anoka, Benton, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne and Washington counties. Most of the data was collected at 1.5 points/square meter. Smaller areas were collected with 2 points/square meter and with 8 points/square meter: 1. 1.5 points/square meter covers Morrison, Mille Lacs, Benton, Isanti, Sherburne, Anoka, Meeker, Hennepin, Washington, Carver, Scott, and Goodhue counties. 2. 2 points/square meter covers the Dakota Block (southern 2/3 of Dakota County) 3. 8 points/square meter covers portions of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the City of Maple Grove See map of block boundaries: ftp://lidar.dnr.state.mn.us/documentation/status/metro_data_delivery_dates.pdf Data are in the UTM Zone 15 coordinate system, NAD83 NAVD88 Geoid09 meters. The tiling scheme is 16th USGS 1:24,000 quadrangle tiles. The vendor delivered the data to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in several formats: 1. One-meter digital elevation model 2. Edge-of-water breaklines 3. Classified LAS formatted point cloud data DNR staff quality-checked the data and created two additional products: two-foot contours and building outlines. Note: This metadata record was created at the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office using information supplied by the vendor and by DNR. Dakota County staff have clipped by buffer around this community and also provided additional datasets beyond the named 1-Foot Contours; 1 and 3-meter DEMs and 1 and 3-meter Hillshades.

This web map runs the Public Art Story Map

This layer defines the district boundaries for the Metropolitan Council members.

NOTES:
- The current Metropolitan Council Districts were enacted in 2013.
- Council member names and spellings are taken directly from the Metropolitan Council web site and press releases.
- Hanover, New Prague, Northfield, and Rockford have been removed from the district boundaries.
- Only the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have significant populations split into more than one Council District. Chanhassen, Hastings and Spring Lake Park have small areas accross county boundaries in another Council district.
- The actual descriptions of Metropolitan Council District boundaries were taken from Minnesota Statutes 2012, 473.123 http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/473/123.html
- Adjustments for district boundaries that fall on city/township boundaries are updated on a quarterly basis with data from counties.
-The 2013 plan files, details and components passed by the 2013 MN Legislature can be found at http://www.gis.leg.mn/html/redistricting.html
-For the map and data available from the Metropolitan Council, district boundaries were adjusted to conform to existing geography employed by the Metropolitan Council.

A downloadable, printable 8.5 x 11 inch PDF map of the City of Waconia and surrounding area.

The MUSA Composite dataset depicts current and future boundaries of the Urban Service Areas (sewer service areas) based on communities' comprehensive plans for the seven-county metropolitan area of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The dataset does not depict the precise location of current urban services (Sewer service). In other words, the Urban Service Areas designate areas that might be serviced, it does not represent the urban areas that are serviced. The depiction of Urban Service Areas provides a framework in which known urban development and anticipated future development can exist with adequate sewer capacity at efficient service levels. Seven other datasets are derived from these data: MUSA_2020, MUSA_2020_Outline, MUSA_2030, MUSA_2030_Outline, MUSA_2040, MUSA_2040_Outline, MUSA_2050, MUSA_2050_Outline, MUSA Undesignated_Reserve (see below). NOTE: As of August 2020, the derived dataset MUSA_Undesignated is no longer being used as a desingation but remain in the Attributes for an unknown period of time for historical comparison purposes but there will no longer be a designated layer as part of any download.

Each community (city or township) in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area is required to complete a comprehensive plan for approval by the Metropolitan Council per the Metropolitan Land Planning Act of 1995 (Minn. Stat 473.864, Subd 2 and 473.175, Subd 1). The comprehensive plan must include a depiction of current and future boundaries of the Urban Service Areas (i.e., 2040, 2050, Post-2050).

As of March 2011, a new designation area was created specifically to address the agreed upon development plan for southeastern Scott County between the county, the city of Elko New Market and the town of New Market : 'Undesignated MUSA Reserve.' This is an area where an agreed upon acreage of urban sewer service can be added to the current MUSA by 2040 through their 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The distinction between 'Undesignated MUSA' and 'Undesignated MUSA Reserve' is that 'Undesignated MUSA' is an area within a municipal boundary defined by that municipality's comprehensive plan, whereas, 'Undesignated MUSA Reserve' is an area beyond the current municipal boundary (i.e., surrounding township) that is designated in a joint agreement by the city, town, and county to accommodate future municipal growth. Urban sewer services will not be provided to these areas until they have been annexed by the municipality (i.e., Elko New Market).

Although the Metropolitan Council provides the majority of the urban sewer service in the seven-county metropolitan area, several smaller, free-standing rural communities in the region (primarily in Carver and Scott Counties), private systems, and independent nations (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community) provide their own urban services. Where information on their urban service areas are available, it is included in this dataset.

Although the information included in this dataset is derived from the communities' 2008 and 2018 comprehensive plans, subsequent plan amendments are intended to be current within 4 months, for exact MUSA information, please contact the community.

When referring to CURRENT MUSA extent, this includes areas up to 2025 MUSA. For communities who have had their 2040 Comprehensive Plan adopted (Benchmark 2040), this includes areas up to 2030 MUSA.

These data were previously incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan Composite dataset.

Nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate) risk ranking maps have been constructed for the water table aquifer beneath eleven southeastern Minnesota counties, the seven-county Twin City Metropolitan Area, and twelve additional counties throughout central and south-central Minnesota. Additional counties will be mapped as base data becomes available. Nitrate loading to the subsurface is estimated by reclassification of land use data (ranging from 1 point for relatively low to 5 points for relatively high estimated nitrate loading). Hydrogeologic sensitivity for the water table aquifer is ranked from low (1 point) to very high (4 points) based upon the permeability of geologic materials (surficial geology, soil parent material type and bedrock type), land slope, and the relationship between depth to water and depth to bedrock. Adding the estimated nitrate loading raster to the hydrogeologic sensitivity raster simulates nitrate release to the water table, and produces the nitrate risk map for the water aquifer. The final point score can fall within nitrate risk ranges classed on the final map as low (up to 4 points), moderate (5 to 6 points), or high (7 to 9 points). The results are checked by comparison to available nitrate chemical data collected from wells within the county being mapped.

Route and directions for Twin City Brewery Tour MapRoute Details97.03 minutes45.72 milesDirectionsStart at Bricksworth Beer Co, 12257 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville, MN, 55337, USAGo northwestTurn right, then turn leftTurn right on Nicollet AveMake a U-turn at Wood Lake Dr and go back on Nicollet AveAt the traffic light, turn left on MN-13 NBear right after the Walgreens on Cliff Rd E (CR-32 E)At the traffic light, turn leftMerge onto I-35E NTake exit 99A&B on the right to I-494 W / I-494 EKeep left at the fork to I-35E NKeep left at the fork to merge onto I-35E NTake exit 103A on the right to Shepard RdTurn right on Shepard RdAt the traffic light, turn left on Randolph Ave (CR-38 W)Turn right on Webster StArrive at Clutch Brewing Company, 928 W 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, USA, on the leftDepart Clutch Brewing Company, 928 W 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, USAContinue north on Webster StTurn right on 7th St W (Fort Rd)Turn left on Oneida StAt the stop sign, turn left on Jefferson AveTurn left to merge onto Ayd Mill RdBear right on Selby AveAt the traffic light, turn right on Snelling Ave N (MN-51)At the traffic light, turn left on Marshall Ave (CR-35)At the traffic light, turn right on Prior Ave NTurn leftArrive at BlackStack Brewing, 755 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, USA, on the leftDepart BlackStack Brewing, 755 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, USAGo back southTurn right on Prior Ave NAt the traffic light, turn right on University Ave WAt the traffic light, turn left on Vandalia StBear right to merge onto the highway toward I-94 WTake exit 236 on the right to MN-280 toward University AveKeep left at the fork to merge onto MN-280Take the exit on the right to Larpenteur Ave toward Hennepin AveAt the traffic light, turn left on Larpenteur Ave W (CR-30)Continue forward on Hennepin Ave E (CR-30)Turn right to stay on Hennepin Ave E (CR-52)Arrive at Insight Brewing Company, 2821 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USA, on the rightDepart Insight Brewing Company, 2821 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USAGo back south on Hennepin Ave E (CR-52)Turn right to stay on Hennepin Ave E (CR-52)At the traffic light, turn left on SE 10th AveKeep left to merge onto I-35W STake exit 17A on the right to merge onto MN-55 / Hiawatha AveTake the exit on the right to Lake Street toward Westbound 32nd AveTurn left on E Lake St (CR-3 E)Turn right before the Minnehaha Liquors on Minnehaha Ave (CR-48)Arrive at 3038 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, USA, on the rightDepart 3038 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, USAGo back northwest on Minnehaha Ave (CR-48)Turn left before the Target on E Lake St (CR-3)Arrive at Eastlake Craft Brewery, 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, USA, on the rightDepart Eastlake Craft Brewery, 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, USAContinue west on E Lake St (CR-3)Turn right before the Car Wash on Park Ave S (CR-33 N)At the traffic light, turn left on E 26th StAt the traffic light, turn right on S 1st AveAt the traffic light, turn left on E 15th StAt the traffic light, turn right on Nicollet Ave STurn left on W 14th StArrive at Lakes & Legends Brewing Company, 1368 Lasalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, USA, on the rightDepart Lakes & Legends Brewing Company, 1368 Lasalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, USAGo back east on W 14th StTurn right on Lasalle AveAt the traffic light, turn right on W 15th StAt the traffic light, make a sharp right on S Hennepin AveTake the exit on the left to I-394 W / I-94 W / Lyndale AveKeep right at the fork to Lyndale AveKeep left at the fork to merge onto Lyndale AveTurn right before the Large Brown Brick Building on Olson Memorial HwyAt the traffic light, turn left on Oak Lake AveTurn right on N 8th AveBear right on N 5th StArrive at Inbound Brewco, 701 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, USA, on the rightDepart Inbound Brewco, 701 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, USAContinue southeast on N 5th StAt the traffic light, turn left on N 6th AveArrive at 414 N 6th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401, on the leftDepart 414 N 6th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401Continue northeast on N 6th AveTurn right on N 3rd StTurn right to stay on N 3rd StArrive at Modist Brewing Company, 505 3rd St N, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, USA, on the leftDepart Modist Brewing Company, 505 3rd St N, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, USAGo back northeast on N 3rd StTurn left to stay on N 3rd StAt the stop sign, turn right on N 6th AveAt the traffic light, turn left on N Washington Ave (CR-152)At the traffic light, turn right on N 10th AveAt the traffic light, turn left on N 2nd StTurn right on N 17th AveAt the stop sign, turn right on N West River RdTurn right on N West River Rd, then turn left on N West River RdArrive at Pryes Brewing Company, 1401 W River Rd, Minneapolis, MN, 55411, USA, on the rightDepart Pryes Brewing Company, 1401 W River Rd, Minneapolis, MN, 55411, USAGo back northwest on N West River RdTurn right on N West River Rd, then turn right on N West River RdAt the traffic light, turn left on N Plymouth AveContinue forward on NE 8th AveAt the traffic light, turn left on NE University Ave (MN-47)Make a sharp right before the McDonald's on NE Broadway St (CR-66)Turn left on NE Quincy StArrive at Able Seedhouse and Brewery, 1121 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USA, on the rightDepart Able Seedhouse and Brewery, 1121 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USAGo back south on NE Quincy StAt the stop sign, turn left on NE Broadway St (CR-66)Turn left on NE Tyler StTurn rightTurn leftArrive at Bauhaus Brew Labs, 1315 Tyler St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USA, on the rightDepart Bauhaus Brew Labs, 1315 Tyler St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, USAGo back southTurn rightTurn left on NE Tyler StTurn right on NE Broadway St (CR-66 W)Turn right after the Northeast Bank on Marshall St NE (CR-23)At the traffic light, continue forward on E River Rd (Marshall St NE)Turn rightTurn rightFinish at Forgotten Star Brewing Company, 38 Norther Stacks Dr, Minneapolis, MN, 55421, USA, on the right