Data warehouse that links other environmental databases by facility site. Use it to explore environmental information collected by Iowa DNR to answer questions such as: 1. Has DNR had any current or past dealings with a piece of property? 2. What environmental permits are held by an industrial facility? 3. Where are the potential sources of contamination in my watershed? 4. Have there been any violations of any permits at a facility?

Spill incidents reported to Iowa DNR and tracked in the Hazardous Substance Incident database. These Emergency Release Notifications are tracked for Section 304 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and 567 IAC Chapter 131.

description: The Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library is a Geographic Information System (GIS) repository developed and maintained by the GIS Section of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It is a collection of more than 20,000 geographically referenced databases. The purpose of the NRGIS Library is to improve the availability, integration, and analysis of natural resource information and improve decisions to carry out agency responsibilities related to the management, protection and development of Iowa's natural resources. The NRGIS Library is seen as a one-stop repository for all of Iowa's natural resource, geographic information.; abstract: The Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library is a Geographic Information System (GIS) repository developed and maintained by the GIS Section of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It is a collection of more than 20,000 geographically referenced databases. The purpose of the NRGIS Library is to improve the availability, integration, and analysis of natural resource information and improve decisions to carry out agency responsibilities related to the management, protection and development of Iowa's natural resources. The NRGIS Library is seen as a one-stop repository for all of Iowa's natural resource, geographic information.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has six field offices (FO) who are local representatives to help people understand DNR’s environmental programs. Field staff conduct inspections for facilities with DNR environmental permits, and respond to spills and complaints. This Field Office Compliance Database tracks the major actions of FO staff, and shows compliance issues found by the FOs. Compliance issues before 2009 or started by the Central Office may not be included.

This file contains locations of confinement feeding operations that are known and regulated by the Iowa DNR.

All types of facilities that handle solid waste, including: sanitary landfills, appliance demanufacturing facilities, transfer stations, land application sites, incinerators, composting facilities, household hazardous materials sites, waste tire management and material recovery facilities. It includes all sites which are permitted or have had permits. It does not include non-permitted closed dumps.

This dataset provides a point _location of Iowa Historic Cemeteries. Originally it was based on an Iowa DNR point file marking cemetery locations as found on 7.5 min. USGS quad maps. Additional cemeteries have been added over the years and continue to be added as identified.

Data includes medium and large animal feeding operation sites as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA defines a medium site as a facility with a capacity of 300-999 animal units and a large site as a facility with a capacity of 1,000 or more animal units. Values provided for each animal species type equates to animal units, not the number of animals per head. “Animal unit” means a unit of measurement based upon the product of multiplying the number of animals of each category by a special equivalency factor. For example, swine weighing more than 55 pounds have an AU factor of 0.4, a herd of 750 head multiplied by 0.4 equals 300 animal units. Animal units are defined in IAC 567 Chapter 65. More information regarding calculating animal unit capacity can be found at https://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/afo/fs_mmp.pdf. Note - facilities below 500 animal units in the state of Iowa have no permitting or manure management plan requirements. Therefore, facilities with a capacity of 300-499 shown in this data likely will not have a construction permit or any type of manure management plan.This geodatabase contains 3 feature classes: animal_feeding_operations, AFO_open_feedlots, and AFO_confinements. XML metadata can be found in the gdb folder.

Since 1994, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL) have sampled fish and benthic macroinvertebrates across the state to assess the biological integrity of Iowa's streams and rivers. Benthic macroinvertebrates are small animals, such as aquatic insects, crustaceans, leeches, and snails that live on the stream bottom. The numbers and types of aquatic organisms found in a stream are useful indicators of the stream's health because they reflect changes in water quality and habitat.

Biological assessments are an important part of the 305(b) Water Quality Reporting process, as they provide quantitative data on which assessments of water quality can be made.

BioNet is the application used by the Iowa DNR to store and analyze this biological assessment information and make it available for internal use, external agencies, and the public.

Combined database of all wells with uniform attributes from detailed individual well databases (see General and Entity Attribute sections of metadata for individual shape files). All_wells is intended to serve as a metadata-level well database. Large overlaps are known to exist among databases; however, all are preserved as found in order to preserve program-specific information. For example a well may derive geologic data from the Geologic Sampling Points database, public water supply data from the SDWIS Wells database and Water Allocation information from the Water Use (WACOP) database. Each of these will be represented by a record within All_wells.

Structures, projects, or sites which were issued a Floodplain Development Permit by the Iowa DNR.

Management units as used by the Iowa DNR Wildlife Bureau.

This file contains locations of animal feeding operations that are registered, permitted or monitored by the Iowa DNR.

Point locations of wells entered into the Iowa DNR Private Well Tracking System. Includes private well permits, well test registration, abandoned well registration, and well renovation registration administered by the grants-to-counties program.

The DNR is charged with ensuring compliance with State of Iowa environmental laws and rules. This reference provides information on administrative and consent orders issued by the DNR. With administrative orders, responsible parties have 30 days to appeal the order or 60 days to pay the penalty. A consent order is issued in settlement of an administrative order or as an alternative to issuing an administrative order. A consent order indicates that the DNR has voluntarily entered into a legally enforceable agreement with the other party.

Management units as used by the Iowa DNR Fisheries Bureau.

Adminstrative districts as used by the Iowa DNR Wildlife Bureau.

Adminstrative districts as used by the Iowa DNR Fisheries Bureau.

Adminstrative districts as used by the Iowa DNR Conservation and Recreation Bureau.

Published to allow joining of spreadsheet data to county geometry in ESRI Maps for Office or Map Analysis Tools, contains Iowa DOM County Code (1-99) as a small integer, Census County FIPS as a both an string and integer. This data was originally created by the Iowa DNR and digitized from USGS 7.5' topographic maps.Click on the data tab above to see an example of expected data. OCIO has a tutorial on how to join your spreadsheet to this Feature layer to create a new feature layer with your county based information. Please contact patrick.wilke-brown@iowa.gov.