This is the standard Minnesota State Boundary dataset that is used by MNDNR and many other state agencies. It is derived from the related dataset "County Boundaries, Minnesota" ( http://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/bdry-counties-in-minnesota ) and is maintained by MNDNR's Lands and Minerals Divsion.

This interactive web map allows Minnesota citizens to search for their current school district based on their address. Also displays their state and national political representatives based on thier address.

This file represents a statewide compilation of the boundaries of all independent, common, and special school districts in the state of Minnesota. Minnesota school districts are asked to report any changes to their district boundaries annually. With the exception of consolidations, dissolutions, or other financial cooperation agreements, the reporting is not mandatory. As independent special purpose government organizations, school districts determine their own district & attendance boundaries, working with neighboring districts and county auditors to ensure proper taxation. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) plays no role in determining the actual boundaries.

Since 2008, district boundaries have also been reviewed against the school district coding provided in county parcels, where it exists. (Parcel data are supplied by counties to MnGeo, who in turn share that with MDE.) The results are overall increased accuracy, but also increased complexity. Conversations with county GIS coordinators and auditors are ongoing with respect to the complex situations reflected within county parcel data, and whether or not these are accurate representations of school district boundaries. Since school year 2021, many "islands" or other unusual situations have been eliminated or simplified as a result of those conversations.

This file is not intended to represent the "true" boundaries with respect to taxation, but as generalized boundaries focused on ensuring accurate representation in residential areas. As a result, starting in 2021, boundaries have been simplified by removing complex situations in non-residential areas, such as transportation Right-of-Way (ROW), publicly-owned land, tax exempt land, or water. This simplification work is expected to continue each year.

This data is now also available in CSV format. OBJECTID and Shape columns have been removed from that format.

This file represents the boundaries of all public school districts in the state of Minnesota for school year 2005-2006. Minnesota school districts identify their current elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries on a yearly basis using large format maps supplied by the Land Management Information Center (LMIC). This file is maintained at LMIC but is also supplied to the State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission GIS Office. The LCC keeps the 'official' school district information for the State of Minnesota. This school district file was dissolved from a file containing both the school district and attendance boundaries to produce just school district boundaries.

This layer feeds the 2022 Congressional Districts summary results in the redistricting map: Congressional Districts Minnesota https://gis-olmsted.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=38e96a1d768d489e8d184f70fe1dbe61

This edition of the Congressional District Atlas contains maps and tables for the 105th Congress of the United States. The maps show the boundaries of each congressional district. Tables listing the jurisdictions that are completely or partially within each congressional district are included. For states with only one congressional district, a state map is included but there is no table. The maps and tables are designed for page size (8 1/2 x 11) printed output. Although the map images use co lor for enhanced viewing, the design allows for acceptable black and white desktop printing. For more information, see the sections on Maps and Tables. Background: 103rd and 104th Congress Following the 1990 decennial census, most states redistricted for the 103rd Congress based upon the apportionment of the seats for the U.S. House of Representatives and the most recent decennial census data. For the 104th Congress, six states redistricted or through court action had either plans revised or redrawn. These states were Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, South Carolina and Virginia. The 104th Congress began January 1995 and continued through the beginning of January 1997. 105th Congress The 105th Congress began January 5, 1997 and continues through the beginning of January 1999. For the 105th Congress, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas had new or revised congressional district plans. The Census Bureau retabulated demographic data from the 1990 census to accommodate any congressional district boundary changes from the previous Congress. This data is available on a separate CD-ROM from the Census Bureau Customer Service Branch (301) 457-4100. The 105th Congressional District Atlas CD-ROM provides maps showing the boundaries of the congressional districts of the 105th Congress. To meet the data needs for the 105th Congress, the Census Bureau designed this product on CD-ROM for all states. It contains maps and related entity tables in Adobe.

Note to Users: This CD is part of a collection located in the Data Archive of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection is located in Room 10, Manning Hall. Users may check the CDs out subscribing to the honor system. Items can be checked out for a period of two weeks. Loan forms are located adjacent to the collection.

The Surface Water Environmental Data Access map displays monitoring stations and waterbodies, from which links to monitoring data and assessments of water quality can be made. For example the following URL will take you to an assessment of Winnibigoshish: https://webapp.pca.state.mn.us/surface-water/impairment/11-0147-00ReST service documentation for developers

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) generates and publishes maps that show school district boundaries and approximate charter school locations throughout the state of Minnesota.
The maps on the site linked here are intended to give approximation of boundaries and locations and should not be used where legal or precise geographic placement is required. To obtain a district map,
visit the site, choose "District" within the "Category" pick list, then choose the District of interest in the following pick list. A list of "Available Files" will appear - click on the "PDF" link
under "Data Files" to download the latest PDF map of the district. The newest maps are optimized for printing at a size of 11x17.

Map of Voting Districts in Duluth, Minnesota. Map include State House and State Senate Districts, City Council Districts, Polling Stations and Precincts. This information was compiled after the 2020 census and includes all the redistricting that occured in 2021-2022.

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 layer file consists of three related datasets:
- Statutory boundary polygons of State Forests
- Lands managed by the Division of Forestry within the statutory boundaries, known as Management Units
- Lands managed by the Division of Forestry outside of the statutory boundaries, known as Other Forestry Lands

State Forests - Statutory Boundaries:
This theme shows the boundaries of those areas of Minnesota that have been legislatively designated as State Forests ( http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_forests/index.html )

Minnesota's 58 state forests were established to produce timber and other forest crops, provide outdoor recreation, protect watersheds, and perpetuate rare and distinctive species of native flora and fauna. The mapped boundaries are based on legislative/statutory language and are described in broad terms based on legal descriptions. Private or other ownerships included inside a State Forest boundary are typically NOT identified in legislative language and subsequently are NOT mapped in this layer. It is important to note that these data do not represent public ownership. State Forest boundaries often include private land and should not be used to determine ownership. Ownership information can be found in State Surface Interests Administered by MNDNR or by Counties ( https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/plan-stateland-dnrcounty ) and the GAP Stewardship 2008 layer ( http://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/plan-gap-stewardship-2008 ).

Data has been updated during 2009 by the MNDNR Forest Resource Assessment office.

State Forests - Management Units
This theme shows the land owned and managed by the Division of Forestry within the Statutory Boundaries. The shapes were derived mostly from county parcel data, where available, and from plat maps and other ownership resources. This data presents an approximate location of the land ownership and is intended for cartographic purposes only. It is not survey quality and should never be used to resolve land ownership disputes.

State Forests - Other Forest Lands
This theme shows State Forest lands outside of the State Forest Statutory Boundaries. It was derived from MNDNR's Land Records System PLS40 data layer. Sub-40 shapes are not represented. Partial PLS40 ownership is represented as a whole PLS40. This data is not survey quality and should never be used to resolve land ownership disputes.

This data set depicts watershed district and watershed management organization boundaries throughout the state of Minnesota.

Watershed districts are local units of government that work to solve and prevent water-related problems. The boundaries of the districts closely follow those of a natural watershed (an area in which all water drains to one point). Minnesota has 46 watershed districts, most of which are named after the primary lake or river within the watershed. Minnesota's watershed districts do not cover the entire state. They are created through a local petition process. Minnesota Statute Chapter 103D governs the formation and operation of watershed districts.

In 1982, the Minnesota Legislature approved the Metropolitan Area Surface Water Management Act (Minnesota Statutes 103B.201 to 255), which requires local units of government in the seven-county Metro Area to prepare and implement comprehensive surface water management plans through membership in a watershed management organization (WMO).A watershed management organization (WMO) is defined as a watershed district wholly within the seven-county, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area or a joint powers entity established wholly or partly in the metropolitan area by special law or agreement to perform some or all of the functions of a watershed district.

NOTES:
- MANY BOUNDARY DISCREPANCIES EXIST WITH THIS DATA SET. See Lineage in Section 2 of this metadata for more details.

This layer represents BWSR's most current information on watershed districts and WMOs in the State of MN. The dataset is NOT error free, and boundaries are frequently being updated and changed, so these should be used for reference only.

Water planning is either the responsibility of a watershed district or a water management org. If neither of these exist, then responsibility falls onto the county. For a more precise boundary determination, check with the appropriate local government unit.

This interactive web map allows Minnesota citizens to search for their voting precinct based on their address. Also displays their state and national political representatives based on thier address.

The following is excerpted from an online document produced by the U.S. Census Bureau pertaining to cartographic boundary files of congressional districts: "Congressional districts (CDs) are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states, based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing CDs for the purpose of electing representatives. Each CD is to be as equal in population to all other CDs in the state as practicable. The CDs in effect at the time of Census 2000 were those of the 106th Congress, whose session began in January 1999. The boundaries were identical to those reflected in the 107th CD boundary files. The CDs for the 103rd Congress (January 1993 to 1995) were the first to reflect redistricting based on the 1990 census. The 103rd CDs remained in effect through Census 2000, except where a state initiative or a court-ordered redistricting required a change. Six states redistricted for the 104th Congress (Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Virginia), five states redistricted for the 105th Congress (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas), and three states (New York, North Carolina, and Virginia) redistricted for the 106th Congress. In North Carolina the "1998 Congressional Plan A" was used for the 1998 congressional elections. It was created in response to a court ruling which held the 1997 plan, "97 House/Senate Plan A," unconstitutional. These boundaries are reflected in the 106th CD boundary files. The Supreme Court has since reversed that lower court ruling and the 1997 plan, "97 House/Senate Plan A," (reflected in the 107th CD boundary files) was used for the 2000 North Carolina congressional elections. The 108th Congress is the first to reflect reapportionment and redistricting based on Census 2000 data."

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

NOTES:
- The Metropolitan Council Districts were enacted on May 19, 2023, using plan MC2023-2.
- 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.
- Cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Edina, Maplewood and Woodbury have populations split into more than one Council District.
- The actual descriptions of Metropolitan Council District boundaries were taken from Minnesota Statutes 2022, 473.123 http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/473/123.html
- The 2023 plan files, details and components passed by the 2023 MN Legislature can be found at https://www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/redist2020/MetCouncil/mc2023_2/.
- For the map and data available from the Metropolitan Council, district boundaries were adjusted to conform to existing geography employed by the Metropolitan Council.
- Adjustments for district boundaries that fall on city/township boundaries are updated on a quarterly basis with data from counties.
- Met Council Districts are defined every 10 years.

This dataset consists of three related feature classes:

-- A point file of State Park, State Recreation Area, and State Wayside Area reference locations, individually positioned at large scale to represent a common destination within the park such as its entrance or visitor's center (dnr_management_units_prk_ref_pts).

-- Statutory boundary polygons of State Parks, State Recreation Areas, and State Wayside Areas (dnr_stat_plan_areas_prk). These features represent only the boundary of the management unit's formal legal description as defined in Statutory law and do not imply management or ownership of lands by the State inside the boundary.

-- Polygons of lands managed by the MNDNR Division of Parks and Trails within these statutory boundaries (dnr_management_units_prk).

The "Map Image Layer - Watershed Boundaries" is the Map Image Layer of Watershed Boundaries. It has been designed specifically for use in ArcGIS Online (and will not directly work in ArcMap or ArcPro). This data has been modified from the original source data to serve a specific business purpose. This data is for cartographic purposes only.The Watershed Boundaries Data Group contains the following layers: DNR Catchments (MnDNR)HUC 12 Boundaries (USGS)HUC 12 IWM Group Boundaries (MPCA)HUC 10 Boundaries (USGS)HUC 8 Boundaries (USGS): HUC 8s represent part or all of a surface drainage basin, a combination of drainage basins, or a distinct hydrologic feature. There are 80 HUC 2s in Minnesota. (i.e. Zumbro (07040004))HUC 6 Boundaries (USGS): HUC 6s are areas which divide the subregions into more than 350 hydrologic accounting units. Minnesota has 17 of the nations hydrologic accounting units: Northwestern Lake Superior (040101), St. Louis (040102), Southwestern Lake Superior (040103), Mississippi Headwaters (070101), Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum (070102), Minnesota (070200), St. Croix (070300), Upper Mississippi-Black-Root (070400), Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum (070600), Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon (070801), Iowa (070802), Des Moines (071000), Upper Red (090201), Lower Red (090203), Rainy (090300), Big Sioux (101702), Missouri-Little Sioux (102300).HUC 4 Boundaries (USGS): HUC 4s are geographic subregions which are drained by a river system, a reach of river and its tributaries in that reach, a closed basin, or a group of streams forming a coastal drainage areas. Minnesota has 12 of the nations 222 subregions: Western Lake Superior (0401), Mississippi Headwaters (0701), Minnesota (0702), St. Croix (0703), Upper Mississippi-Black-Root (0704), Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum (0706), Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon (0708), Des Moines (0710), Red (0902), Rainy (0903), Missouri-Big Sioux (1017), Missouri-Little Sioux (1023).HUC 2 Boundaries (USGS): HUC 2s are geographic regions which contain the drainage of a major river or a series of rivers. Minnesota has 4 of the nations 21 regions: Great Lakes (R04), Upper Mississippi (R07), Souris-Red-Rainy (R09), and Missouri (R10).These datasets have not been optimized for fast display (but rather they maintain their original shape/precision), therefore it is recommend that filtering is used to show only the features of interest. For more information about using filters please see "Work with map layers: Apply Filters": https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/apply-filters.htmFor additional information about the Watershed Boundary Dataset please see:United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294: https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp2294/Hydrologic Units, The National Atlas of the United State of America: https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/hydrologic_units/pdf/hydrologic_units.pdfNational Hydrography Dataset, Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset

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.

This file represents the boundaries of all public school attendance areas in the state of Minnesota for school year 2024-25. Attendance areas attempt to represent the detailed breakdowns that determine where students attend elementary, middle, and high schools. These areas are unique to each public school system. The "dissolved" school district boundaries, without attendance area breakdowns, are available in a separate resource. For many districts that operate only a few schools, attendance area breakdowns are not used or defined; in those cases, attendance areas are equivalent to district boundaries.

Each year Minnesota public school systems are asked to report any changes to their elementary, middle and high school attendance area boundaries. This file was developed from this annual information. Users should be aware that reporting compliance is not mandatory, so the information included is only as accurate as provided by those independent, common, and special school districts. Actual decisions on where students attend which schools is entirely decided by the districts, and changes are not always reported to MDE.

Please also see accuracy notes in the school district boundary dataset, many of which also apply to this layer.

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