Data Layers
Boundaries
Political Jurisdiction
Political Jurisdiction
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Municipalities
Credit River Township
Prior Lake
Sand Creek Township
Savage
Shakopee
Spring Lake Township
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Counties
County Boundaries
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Scott County Parcels (zoom in to load)
Scott County Parcels
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Hydrology
Hydrologic Boundary
Hydrologic Boundary
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
PLSLWD Named Lakes
PLSLWD Named Lakes
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
PLSLWD Named Wetlands
PLSLWD Named Wetlands
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Streams
Streams
Opacity
NWI
Freshwater Emergent Wetland
Freshwater Forested/Shrub Wetland
Opacity
PWI - Lakes
PWI - Lakes
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
PWI - Wetlands
PWI - Wetlands
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
PWI - Watercourse
PWI Watercourse (16.5ft and 50ft)
Opacity
Impaired Stream (2024)
Impaired Stream (2024)
Opacity
Impaired Lake (2024)
Impaired Lake (2024)
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Impaired Lake Partially Within Reservation (2024)
Impaired Lake Partially Within Reservation (2024)
Fill Opacity
Boundary Opacity
Soils
Soil Group (GSSURGO)
A
A/D
B
B/D
C
C/D
D
Opacity
Hydric Soil Group (GSSURGO)
Not Hydric
Predominatly Not Hydric
Partially Hydric
Predominantly Hydric
Hydric
Opacity
Elevation
1ft Contours
10ft
5ft
1ft
Opacity
Metadata
Source: MNGeo
Description: 1ft contours derived from the seamless 0.5m DEM 2nd generation LIDAR flown between 2021-2024.
Publication:
2024-01-01
Source: PLSLWD/Scott SWCD
Description: Conservation easements in PLSLWD.
Publication:
2024-10-01
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: This data was created to provide a standard county boundary layer to represent the state. It is intended for general reference only.
Publication: May 13, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/63d288e50e8f4ab5ad4cc5a752b690b4/about
Source: USDA
Description: SSURGO depicts information about the kinds and distribution of soils on the landscape. The soil map and data used in the SSURGO product were prepared by soil scientists as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The 202511 Gridded SSURGO dataset was created for use in national, regional, and state-wide resource planning and analysis of soils data. The dataset consists of soils data in raster, vector and attribute tables. The raster map layer data can be readily combined with other national, regional, and local raster layers, e.g., National Land Cover Database (NLCD), the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Crop Data Layer, or the National Elevation Dataset (NED).
The Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data set is a digital soil survey and generally is the most detailed level of soil geographic data developed by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. The information was prepared by digitizing maps, compiling information onto a planimetric correct base and digitizing, or by revising digitized maps using remotely sensed and other information. This data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are in a soil survey area extent format and include a detailed, field verified inventory of soils and miscellaneous areas that normally occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. A special soil features layer (point and line features) is optional. This layer displays the location of features too small to delineate at the mapping scale but large enough and contrasting enough to significantly influence use and management. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil Information System relational database, which gives the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.The Gridded SSURGO (gSSURGO) Database is derived from the SSURGO Database. The gridded map layer is offered in an ArcGIS file geodatabase which includes a rasterized version of the vector map unit polygons. Each cell and polygon is linked to a map unit identifier called the map unit key. The unique map unit key is used to link to raster cells and polygons to mapunit and muaggatt attribute tables.
Publication: 2026-01-12
More information: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data are intended to be used for planning, informational, and cartographic purposes related to surface water quality in Minnesota.
Publication: May 28, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/cf4baf3c439247b4b51aaefa62cd9f37/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data are intended to be used for planning, informational, and cartographic purposes related to surface water quality in Minnesota.
Publication: May 28, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/cf4baf3c439247b4b51aaefa62cd9f37/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data are intended to be used for planning, informational, and cartographic purposes related to surface water quality in Minnesota.
Publication: May 28, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/cf4baf3c439247b4b51aaefa62cd9f37/about
Source: EOR
Description: Lakes within the HVRA Zone.
Publication:
2022-03-01
Source: EOR
Description: Streams within the HVRA Zone.
Publication:
2022-03-01
Source: EOR
Description: The HVRA Regulation Zone Area. Last revised in spring of 2022
Publication:
2022-03-01
Source: EOR
Description: The hydrologic boundary for PLSLWD
Publication:
2018-08-01
Source: Minnesota Department of Transportation and Minnesota Geospatial Information Office (MnGeo)
Description: 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.
Publication: August 6, 2026
More information: https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/bdry-mn-city-township-unorg
Source: MN DNR
Description:
National Wetland Inventory (NWI) data for Minnesota provide information on the location, extent, and type of Minnesota wetlands. Natural resource managers use NWI data to improve the management, protection, and restoration of wetlands. Wetlands provide many ecological benefits including habitat for fish and wildlife, reducing floods, recharging, improving water quality, and supporting recreation.
These data were updated through a decade-long, multi-agency collaborative effort under leadership of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR). Major funding was provided by the Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund.
This is the first statewide update of the NWI for Minnesota since the original inventory in the mid-1980s. The work was completed in phases by dividing the state into five project areas. Those project areas have all been edgematched into a final seamless statewide dataset.
Ducks Unlimited (Ann Arbor, MI) and St. Mary’s University Geospatial Services (Winona, MN) conducted the wetland mapping and classification under contract to the MNDNR. The Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory at the University of Minnesota provided support for methods development and field validation. The DNR Resource Assessment Office provided additional support for data processing, field checking, and quality control review.
The updated NWI data delineate and classify wetlands according to the system developed by Cowardin et al. (1979), which is consistent with the original NWI. The updated data also contain a simplified plant community classification (SPCC) and a simplified hydrogeomorphic (HGM) classification. Quality assurance of the data included visual inspection, automated checks for attribute validity and topologic consistency, as well as a formal accuracy assessment based on an independent field verified data set. Further details on the methods employed can be found in the technical procedures document for this project located on the project website (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/wetlands/nwi_proj.html ).
Publication: 2019-05-23
More information: https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/water-nat-wetlands-inv-2009-2014
Source: EOR
Description: Prior Lake Outlet Channel
Source: EOR
Description: PLOC segment drainage boundaries. Last revised as part of the PLOC MOA Annual Certification.
Publication:
2025-01-31
Source: EOR
Description: PLOC direct drainage boundaries.
Publication:
2018-02-13
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: General planning purposes only.
Publication: May 13, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/099d61e5630a4d3d90f653ccc5f0db6b/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data were developed as an aid in making regulatory decisions regarding Public Waters Basins and Watercourses. State Shoreland Classifications are also included in the Public Waters Basins.
Publication: August 21, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/8159243e8b024922b3a2ea19b0c899dd/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data were developed as an aid in making regulatory decisions regarding Public Waters Basins and Watercourses. State Shoreland Classifications are also included in the Public Waters Basins.
Publication: August 21, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/8159243e8b024922b3a2ea19b0c899dd/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data were developed as an aid in making regulatory decisions regarding Public Waters Basins and Watercourses. State Shoreland Classifications are also included in the Public Waters Basins.
Publication: August 21, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/8159243e8b024922b3a2ea19b0c899dd/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data were developed as an aid in making regulatory decisions regarding Public Waters Basins and Watercourses. State Shoreland Classifications are also included in the Public Waters Basins.
Publication: August 21, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/8159243e8b024922b3a2ea19b0c899dd/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: These data were developed as an aid in making regulatory decisions regarding Public Waters Basins and Watercourses. State Shoreland Classifications are also included in the Public Waters Basins.
Publication: August 21, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/8159243e8b024922b3a2ea19b0c899dd/about
Source: Scott County
Description: Regional Ponds in Scott County
Publication:
2017-11-01
Source: Scott County GIS
Description: Scott County Parcels.
Publication: August 10, 2026
More information: https://open-data-scottcounty.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/ScottCounty::parcels/about
Source: Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
Description: To provide a comprehensive, statewide hydrography layer which serves as the base GIS layer for all DNR business needs, including mapping, analysis, reporting, statuatory responsibilities, etc. Examples of uses are regional hydrographic modeling/analysis, basemapping, limnological studies, and linkage to Fisheries data.
Publication: August 14, 2026
More information: https://gis.data.mn.gov/datasets/d26eb1d402e84c4db9a302d29f4fc1c9/about
Source: EOR
Description: Subwatersheds created from a refinement and recalibration of SWMM hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) model in 2020.
Publication:
2020-09-15
Source: EOR
Description: The shoreland buffer of 1000ft around HVRA Lakes. Updated with last Rules Revision in 2022
Publication:
2022-03-01
Source: EOR
Description: The shoreland buffer of 300ft around HVRA Streams. Updated with last Rules Revision in 2022
Publication:
2022-03-01
Source: EOR
Description: Wetlands within PLSLWD. Management classes as established from the 2012 CWP.
Publication:
2026-07-01
Source: EOR
Description: Wetlands developed for PLSLWD CWP 2012
Publication:
2012-04-01
Source: EOR
Description: MnRam wetlands for PLSLWD with the functional rating applied. Functions included were vegetative diversity/integrity, downstream water quality, maintenance of wetland water quality and maintenance of characteristic wildlife habitat structure. Developed as part of the CWP (2012)
Publication:
2012-04-01
Source: EOR
Description: MnRam wetlands for PLSLWD with the functional rating applied. Functions included were vegetative diversity/integrity, downstream water quality, maintenance of wetland water quality and maintenance of characteristic wildlife habitat structure. Developed as part of the CWP (2012)
Publication:
2012-04-01
Source: Prior Lake
Description: City of Prior Lake's wetland inventory MnRAM layer received in 2010 for the CWP.
Publication:
2010-01-01
Source: EOR
Description: Wetland inventory from 2010 for PLSLWD
Publication:
2010-01-01
Source: EOR
Description: MnRam wetlands for PLSLWD with the functional rating applied. Functions included were vegetative diversity/integrity, downstream water quality, maintenance of wetland water quality and maintenance of characteristic wildlife habitat structure. Developed as part of the CWP (2012)
Publication:
2012-04-01
Source: Prior Lake
Description: City of Prior Lake's wetland inventory MnRAM layer received in 2010 for the CWP.
Publication:
2010-01-01
Source: EOR
Description:
Restoration/replacement sites based upon inventories of historic and existing wetland resources, including identification of degraded wetlands, existing high-quality wetlands, and immediate and long-term resource needs; an analysis of the types and locations of replacement projects that will provide the desired wetland functions, benefit the watershed from a landscape perspective. Priority is given to naturally self-sustaining replacement that best achieves watershed goals and improves the ecological condition of the watershed.
Restoration sites were identified using a methodology for prioritizing and ranking wetland restoration sites for the Upper Watershed Volume Reduction Project.
Publication:
2012-04-01
User Guide
The purpose of this interactive map is to assist in reviewing Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District GIS layers
Sidebar:
- The tabs along the sidebar can be clicked on to show the Data Layers, Metadata and User Guide.
- You can open and close the sidebar by clicking on the tabs and arrow found in the header.
Data Layers Tab:
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- To turn on or add a layer click the checkbox. Layers are rendered in the order you turn them on. If you wish to display a layer above another click on it last.
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Metadata Tab:
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