Polygon Attributes: 
WSHD_LEV08PY3_METRO_MINOR.DBF NOTE: THIS FILE CONTAINS ALL OF THE  
ATTRIBUTES OF THE ORIGINAL DNR CATCHMENT FILE AS FOLLOWS:) 
 
DOWGAGEID:  DNR Gage Ids. Values = Gage IDs. 
 
NID_ID:     National Inventory Dam Ids. 
 
MAJOR:      Minnesota DNR Major Watershed ID numbers. 1-5, 7-44, 46-63, 65-84. 
            Note: Majors 6, 45, and 64 do not exist. 
 
MINOR5:     Minnesota DNR Minor Watershed ID number. The first  
            characters of this field are the same as the DNR Major  
            Watershed ID number. 
 
CATCH_ID:   Primary ID field. DNR Catchment IDs, same as HPOI_ID except  
            it is a string. 
 
DOWLKNUM:   Minnesota DNR Division of Waters unique lake and wetland  
            identification number for basins of Public Waters. 
 
HYDROID:    DNR CATCH_ID plus two digits. Created for Arc Hydro integration. 
 
LAKE_AC:    Recorded lake acres from Protected Waters dataset. 
 
DOWN_CAT:   DNR Catchment(CATCH_IDs) of adjacent downstream receiving  
            DNR Catchments. 
 
NEXTDOWNID: HYDROID of adjacent downstream receiving DNR Catchments.  
            Created for Arc Hydro Integration. 
 
UP_COUNT:   Total number of adjacent upstream contributing DNR Catchments. 
 
UPADJ_CAT:  List of adjacent upstream contributing DNR Catchments. 
 
CATCH_AC:   This field contains the spatial extent of individual DNR  
            Catchment polygons in ACRES as represented by each record. 
 
TOT_SHED_A: Total Acres of all upstream contributing DNR Catchment  
            polygon(s) to this individual polygon as represented by this  
            record. 
 
NCONTRB_A:  Not Available 
 
CONTRIB_A:  Not Available 
 
PW_AC:      Total of all acres of DNR Protected Waters contained within  
            the DNR Catchment represented by this record. 
 
NWI_AC:     Total of all acres of NWI polygons contained within the DNR  
            Catchment represented by this record. 
 
DCA_RATIO:  DNR DCA/Catchment to Lake area ratio. 
 
TOT_RATIO:  Standard watershed to lake basin ratio. 
 
LK_RATIO:   DNR Basin Watershed minus all PW polygon areas to lake basin ratio. 
 
STO_RATIO:  DNR Total Watershed storage to lake ratio. 
 
CONTB_RAT:  Not Available. 
 
HUC_2:      DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 1, 2 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
HUC_4:      DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 2, 4 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
HUC_6:      DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 3, 6 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
HUC_8:      DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 4, 8 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
HUC_10:     DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 5, 10 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
HUC_12:     DNR Hydrologic Unit Level 6, 12 digit Administrative Watershed. 
 
STATES:     Includes the names of all state(s) that the DNR Catchment 
            falls within. 
 
HU_10_DS:   10-digit code of the 5th level hydrologic unit that is  
            receiving the majority of the flow from the watershed that  
            the 6th level HU falls within. 
 
HU_10_NAME: A unique name for each 5th level hydrologic unit that  
            relates to the major water feature within the polygon or the  
            major water body it contributes to. 
 
HU_10_MOD:  Identifies modifications that modify natural overland that 
            alters the location of the HU boundary for a 10-digit  
            subwatershed. 
 
HU_10_TYPE: This field identifies the type of watershed. 
 
HU_12_DS:   12-digit code of the 5th level hydrologic unit that is  
            receiving the majority of the flow from the watershed that  
            the 6th level HU falls within. Outlets created by ditching  
            or other artificial drainage were not considered for this  
            field. 
 
HU_12_NAME: A unique name for each 6th level hydrologic unit that  
            relates to the major water feature within the polygon or the  
            major water body it contributes to. 
 
HU_12_MOD:  Identifies modifications that modify natural overland that  
            alters the location of the HU boundary for a 12-digit  
            subwatershed. 
 
HU_12_TYPE: This field identifies the type of watershed. 
 
HU_10_GNIS: GNIS Feature Identification Numbers for each feature in the  
            5th level hydrologic unit name separated by a space. 
 
HU_12_GNIS: GNIS Feature Identification Numbers for each feature in the  
            6th level hydrologic unit name separated by a space. 
 
HPOI_CLASS: Combination of digits representing types of HPOIs. 
            1 - Basin  
            2 - Sub-basin (bay)  
            3 - Dam  
            4 - Gage  
            5 - Minnesota DNR Minor Watershed  
            6 - Minnesota DNR Major Watershed  
            7 - 8 - 9 - Semi-permanent HPOI 
            Possible values, not limited to: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13,  
            14, 15, 16, 34, 35, 45, 99, 134, 135, 136, 345, 1345, 1346 etc. 
            E.g 135 = DNR Basin (1) and Dam (3) and DNR Minor Watershed  
            Outlet (5). 
 
HPOI_ID:    DNR Hydrologic Points Of Interest Ids. This unique  
            identification number is derived by adding two trailing  
            digits to the DNR MINOR5 ID.  Same as CATCH_ID, except it  
            this field is an integer. This is a ley field for Joins.  
            This field ties the unique ID to the DNR Pour Points. 
 
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL-ADDED ATTRIBUTES: 
 
ACRES:      Area in acres 
 
PRIMARY:    Name of primary watershed (label field for primary-level  
            watersheds) 
 
SECONDARY:  Name of secondary watershed (label field for secondary-level  
            watersheds) 
 
PRIM_CODE:  3-digit number code corresponding to primary, or major  
            grouping of secondary watersheds  
 
MAJ_CODE:   Unique 2-digit code for the major watershed  
 
SEC_CODE:   3-digit code corresponding to secondary watershed  
            classification, first digit of which represents the primary,  
            or major, classification  
 
MINOR:      Name of tertiary watershed 
 
SEC_TER:    Combined secondary and tertiary names for data processing 
 
TER_LABEL:  Label field for tertiary-level watersheds 
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Polygon Attributes: 
WSHD_LEV08PY3_METRO_TERTIARY.DBF 
 
TERTIARY:   Name of tertiary watershed (Note: names in parentheses are 
            minor drainage areas that have not been summarized  
            (dissolved) into tertiary groupings and for which there are  
            no values in the LABEL field) 
 
AREA:       Area in map units (square meters) 
 
ACRES:      Area in acres 
 
PRIMARY:    Name of primary watershed 
 
SECONDARY:  Name of secondary watershed 
 
PRIM_CODE:  3-digit number code corresponding to primary, or major  
            grouping of secondary watersheds  
   
MAJ_CODE:   Unique 2-digit code for the major watershed 
 
SEC_CODE:   3-digit code corresponding to secondary watershed  
            classification, first digit of which represents the primary,  
            or major, classification  
   
LABEL:      Label field 
____________________ 
 
Polygon Attributes: 
WSHD_LEV08PY3_METRO_SECONADRY.DBF 
 
SECONDARY:  Name of secondary watershed (also the label field) 
 
AREA:       Area in map units (square meters) 
 
ACRES:      Area in acres 
 
PRIMARY:    Name of primary watershed 
 
PRIM_CODE:  3-digit number code corresponding to primary, or major  
            grouping of secondary watersheds  
 
MAJ_CODE:   Unique 2-digit code for the major watershed 
 
SEC_CODE:   3-digit code corresponding to secondary watershed  
            classification, first digit of which represents the primary,  
            or major, classification  
____________________ 
 
Polygon Attributes: 
WSHD_LEV08PY3_METRO_PRIMARY.DBF 
 
PRIMARY:    Name of primary watershed (also the label field) 
 
AREA:       Area in map units (square meters) 
 
ACRES:      Area in acres 
 
PRIM_CODE:  3-digit number code corresponding to primary, or major  
            grouping of secondary watersheds  
   
MAJ_CODE:   Unique 2-digit code for the major watershed