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Aerial Photos (UMESC)

On occasion the Center will scan and register aerial photography for special projects. As these data sets are created they're also made available through Web site. For information on how to download these data and obtain a free viewer program or the required .dll files for your GIS program, activate the help button.

- 2000 Pool 8, georeferenced true color photo composite (12.8 MB z15n27 MrSid) (12.8 MB z15n83 MrSid)

- 1999 Pool 7 and 8, georeferenced true color photo composite (15.8 MB z15n27 MrSid) (15.8 MB z15n83 MrSid)

- 1999 Pool 7 and 8, color infrared high water photo composite (7.2 MB z15n27 MrSid) (7.2 MB z15n83 MrSid)

- 1994 Pool 8, georeferenced true color photo composite (12.3 MB z15n27 MrSid) (12.3 MB z15n83 MrSid)

- 1961 Lower Pool 8, georeferenced black and white photo composite (952 KB MrSid)
- 1954 Lower Pool 8, georeferenced black and white photo composite (1.2 MB MrSid)
- 1947 Lower Pool 8, georeferenced black and white photo composite (1.3 MB MrSid)

Aquatic Areas (UMESC)

The Aquatic Areas data sets were created to identify areas of similar aquatic habitats. These data are available as polygons and linears. The linear data set contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons (e.g., wing dams, rip rap). For additional information, access the help button.

- 1989 Aquatic Areas (1.4 MB UNIX) (1.5 MB NT) (2.1 MB z15n27 Shape) (2.1 MB z15n83 Shape)
- 1989 Linear Aquatic Areas (46 KB UNIX) (76 KB NT) (79 KB z15n27 Shape) (79 KB z15n83 Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.

Bathymetry (UMESC)

The Center collects bathymetric (i.e., water depth) data in selected portions of the Mississippi River. Information on how to access these data are available through the help button, and information on how these data are collected and processed are contained in the help pages.

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Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)

Digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQ) are georeferenced images of aerial photographs that have had camera orientation and terrain displacements removed.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for areas outside the Mississippi River floodplain, data sets made from photographs from a different year, or the uncompressed files, contact the EROS Data Center. Project status information, photography dates, and ordering information are available online.

Quadrangle Name	Northwest	Southwest	Northeast	Southeast
Brownsville - 24K quad	N/A	N/A	2.1 MB	2.1 MB
Genoa - 24K quad	2.4 MB	2.2 MB	N/A	N/A
Holmen - 24K quad	2.2 MB	2.2 MB	2.1 MB	2.4 MB
La Crescent - 24K quad	2.1 MB	2.1 MB	2.0 MB	2.0 MB
La Crosse - 24K quad	2.1 MB	2.1 MB	1.8 MB	N/A
Onalaska - 24K quad	2.2 MB	2.2 MB	2.2 MB	N/A
Reno - 24K quad	N/A	N/A	2.3 MB	2.2 MB
Stoddard - 24K quad	2.2 MB	2.6 MB	N/A	N/A
Composite Image	DOQ
Navigation Pool 8	27.9 MB		27.9 MB

Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)

Digital raster graphic (DRG) files are scanned and rectified images of USGS quadrangles.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for additional areas, the help button access information on which files are available through this Web site, the USGS National Mapping Center in Rolla, Missouri keeps a listing of sites that distribute DRG files through the Internet, and copies of the data can be ordered from the EROS Data Center (for a duplication and distribution fee).

Hydrology (UMESC)

These data were created from USGS - National Mapping Division hydrology data. The data were modified to display tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). If you require these data in their original format, contact the EROS Data Center. The files are available to download via. FTP, and regional CD-ROMs are also available.

- Tributaries - La Crosse 100K Quadrangle (481 KB)

Land Cover/Use

Since 1989 the Upper Midwest Environmental Center through its association with the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program has been creating land cover/use data sets for the Upper Mississippi River system. For background information on how these data sets were created and are attributed, activate the help buttons. A link to a freeware GIS data viewer that can read the Shape files is also available.

- 2002 Land Cover/Use (23.3 MB UNIX) (23.6 MB NT) (33 MB z15n27 Shape) (40.4 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 2000 Land Cover/Use (1.7 MB UNIX) (1.7 MB NT) (1.5 MB z15n27 Shape) (2.9 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 1998 Land Cover/Use (2.6 MB UNIX) (2.6 MB NT) (3.2 MB Shape)
- 1995 Root River LCU (356 KB UNIX) (390 KB NT) (375 KB Shape)
- 1995 Linear Root River LCU (12 KB UNIX) (42 KB NT) (40 KB Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.
- 1994 Land Cover/Use (3.4 MB UNIX) (3.8 MB NT) (2.9 MB Shape)
- 1991 Land Cover/Use(3.3 MB UNIX) (3.4 MB NT) (4.5 MB Shape)
- 1989 Land Cover/Use (4.9 MB UNIX) (5.0 MB NT) (5.5 MB z15n27 Shape) (5.6 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 1989 Linear Land Cover/Use (26 KB UNIX) (56 KB NT) (51 KB Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.
- 1989 Extended Land Cover/Use (6.6 MB UNIX) (6.7 MB NT) (7.6 MB Shape)
- 1989 Extended Linear Land Cover/Use (62 KB UNIX) (92 KB NT) (80 KB Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.
- 1989 Land Cover/Use - Satellite Data (777 KB UNIX) (826 KB NT) (461 KB Shape)
- 1975 Land Cover/Use (13.4 MB UNIX) (13.5 MB NT) (17.3 MB Shape)
- 1890's Land Cover/Use (291 KB UNIX) (975 KB NT) (1.1 MB Shape)

Land/Water (UMESC)

Land/water is one of the classification attributes in the land cover/use data sets created by UMESC from aerial photography. These data are redistributed here as shape files with the boundaries of the region's 1:24,000-scale USGS quadrangles added to the data. This has been done because individuals working with ArcView have reported numerous problems if they attempt to perform a dissolve on the land cover/use data to create a land/water only shape file. Most printers cannot process the detailed land/water boundaries unless some form of a break line or lines are added.

- 2002 Land/Water (9.8 MB z15n27 Shape) (11.6MB z15n83 Shape)
- 2000 Land/Water (1.2 MB z15n27 Shape) (1.5 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 1998 Land/Water (2.0 MB Shape)
- 1994 Land/Water (2.4 MB Shape)
- 1991 Land/Water (2.1 MB Shape)
1989 Land/Water (2.1 MB z15n27 Shape) (2.1 MB z15n83 Shape)

- 1975 Land/Water (6.8 MB z15n27 Shape) (6.9 MB z15n83 Shape)

Long Term Resource Monitoring Data

The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) is a joint program between the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Since 1989 the LTRMP has been collecting monitoring data within 6 study reaches on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. LTRMP monitoring data are available for the following topics.

• Fisheries
• Macroinvertebrates
• Vegetation
• Water Quality

Map Products (UMESC)

- 1890's Map Plates - Georeferenced Images of Maps Produced by the Mississippi River Commission (26.1 MB z15n27 MrSid) (26.1MB z15n83 MrSid)

Graphical images of wall maps and standardized report figures.

- 2000 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 315 KB Gif) (17 KB thumbnail)

- 1998 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 336 KB Gif) (17 KB thumbnail)
- 1994 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 359 KB Gif) (17 KB thumbnail)
- 1991 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 326 KB Gif) (17 KB thumbnail)

- 1989 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 322 KB Gif) (33 KB thumbnail)

- 1989 LCU Wall Map (100 dpi. 569 KB Gif) (1.9 MB GRA)
- 2000 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 406 KB Gif) (26 KB thumbnail)
- 1998 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 100 KB Gif) (11 KB thumbnail)
- 1995 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 72 KB Gif) (8 KB thumbnail)
- 1994 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 119 KB Gif) (10 KB thumbnail)
- 1991 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 125 KB Gif) (10 KB thumbnail)
- 1989 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 143 KB Gif) (12 KB thumbnail)
- 1989 Extended LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 201 KB Gif) (17 KB thumbnail)
- 1989 LCU - Satellite Data Report Figure (288 dpi. 92 KB Gif) (11 KB thumbnail)
- 1975 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 504 KB Gif) (35 KB thumbnail)
- 1890's LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 100 KB Gif) (11 KB thumbnail)
- Bathymetry Report Figure (288 dpi. 145 KB Gif) (13 KB thumbnail)

River Miles (UMESC and SAST)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers use a river mile measuring scheme to locate features on the Mississippi River. Two digital version of these data are available, one created by UMESC from stored on USGS quadrangles, and one created by the SAST project. The SAST data set differs from the UMESC data set in that some of the river mile markers were relocated by UMESC staff so they would fall within the navigation channel.

- UMESC River Miles (50 KB UNIX) (80 KB NT) (44 KB Shape)
- SAST River Miles (108 KB UNIX) (146 KB NT) (85 KB Shape)

SAST Data (SAST)

The Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST) project was created following the 1993 floods to collect and distribute data for the Upper Mississippi and Missouri river systems. Some of these data are redistributed through this web site as a service to program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. The data have been projected to UTM Zone 15, North American Datum 27 (NAD27), and the Clark 1866 elipsoid. Most of the Missouri River levee data are not included in these files. If you require levee data for the Missouri River basin or would like to access or learn about the other SAST data sets, refer to the SAST home page.

UMRS Basin

- 1993 Levees (359 KB Shape)

Transportation (USGS-National Mapping Division)

USGS's 1:100,000-scale transportation data for the Upper Mississippi River floodplain are being redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require these data as UNIX format files, data for additional areas, or want to make sure you have the most recent version of the data, contact the EROS Data Center. EROS makes these data available to download via the Internet.

- Miscellaneous Transportation - La Crosse 100K Quadrangle (20 KB)
- Railroads - La Crosse 100K Quadrangle (26 KB)
- Roads - La Crosse 100K Quadrangle (590 KB)

Boat Access Points

The U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) has created a series of maps for Mississippi River Navigation Pools 7 and 8 that show where the various boat landings and access points are located.

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Other

Other UMESC pages or Web sites that may contain links to data sets for this area are:

• Related Projects - State of Minnesota
• Related Projects - State of Wisconsin
• Minnesota Data Deli