Maps
Products include maps and interpretive reports of geology, groundwater, pollution sensitivity, and special studies. Many provide separate GIS files and water chemistry information.
![]() | County Atlas (CGA)County by county geologic and groundwater information. Part A: Geologic studies include surficial deposits and bedrock. Part B: Groundwater studies include flow systems, aquifers, groundwater chemistry, and sensitivity to pollution. Early atlases were not split into two parts. |
![]() | Minnesota Hydrogeology Atlas (MHA)Extends maps, reports, and data originally published in the CGA program to new statewide coverage. |
![]() | Regional Hydrogeologic Assessment (RHA)Larger areas (typically 4-9 counties) covered in less detail than a County Geologic Atlas. These older assessments will be replaced by the County Geologic Atlases as they are completed. |
Definitions, Minnesota Spring Inventory, Springshed Mapping, Dye Trace Reports, Karst report and KFD information |
Special Studies
- Groundwater Provinces:
Summary of aquifer and groundwater resource differences at the regional level. - Groundwater and the Mt. Simon Aquifer:
- Video: Part 1 and Part 2
A primer on groundwater and an explanation of the results of a study of groundwater usage in a major water supply aquifer that serves the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and southeastern Minnesota. - Report: Phase 1 and Phase 2
South-Central Minnesota Groundwater Monitoring of the Mt. Simon Aquifer.
- Video: Part 1 and Part 2
- Buried Sand and Gravel Aquifers of the Breckenridge/Wahpeton Area, Minnesota and North Dakota (2012)
- Hydraulic Impacts of Quarries and Gravel Pits (2005)
- Hydrogeology of the Rock River watershed, Minnesota and associated off-channel habitats of the Topeka shiner
- Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining in the Felton Prairie Fen Area on Down Gradient Calcareous Fens (2002)
- Ground Water Hydrology of Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota (1983)
- Shallow Buried Aquifers of Murray County (January 2002)
- Ground Water in Alluvial Channel Deposits - Nobles County, Minnesota (Bulletin No. 14, September 1960)
- Ground Water Hydrology of Swift County, Minnesota (1980)