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Cyr Creek Near Marcoux Corners, MN (SW5) (USGS-05078520) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream: ditch site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "Cyr Creek Near Marcoux Corners, MN (SW5)" and has the identifier USGS-05078520. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020303. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 11.4 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 11.4 sq mi.

This site is located in Red Lake County County, Minnesota at 47.80361110000000 degrees latitude and -96.2766667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1051.22 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is .11 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

The well was contructed on 20020806.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05078520" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2011 - 2015
Biological, Fish 2011 - 2015
Information 2011 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2015
Nutrient 2002 - 2015
Organics, Other 2011 - 2015
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2004
Physical 2002 - 2015
Sediment 2002 - 2015
Stable Isotopes 2004 - 2004
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05078520
MonitoringLocationName Cyr Creek Near Marcoux Corners, MN (SW5)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream: Ditch
HUCEightDigitCode 09020303
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 11.4
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 11.4
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 47.80361110000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.2766667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1051.22
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .11
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 125
ConstructionDateText 20020806
ProviderName NWIS