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MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR FAIRFAX, MN (USGS-05316685) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR FAIRFAX, MN" and has the identifier USGS-05316685. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020007. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Nicollet County County, Minnesota at 44.43357310000000 degrees latitude and -94.7172079000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05316685" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1989 - 1991
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1989 - 1991
Information 1990 - 1990
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1989 - 1991
Microbiological 1989 - 1990
Nutrient 1989 - 1991
Organics, Other 1989 - 1991
Organics, Pesticide 1990 - 1990
Physical 1989 - 1991
Sediment 1989 - 1991
*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-05316685
MonitoringLocationName MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR FAIRFAX, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07020007
LatitudeMeasure 44.43357310000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.7172079000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 103
ProviderName NWIS