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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT HWY 494, IN NEWPORT, MN (USGS-05331540) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT HWY 494, IN NEWPORT, MN" and has the identifier USGS-05331540. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010206. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Washington County County, Minnesota at 44.88274396000000 degrees latitude and -93.0157705000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05331540" 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.

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 2006 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1977 - 1979
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1977 - 1979
Biological, Fish 2006 - 2006
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1977 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1977 - 1981
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1977 - 1981
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 2006 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2006
Physical 1977 - 2006
*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-05331540
MonitoringLocationName MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT HWY 494, IN NEWPORT, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07010206
LatitudeMeasure 44.88274396000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.0157705000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 163
ProviderName NWIS