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VALLEY BRANCH NEAR AFTON, MN - STATION 0 (USGS-05341761) 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 "VALLEY BRANCH NEAR AFTON, MN - STATION 0" and has the identifier USGS-05341761. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07030005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 12.5 sq mi.

This site is located in Washington County County, Minnesota at 44.91888889000000 degrees latitude and -92.7972222000000 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. This site is at an elevation of 711 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is 999 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05341761" 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*
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 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-05341761
MonitoringLocationName VALLEY BRANCH NEAR AFTON, MN - STATION 0
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07030005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 12.5
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 44.91888889000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.7972222000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 711
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 999
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 163
ProviderName NWIS