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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT L&D 3 NEAR RED WING, MN (USGS-05344980) 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 "MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT L&D 3 NEAR RED WING, MN" and has the identifier USGS-05344980. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07040001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 46600 sq mi.

This site is located in Goodhue County County, Minnesota at 44.60996745000000 degrees latitude and -92.6101938000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05344980" 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
Information 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1969 - 1978
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1969 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1969 - 1981
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1969 - 1981
Microbiological 1969 - 1976
Nutrient 1969 - 1976
Organics, Other 1969 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 1978 - 2006
Organics, Pesticide 1978 - 2006
Physical 1969 - 2006
Radiochemical 1969 - 1980
Sediment 1973 - 1973
*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-05344980
MonitoringLocationName MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT L&D 3 NEAR RED WING, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07040001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 46600
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 44.60996745000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.6101938000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 049
ProviderName NWIS