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HWY-76 SE MN Age Dating HWY76 Spring (USGS-434120091323501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "HWY-76 SE MN Age Dating HWY76 Spring" and has the identifier USGS-434120091323501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07040008. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Houston County County, Minnesota at 43.68897220000000 degrees latitude and -91.5429722000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Reported." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 865 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 1.6 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Jordan Sandstone. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 20210518.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-434120091323501" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2021
Physical 2021 - 2021
Radiochemical 2021 - 2021
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-434120091323501
MonitoringLocationName HWY-76 SE MN Age Dating HWY76 Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 07040008
LatitudeMeasure 43.68897220000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.5429722000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Reported.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 865
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.6
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 055
AquiferName Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system
FormationTypeText Jordan Sandstone
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20210518
ProviderName NWIS