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WL16-W2 149N44W05CCAACA01 restore NW water (USGS-474456096193701) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This wetland site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "WL16-W2 149N44W05CCAACA01 restore NW water" and has the identifier USGS-474456096193701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020303. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Polk County County, Minnesota at 47.74875278000000 degrees latitude and -96.3268750000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1079.09 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is .07 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-474456096193701" 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 2009 - 2009
Biological, Fish 2009 - 2009
Information 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-474456096193701
MonitoringLocationName WL16-W2 149N44W05CCAACA01 restore NW water
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland
HUCEightDigitCode 09020303
LatitudeMeasure 47.74875278000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.3268750000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1079.09
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .07
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 119
ProviderName NWIS