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Cedar R Snapshot (Site MN04 - Austin, MN) (IASNAPST-899009) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots (identifier IASNAPST), has the name "Cedar R Snapshot (Site MN04 - Austin, MN)" and has the identifier IASNAPST-899009. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080201.

This site is located in Mower County County, Minnesota at 43.6286636 degrees latitude and -92.9741671 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "IASNAPST-899009" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2006
Microbiological 2001 - 2007
Nutrient 2001 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2007
*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 IASNAPST
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IASNAPST-899009
MonitoringLocationName Cedar R Snapshot (Site MN04 - Austin, MN)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080201
LatitudeMeasure 43.6286636
LongitudeMeasure -92.9741671
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET