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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MNDA_PESTICIDE >  MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-065

ROOT RIVER AT BRIDGE ON MN-26 3 MI EAST OF HOKAH (MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-065) 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 Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Pesticide Monitoring (identifier MNDA_PESTICIDE), has the name "ROOT RIVER AT BRIDGE ON MN-26 3 MI EAST OF HOKAH" and has the identifier MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-065. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07040008.

This site is located in Houston County County, Minnesota at 43.7768400000 degrees latitude and -91.2979300000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-065" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Organics, Other 1992 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 1993
*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 MNDA_PESTICIDE
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Pesticide Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-065
MonitoringLocationName ROOT RIVER AT BRIDGE ON MN-26 3 MI EAST OF HOKAH
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ROOT RIVER AT THE BRIDGE ON MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 26, 3 MILES EAST OF HOKAH, MINNESOTA; LOWER PORTION UPPER MISS BASIN. T104N/R4W/S27. HOUSTON COUNTY. SAMPLED MONTHLY BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR ROUTINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING. PERIOD SAMPLED: 1958-59, 1967-100177, 100178-PRESENT. MAJOR BASIN NAME: UPPER MISS. BASIN CODE: 070606. MINOR BASIN NAME: LOWER PORTION UPPER MISS.
HUCEightDigitCode 07040008
LatitudeMeasure 43.7768400000
LongitudeMeasure -91.2979300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET