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COTTONWOOD R AT MN-15, 0.5 MI SE OF NEW ULM (MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-139) 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 "COTTONWOOD R AT MN-15, 0.5 MI SE OF NEW ULM" and has the identifier MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-139. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020008.

This site is located in Brown County County, Minnesota at 44.2825280000 degrees latitude and -94.4352500000 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-S000-139" 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

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MNDA_PESTICIDE
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Pesticide Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-139
MonitoringLocationName COTTONWOOD R AT MN-15, 0.5 MI SE OF NEW ULM
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText COTTONWOOD RIVER AT THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 15 BRIDGE, 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. BEFORE OCTOBER 1996, SAMPLES AT THIS SITE WERE TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT BANK AT AN OLD BRIDGE SITE ABOUT 1000 FEET DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 15 BRIDGE. MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN. T109N/R30W/S4. BROWN COUNTY. SAMPLED MONTHLY BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR ROUTINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING. PERIOD SAMPLED: 1967-093077, 100180-PRESENT. SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR A TOXICS SURVEY. MAJOR BASIN NAME: UPPER MISS. BASIN CODE: 070406. MINOR BASIN NAME: MINNESOTA RIVER.
HUCEightDigitCode 07020008
LatitudeMeasure 44.2825280000
LongitudeMeasure -94.4352500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET