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MINNESOTA R AT MCES SITE OFF THE SE END OF RUNWAY 12L/30R (MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-310) 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 "MINNESOTA R AT MCES SITE OFF THE SE END OF RUNWAY 12L/30R" and has the identifier MNDA_PESTICIDE-S000-310. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020012.

This site is located in Hennepin County County, Minnesota at 44.8698000000 degrees latitude and -93.1931400000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-S000-310" 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

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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-S000-310
MonitoringLocationName MINNESOTA R AT MCES SITE OFF THE SE END OF RUNWAY 12L/30R
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText MINNESOTA RIVER AT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MONITORING SITE OFF THE SOUTHEAST END OF RUNWAY 12L/30R. 8/7/08: STATION DESCRIPTION CHANGED BECAUSE LANDING LIGHT BRIDGE IS OBSOLETE. THE BRIDGE WAS REMOVED IN EITHER 2004 OR 2005. DESCRIPTION DID READ: MINNESOTA RIVER BANK SAMPLE UNDER THE LANDING LIGHTS AT FORT SNELLING STATE PARK ONE MILE SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN. T28N/R23W/S32. HENNEPIN COUNTY. SAMPLED MONTHLY BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR ROUTINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING. PERIOD SAMPLED: 100180-PRESENT. FISH WERE COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. FILLET AND WHOLE FISH SAMPLES WERE PREPARED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. SELECTED TOXIC RESIDUES WERE MEASURED IN THE FISH TISSUE BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AS PART OF THE MINNESOTA R ASSESSMENT PROJECT, 1988-1992, THIS SITE WAS SAMPLED FOR WATER CHEMISTRY AND SEDIMENT ASSESSMENTS. MAJOR BASIN NAME: UPPER MISS. BASIN CODE: 070407. MINOR BASIN NAME: MINNESOTA RIVER. COORDINATE CHECKED USING GIS SOFTWARE AUGUST, 2001; COULD NOT VERIFY LOCATION.
HUCEightDigitCode 07020012
LatitudeMeasure 44.8698000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.1931400000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET