Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MNPCA >  MNPCA-69-0003-00-203

BIRCH (MNPCA-69-0003-00-203) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "BIRCH" and has the identifier MNPCA-69-0003-00-203. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030001.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 47.7246000000 degrees latitude and -91.8763000000 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 "MNPCA-69-0003-00-203" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2011 - 2023
Information 2011 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2023
Nutrient 2011 - 2023
Organics, Other 2011 - 2013
Physical 2011 - 2023
*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 MNPCA
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA-69-0003-00-203
MonitoringLocationName BIRCH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 09030001
LatitudeMeasure 47.7246000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.8763000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET