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LITTLE ELK R AT T130N/R30W/S10/SEQ/SEQ NR RANDAL (MNPCA-S000-413) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "LITTLE ELK R AT T130N/R30W/S10/SEQ/SEQ NR RANDAL" and has the identifier MNPCA-S000-413. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010104.

This site is located in Morrison County County, Minnesota at 46.0808330000 degrees latitude and -94.4338610000 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-S000-413" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1977 - 1987
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1977 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1977 - 1977
Microbiological 1977 - 1977
Not Assigned 1977 - 1977
Nutrient 1977 - 1987
Physical 1977 - 1987
*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-S000-413
MonitoringLocationName LITTLE ELK R AT T130N/R30W/S10/SEQ/SEQ NR RANDAL
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LITTLE ELK RIVER AT WALK-IN SITE OFF OF MN-115 IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 10 (T130N/R30W). THE SITE IS 2.5 MILES EAST OF RANDALL, MINNESOTA; UPPER PORTION UPPER MISS BASIN. T130N/R30W/S10. MORRISON COUNTY. WATER QUALITY SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR AN ADVANCED TREATMENT SURVEY AT RANDALL. THE SITE IS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. MAJOR BASIN NAME: UPPER MISS. BASIN CODE: 070308. MINOR BASIN NAME: UPPER PORTION UPPER MISS.
HUCEightDigitCode 07010104
LatitudeMeasure 46.0808330000
LongitudeMeasure -94.4338610000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET