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SAND R AT US HWY 53 BRIDGE, 3 MI SW OF BRITT (MNPCA-S001-682) 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 "SAND R AT US HWY 53 BRIDGE, 3 MI SW OF BRITT" and has the identifier MNPCA-S001-682. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030002.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 47.6303060000 degrees latitude and -92.5563890000 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 "MNPCA-S001-682" 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.

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2002
Microbiological 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Organics, Other 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 2002
*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-S001-682
MonitoringLocationName SAND R AT US HWY 53 BRIDGE, 3 MI SW OF BRITT
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SAND RIVER AT UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 53 BRIDGE, 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRITT, 8 MILES NORTH OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA; T59N/R17W/S16, NLF ECOREGION. USGS STATION 05128400 AND NPDES/SDS SITE SW001(701) ALSO AT THIS LOCATION.
HUCEightDigitCode 09030002
LatitudeMeasure 47.6303060000
LongitudeMeasure -92.5563890000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET