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MOOSE R AT US-169, 7.5 MI S OF HILL CITY, MN (MNPCA-S004-408) 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 "MOOSE R AT US-169, 7.5 MI S OF HILL CITY, MN" and has the identifier MNPCA-S004-408. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010103.

This site is located in Aitkin County County, Minnesota at 46.8818600000 degrees latitude and -93.6139000000 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-S004-408" 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 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2015
Microbiological 2007 - 2016
Nutrient 2007 - 2015
Physical 2007 - 2019
*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-S004-408
MonitoringLocationName MOOSE R AT US-169, 7.5 MI S OF HILL CITY, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText MOOSE RIVER AT U.S. NUMBERED STATE HIGHWAY 169 AT EAST SIDE AT CULVERT. SITE IS 7.5 MILES SOUTH OF HILL CITY, MINNESOTA. T51N/R26W/S26.
HUCEightDigitCode 07010103
LatitudeMeasure 46.8818600000
LongitudeMeasure -93.6139000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET