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RICE RIVER AT COUNTY ROAD 254 / FARM CAMP ROAD, 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGFORK, MINNESOTA. T60N / R26W / S21 (MNPCA-S006-208) 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 "RICE RIVER AT COUNTY ROAD 254 / FARM CAMP ROAD, 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGFORK, MINNESOTA. T60N / R26W / S21" and has the identifier MNPCA-S006-208. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030006.

This site is located in Itasca County County, Minnesota at 47.6743500000 degrees latitude and -93.6547900000 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-S006-208" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Information 2011 - 2011
Microbiological 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 2011
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MNPCA
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA-S006-208
MonitoringLocationName RICE RIVER AT COUNTY ROAD 254 / FARM CAMP ROAD, 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGFORK, MINNESOTA. T60N / R26W / S21
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText RICE RIVER AT COUNTY ROAD 254 / FARM CAMP ROAD, 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGFORK, MINNESOTA. T60N / R26W / S. FROM BIGFORK HEAD SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 38 FOR 5.2 MILES, TAKE LEFT ON COUNTY ROAD 254 (FARM CAMP ROAD) GO 1 MILES TO RICE RIVER BRIDGE.
HUCEightDigitCode 09030006
LatitudeMeasure 47.6743500000
LongitudeMeasure -93.6547900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET