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ST. LOUIS R 5.5 MI SE OF HOYT LAKES AT NFD BR (MNPCA_BIO-S000-631) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring (identifier MNPCA_BIO), has the name "ST. LOUIS R 5.5 MI SE OF HOYT LAKES AT NFD BR" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S000-631. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010201.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 47.4811390000 degrees latitude and -92.0399170000 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_BIO-S000-631" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Nutrient 2018 - 2020
Physical 1997 - 2020
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MNPCA_BIO
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA_BIO-S000-631
MonitoringLocationName ST. LOUIS R 5.5 MI SE OF HOYT LAKES AT NFD BR
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ST. LOUIS RIVER, NATIONAL FOREST DEVELOPMENT BRIDGE IN SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST, 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOYT LAKES, MINNESOTA; LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN. ST. LOUIS COUNTY. SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR A TOXIC SURVEY. WATER QUALITY SAMPLES AND FLOW DATA WERE ALSO COLLECTED AT THIS SAME LOCATION AS PART OF THE MINNESOTA COPPER-NICKEL STUDY. THAT DATA IS STORED UNDER AGENCY CODE 21MINNS, STATION NUMBER SL-2. MAJOR BASIN NAME: GREAT LAKES. BASIN CODE: 222306. MINOR BASIN NAME: LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MPCA DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP DETERMINED DURING THE MAY, 2004, LEGACY STORET MIGRATION THAT LEGACY AGENCY 21MINNS, STATION CN128 IS CO-LOCATED WITH THIS STATION. ITS ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH FOLLOWS: ST. LOUIS RIVER, ON NATIONAL FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROAD 133, IN T58N/R13W/S30, 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOYT LAKES, MINNESOTA; ST. LOUIS RIVER BASIN. ST. LOUIS COUNTY. SAMPLED FOR THE MINNESOTA COPPER-NICKEL STUDY. SAMPLES COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY AND ANALYZED BY U.S.G.S. FROM MARCH 1976 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1976. THAT DATA IS DUPLICATED UNDER AGENCY CODE 112WRD. BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 1976, THE DATA WAS ANALYZED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS STATION IS AT THE SAME LOCATION AS SEDIMENT STATION SL-121, AGENCY CODE 21MINN.
HUCEightDigitCode 04010201
LatitudeMeasure 47.4811390000
LongitudeMeasure -92.0399170000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET