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RAINY R, 6 MI DOWNSTREAM OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN (MNPCA_BIO-S008-379) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring (identifier MNPCA_BIO), has the name "RAINY R, 6 MI DOWNSTREAM OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S008-379. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030008.

This site is located in Koochiching County County, Minnesota at 48.5336400000 degrees latitude and -93.5235500000 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-S008-379" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2021 - 2021
*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_BIO
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA_BIO-S008-379
MonitoringLocationName RAINY R, 6 MI DOWNSTREAM OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
HUCEightDigitCode 09030008
LatitudeMeasure 48.5336400000
LongitudeMeasure -93.5235500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET