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Trib. to Birch Creek upstream of CR 159, 2 mi. E of Denham (MNPCA_BIO-S010-362) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring (identifier MNPCA_BIO), has the name "Trib. to Birch Creek upstream of CR 159, 2 mi. E of Denham" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S010-362. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07030003.

This site is located in Pine County County, Minnesota at 46.3705610000 degrees latitude and -92.8956840000 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-S010-362" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
*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-S010-362
MonitoringLocationName Trib. to Birch Creek upstream of CR 159, 2 mi. E of Denham
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07030003
LatitudeMeasure 46.3705610000
LongitudeMeasure -92.8956840000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET