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Belle Creek downstream of CSAH 22(170th St), 4 mi. N of Cosmos (MNPCA_BIO-S012-181) 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 "Belle Creek downstream of CSAH 22(170th St), 4 mi. N of Cosmos" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S012-181. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010205.

This site is located in Meeker County County, Minnesota at 44.9930900000 degrees latitude and -94.6902400000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-S012-181" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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-S012-181
MonitoringLocationName Belle Creek downstream of CSAH 22(170th St), 4 mi. N of Cosmos
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07010205
LatitudeMeasure 44.9930900000
LongitudeMeasure -94.6902400000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 093
ProviderName STORET