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Trib. to Lime Creek (Winnebago River) upstream of CSAH 4 (State Line Rd), 1 mi. SW of Emmons (MNPCA_BIO-S012-974) 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 Lime Creek (Winnebago River) upstream of CSAH 4 (State Line Rd), 1 mi. SW of Emmons" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S012-974. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080203.

This site is located in Freeborn County County, Minnesota at 43.5004570000 degrees latitude and -93.5118840000 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-S012-974" 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 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
*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-S012-974
MonitoringLocationName Trib. to Lime Creek (Winnebago River) upstream of CSAH 4 (State Line Rd), 1 mi. SW of Emmons
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080203
LatitudeMeasure 43.5004570000
LongitudeMeasure -93.5118840000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET