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Lake Benton, Lincoln County, MN, USA (NALMS-F639942) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the North American Lake Management Society (identifier NALMS), has the name "Lake Benton, Lincoln County, MN, USA" and has the identifier NALMS-F639942. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020006.

This site is located in Lincoln County County, Minnesota at 44.2970000000 degrees latitude and -96.2420000000 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 "NALMS-F639942" 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*
Information 1994 - 2001
Physical 1994 - 2001
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier NALMS
OrganizationFormalName North American Lake Management Society
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NALMS-F639942
MonitoringLocationName Lake Benton, Lincoln County, MN, USA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07020006
LatitudeMeasure 44.2970000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.2420000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET