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TAMARAC RIVER AT STEPHEN, MN (USGS-05091000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MN), has the name "TAMARAC RIVER AT STEPHEN, MN" and has the identifier USGS-05091000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020311. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 254.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Marshall County County, Minnesota at 48.44942385000000 degrees latitude and -96.8897845000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05091000" 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 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 1993
Nutrient 1993 - 1993
Organics, Other 1993 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 1993
Physical 1993 - 1993
Sediment 1993 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05091000
MonitoringLocationName TAMARAC RIVER AT STEPHEN, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 09020311
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 254.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 48.44942385000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.8897845000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 089
ProviderName NWIS