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REDWOOD RIVER NEAR MARSHALL, MN (USGS-05315000) 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 "REDWOOD RIVER NEAR MARSHALL, MN" and has the identifier USGS-05315000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 259 sq mi.

This site is located in Lyon County County, Minnesota at 44.43016667000000 degrees latitude and -95.8295556000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 1173.84 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is 0.1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05315000" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2007 - 2007
Biological, Fish 2007 - 2007
Information 1967 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1967 - 1967
Nutrient 1967 - 2007
Organics, Other 2007 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 2007 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2007
Physical 1967 - 2017
Sediment 1968 - 2017
*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 USGS-MN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05315000
MonitoringLocationName REDWOOD RIVER NEAR MARSHALL, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07020006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 259
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 44.43016667000000
LongitudeMeasure -95.8295556000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1173.84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 083
ProviderName NWIS