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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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Mississippi River next to Spring Lake (11NPSWRD_WQX-MISS_UM822) 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 National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Mississippi River next to Spring Lake" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MISS_UM822. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010206.

This site is located in Dakota County County, Minnesota at 44.7665030000 degrees latitude and -92.9586000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 690 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-MISS_UM822" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2012
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2008 - 2008
Information 2006 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2012
Not Assigned 2008 - 2012
Nutrient 2006 - 2012
Organics, Other 2006 - 2012
Physical 2006 - 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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MISS_UM822
MonitoringLocationName Mississippi River next to Spring Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is located in the main channel next to Spring Lake. It is approximately 22 degrees to the rusty garbage on the island and 198 degrees to mile marker 821.1.
HUCEightDigitCode 07010206
LatitudeMeasure 44.7665030000
LongitudeMeasure -92.9586000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 690
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET