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Pipestone Creek below Minnewassa Falls in Pipestone, MN (11NPSWRD_WQX-PIPE_3P_03) 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 "Pipestone Creek below Minnewassa Falls in Pipestone, MN" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PIPE_3P_03. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10170203.

This site is located in Pipestone County County, Minnesota at 44.0151111000 degrees latitude and -96.3217500000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1676 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-PIPE_3P_03" 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*
Information 2018 - 2019
Not Assigned 2018 - 2019
Organics, Other 2018 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2018 - 2019
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2018 - 2019
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PIPE_3P_03
MonitoringLocationName Pipestone Creek below Minnewassa Falls in Pipestone, MN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Pipestone Creek below Minnewassa Falls in Pipestone, MN. This site is approximately 100 meters downstream of the falls. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 0648242803 with a station name of Pipestone Cr blw Minnewassa Falls in Pipestone, MN. The elevation was determined by interpolation of digital elevation model (DEM).
HUCEightDigitCode 10170203
LatitudeMeasure 44.0151111000
LongitudeMeasure -96.3217500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1676
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 117
ProviderName STORET