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SUPERIOR (MNPCA-16-0001-00-N005) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This great lake site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "SUPERIOR" and has the identifier MNPCA-16-0001-00-N005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04020300.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 46.7233330000 degrees latitude and -92.0244440000 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 "MNPCA-16-0001-00-N005" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1975
Information 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1975
Microbiological 1974 - 1975
Not Assigned 1974 - 1975
Nutrient 1974 - 1975
Physical 1974 - 1975
Radiochemical 1974 - 1975
*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 MNPCA
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA-16-0001-00-N005
MonitoringLocationName SUPERIOR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ABOVE MINNESOTA POINT. BASIN CODE: 222306.
HUCEightDigitCode 04020300
LatitudeMeasure 46.7233330000
LongitudeMeasure -92.0244440000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET