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BIRCH (MNPCA-69-0003-00-202) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "BIRCH" and has the identifier MNPCA-69-0003-00-202. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09030001.

This site is located in St. Louis County County, Minnesota at 47.7241480000 degrees latitude and -91.8824080000 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-69-0003-00-202" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2009 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Physical 2009 - 2013
*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-69-0003-00-202
MonitoringLocationName BIRCH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 2 MI E OF BABBITT. SAMPLED FOR THE MINNESOTA COPPER-NICKEL STUDY. SAMPLES COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY AND ANALYZED BY U.S.G.S. FROM MARCH 1976 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1976. THAT DATA IS DUPLICATED UNDER AGENCY CODE 112WRD. BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 1976, THE DATA WAS ANALYZED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. FISH WERE COLLECTED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY TOXICS MONITORING PROGRAM IN 1986. TISSUE SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AREA: 3086.9 HECTARE M. BASIN CODE: 230272.
HUCEightDigitCode 09030001
LatitudeMeasure 47.7241480000
LongitudeMeasure -91.8824080000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 137
ProviderName STORET