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GRINDSTONE R (UPSTREAM OF HINCKLEY WWTP OUTFALL L20051-1), JUST NO OF 1ST ST NE, 1 MI E OF HINCKLEY (MNPCA-S001-272) 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 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "GRINDSTONE R (UPSTREAM OF HINCKLEY WWTP OUTFALL L20051-1), JUST NO OF 1ST ST NE, 1 MI E OF HINCKLEY" and has the identifier MNPCA-S001-272. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07030003.

This site is located in Pine County County, Minnesota at 46.0186110000 degrees latitude and -92.9088890000 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-S001-272" 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*
Not Assigned 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2013 - 2013
Physical 1998 - 1998
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MNPCA
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA-S001-272
MonitoringLocationName GRINDSTONE R (UPSTREAM OF HINCKLEY WWTP OUTFALL L20051-1), JUST NO OF 1ST ST NE, 1 MI E OF HINCKLEY
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText GRINDSTONE RIVER JUST UPSTREAM OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY OUTFALL IN SECTION 19. THIS IS A WALK-IN SITE ACCESSED FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY BY DRIVING SOUTH ALONG THE POND DIKES AND WALKING THROUGH A FENCE GATE DOWN TO THE RIVER BANK NEAR THE OUTFALL. THE SITE IS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF THE CITY OF HINCKLEY, MINNESOTA. ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN. T41N/R20W/S19. PINE COUNTY. WATER QUALITY SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE MPCA AS PART OF AN INTENSIVE SURVEY TO DOCUMENT WATER QUALITY AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE HINCKLEY DISCHARGE ON THE GRINDSTONE. MAJOR BASIN NAME: UPPER MISS. BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME: ST CROIX RIVER.
HUCEightDigitCode 07030003
LatitudeMeasure 46.0186110000
LongitudeMeasure -92.9088890000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET