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RUFFY BK AT CR67 4MI NO OF CLEARBROOK (MNPCA-S002-120) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "RUFFY BK AT CR67 4MI NO OF CLEARBROOK" and has the identifier MNPCA-S002-120. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020305.

This site is located in Clearwater County County, Minnesota at 47.7461000000 degrees latitude and -95.4131000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-S002-120" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1992 - 1993
Information 2011 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2004
Microbiological 1990 - 2016
Not Assigned 2006 - 2007
Nutrient 1984 - 2016
Organics, Other 2002 - 2002
Physical 1984 - 2023
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MNPCA
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA-S002-120
MonitoringLocationName RUFFY BK AT CR67 4MI NO OF CLEARBROOK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText RUFFY BROOK AT COUNTY ROAD 67, 4 MILES NORTH OF CLEARBROOK, MINNESOTA; RED R OF THE NORTH. T149N/R37W/S8. CLEARWATER SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AS PART OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER NONPOINT STUDY BEGINNING IN 1992. THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH A CLEANWATER PARTNERSHIP GRANT BY THE MPCA. SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE RED LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT. SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED BY THE RED LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT AND THE PENNINGTON SWCD, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON'S WATER QUALITY LABORATORY. THE MPCA DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP DETERMINED DURING THE MAY, 2004, LEGACY STORET MIGRATION THAT LEGACY AGENCY 21MINNS, STATION RLR007 IS CO-LOCATED WITH THIS STATION. ITS ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH FOLLOWS: RUFFY BROOK AT COUNTY ROAD 67, 4 MILES NORTH OF CLEARBROOK, MINNESOTA; RED R OF THE NORTH. T149N/R37W/S8. CLEARWATER. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AS PART OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER NONPOINT STUDY BEGINNING IN 1992. THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH A CLEANWATER PARTNERSHIP GRANT BY THE MPCA. SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY THE RED LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT. SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED BY THE RED LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT AND THE PENNINGTON SWCD, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON'S WATER QUALITY LABORATORY.
HUCEightDigitCode 09020305
LatitudeMeasure 47.7461000000
LongitudeMeasure -95.4131000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET