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WHITE EARTH R AT 260TH ST (TWP RD 108), 3.2 MI SE OF MAHNOMEN (MNPCA-S006-201) 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 "WHITE EARTH R AT 260TH ST (TWP RD 108), 3.2 MI SE OF MAHNOMEN" and has the identifier MNPCA-S006-201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020108.

This site is located in Mahnomen County County, Minnesota at 47.2673400000 degrees latitude and -95.9074900000 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-S006-201" 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 2010 - 2011
Information 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Microbiological 2010 - 2011
Not Assigned 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2010 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2011
*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-S006-201
MonitoringLocationName WHITE EARTH R AT 260TH ST (TWP RD 108), 3.2 MI SE OF MAHNOMEN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText WHITE EARTH RIVER AT 260TH STREET (TOWNSHIP ROAD 108), 3.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAHNOMEN, MINNESOTA. SAMPLING CENTER OF RIVER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD. T144N/R41W/S29
HUCEightDigitCode 09020108
LatitudeMeasure 47.2673400000
LongitudeMeasure -95.9074900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET