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Hay Ck Inlet at Upper Hay Lake, at mouth of Hay Creek on NW side of Upper Hay Lake (downstream of S005-472), 3 mi NE of Pequot Lakes, MN. (MNPCA-S014-901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Ambient Surface Water (identifier MNPCA), has the name "Hay Ck Inlet at Upper Hay Lake, at mouth of Hay Creek on NW side of Upper Hay Lake (downstream of S005-472), 3 mi NE of Pequot Lakes, MN." and has the identifier MNPCA-S014-901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010105.

This site is located in Crow Wing County County, Minnesota at 46.6500310000 degrees latitude and -94.3084120000 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-S014-901" 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*
Nutrient 2012 - 2024
Physical 2012 - 2024
*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-S014-901
MonitoringLocationName Hay Ck Inlet at Upper Hay Lake, at mouth of Hay Creek on NW side of Upper Hay Lake (downstream of S005-472), 3 mi NE of Pequot Lakes, MN.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
HUCEightDigitCode 07010105
LatitudeMeasure 46.6500310000
LongitudeMeasure -94.3084120000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET