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Straight River upstream of CR 45 (N Main St), in Medford (MNPCA_BIO-S011-812) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring (identifier MNPCA_BIO), has the name "Straight River upstream of CR 45 (N Main St), in Medford" and has the identifier MNPCA_BIO-S011-812. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07040002.

This site is located in Steele County County, Minnesota at 44.1769100000 degrees latitude and -93.2503700000 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_BIO-S011-812" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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 2011 - 2011
Physical 2011 - 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_BIO
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Biological Monitoring
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MNPCA_BIO-S011-812
MonitoringLocationName Straight River upstream of CR 45 (N Main St), in Medford
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07040002
LatitudeMeasure 44.1769100000
LongitudeMeasure -93.2503700000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 147
ProviderName STORET