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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-10-26 1965-09-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-26 1965-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-26 1965-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-10-26 1965-09-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-10-26 1965-09-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-10-26 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05289000 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1961 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05289000 n/a
Site name
LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 445712 n/a
DMS longitude 0932914 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.9533333 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.4872222 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Hennepin County 053
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07010206
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20140905 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number MN-00111 n/a