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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1989-08-14 1992-06-30
Information Water-quality 1967-03-30 1993-07-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1963-10-29 1967-03-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1963-10-29 1993-07-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1963-10-29 1967-03-30
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-08-14 1990-08-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1963-10-29 1993-07-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1989-08-14 1991-08-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1990-08-14 1990-08-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1942-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1989-08-14 1992-06-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1943-04-04 2022-05-16
n/a Site Visits 1933-12-30 2024-09-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05301000 is associated with a Stream in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1933 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05301000 n/a
Site name
MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR LAC QUI PARLE, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 450117 n/a
DMS longitude 0955205 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.0213472 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.8683648 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Chippewa County 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNE S24 T118N R42W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 900.54 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07020004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
4050 square miles 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