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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 1989-08-22 1992-06-30
Information Water-quality 1989-08-22 2007-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2019-06-17 2019-10-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-08-22 1992-06-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2019-06-17 2019-10-07
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-08-22 1990-08-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-08-22 2007-05-01
Organics, other Water-quality 1989-08-22 1991-08-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1990-08-21 1990-08-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-08-22 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1989-08-22 2007-08-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2001-04-15 2023-04-20
n/a Site Visits 1989-08-22 2024-09-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05316580 is associated with a Stream in Redwood County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05316580 n/a
Site name
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MORTON, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 443246 n/a
DMS longitude 0945946 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.5460717 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.9963838 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Redwood County 127
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESE S36 T113N R35W n/a
Name of location map MORTON QUAD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 805.27 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07020007
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
8970 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