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3 data types available - data from 1993-10-01 to 2026-08-04

3 data types available - data from 1909-07-01 to 2026-08-02

2 data types available - data from 1947-07-08 to 2026-07-15

258 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1960-10-03 to 2020-05-18

553 Sampling activities

3 data types available - data from 1909-07-01 to 2026-08-02

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Cottonwood River near New Ulm

Cottonwood River near New Ulm, MN UPSTREAM side

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	05317000	n/a
Location name	COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR NEW ULM, MN	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	44.289217	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-94.439427	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Minnesota	27
State	Minnesota	27
County	Brown County	015
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	820 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	1.6 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Cottonwood	07020008
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	1300 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	CST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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