| basin |
Minnesota DNR name associated with 4-digit HUC |
| county |
County name |
| ecoregion |
The ecoregion that the station is located in or flows through (some streams flow through more than one). |
| huc8 |
The 8-digit hydrological unit code for the water unit. |
| lat |
Latitude of monitoring station location |
| latStudyArea |
The latitude of the midpoint of the study area. |
| lon |
Longitude of monitoring station location |
| lonStudyArea |
The longitude of the midpoint of the study area. |
| maxLakeDepth |
Maximum depth of the whole lake. |
| monitoringYear |
The year the monitoring took place. |
| physAppearanceCount |
Number of physical appearance quality scores |
| physAppearanceMax |
Physical appearance maximum quality score |
| physAppearanceMean |
Physical appearance mean quality score |
| physAppearanceMin |
Physical appearance minimum quality score |
| recSuitCount |
Number of recreational suitability quality scores |
| recSuitMax |
Recreational suitability maximum quality score |
| recSuitMean |
Recreational suitability mean quality score |
| recSuitMin |
Recreational suitability minimum quality score |
| secchiCount |
Secchi sample count |
| secchiMax |
Secchi maximum depth |
| secchiMean |
Secchi mean depth |
| secchiMin |
Secchi minimum depth |
| secchiRainEventCount |
Secchi samples collected during rain event |
| secchiRainEventMax |
Maximum Secchi transparency depth collected during rain event. |
| secchiRainEventMin |
Minimum Secchi transparency depth collected during rain event |
| secchiViolationCount |
Number of stream transparency readings under 20, the threshold for violating turbidity standard. |
| stationDesc1 |
Station description. |
| stationDesc2 |
Additional descriptions for the station. |
| stationId |
The unique id for a monitoring station |
| stationType |
Type of station. 'River/Stream' or 'Lake Station' or 'Lake'. |
| trendId |
Foreign key to trend_text. |
| tubeType |
STUBE=Secchi tube or TTUBE=T-tube. All values after 2012 will be STUBE. |
| watershed |
Name associated with 8-digit watershed unit |
| wid |
Unique water unit ID |
| widLengthOrArea |
Length of streams in miles, area of lakes in acres. |
| yearCount |
Number of years data has been collected at this station. |