Stream Monitoring

Station Locations

Stream monitoring stations are located near watershed outlets to effectively measure the mass, or non-point source pollutant "load", that the tributary streams transport to the major rivers (Minnesota, Mississippi, and St. Croix).

Key rivers, streams, creeks and ditches are sampled during significant runoff events and during base flow conditions to help determine the sources and extent of non-point sources of pollution.

Minnesota River Basin
Station	County	Closest City	Drainage Area	Watershed	Established	Operators
Bevens Creek, BE 2.0	Carver	Carver	130.9 sq miles	Bevens Creek	1989	MCES
Bevens Creek, BE 5.0	Carver	Cologne	90.2 sq miles	Bevens Creek	1992	MCES
Blue Earth River, BU 12.0	Blue Earth	Rapidan	1,550 sq miles	Blue Earth River	2000	MCES and MDA
Bluff Creek, BL 3.5	Carver	Chanhassen	8.9 sq miles	Bluff Creek	1991	MCES
Carver Creek, CA 1.7	Carver	Carver	83.5 sq miles	Carver Creek	1989	MCES
Credit River, CR 0.9	Scott	Savage	51.4 sq miles	Credit River	1989	MCES
Eagle Creek, EA 0.8	Scott	Savage	3.4 sq miles	Lower Minnesota River	2000	Lower Minnesota Watershed District
Le Sueur River, LE1.3	Blue Earth	Mankato	1,110 sq miles	Le Sueur River	2000	MCES and MCA
Little Beauford Dithc, BD 0.6	Blue Earth	Beauford	7 sq miles	Subshed to Le Sueur River	2000	MCES
Little Cobb River, LC 1.6	Blue Earth	Beauford	130 sq miles	Subshed to Le Sueur River	2000	MCES
Minnesota River at Jordan, MI 39.4	Scott/Carver	Jordan	16,200 sq miles	Minnesota River Basin	1990	MCES
Minnesota River at Judson, MI 120.0	Nicollet	Judson	11,400 sq miles	Minnesota River Basin	2000	MCES and MDA
Minnesota River at St. Peter, MI 89.7	Nicollet	St. Peter	15,500 sq miles	Middle Minnesota River Basin	2000	MCES
Nine Mile Creek, NM 1.8	Hennepin	Bloomington	38.3 sq miles	Nine Mile Creek	1989	MCES
Riley Creek, RI 1.3	Hennepin	Eden Prairie	13.0 sq miles	Riley Creek	2000	Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District
Sand Creek, SA 8.2	Scott	Jordan	254.8 sq miles	Sand Creek	1990	MCES
Scott County Ditch 10, SD 0.3	Scott	Belle Plaine	16.5 sq miles	Sand Creek	1999	Scott County SWCD and MCES
West Raven Stream, WR 4.7	Scott	Belle Plaine	14.85 sq miles	Sand Creek	1999	Scott County SWCD and MCES
Williow Creek, WI 1.0	Dakota	Burnsville	10.2 sq miles	Willow Creek	2000	Dakota County SWCD
Mississippi River Basin
Bassett Creek, BS 1.9	Hennepin	Minneapolis	43.0 sq miles	Bassett Creek	2000	Minneapolis Park and Rec Board
Battle Creek, BA 0.1	Ramsey	St. Paul	11.7 sq miles	Battle Creek	1995	Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District and MCES
Beltline Interceptor, BT 0.5	Ramsey	St. Paul	28.0 sq miles	Keller-Phalen	1995	Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District and MCES
Cannon River, CN 11.9	Goodhue	Welch	1,340 sq miles	Cannon River	2000	Dakota County SWCD
Crow RIver, CS 23.1	Wright	Rockford	2,620 sq miles	Crow River	2000	Wright County SWCD
Fish Creek, FC 0.2	Ramsey	St. Paul	5.1 sq miles	Fish Creek	1995	Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District and MCES
Minnehaha Creek, MH 1.7	Hennepin	Minneapolis	181.0 sq miles	Minnehaha Creek	2000	Minneapolis Park and Rec Board
Rum River, RUM 0.5	Anoka	Anoka	1,552 sq miles	Rum River	1996	Anoka Conservation District and MCES
South Fork of the Crow River, CWS 20.3	Carver	Mayer	1,136.6 sq miles	Crow River	2001	Carver County Env Services and MCES
Vermillion River, VR 2.0	Dakota	Hastings	327.0 sq miles	Vermillion River	1995	Dakota County SWCD
St. Croix River Basin
Browns Creek, CR 0.3	Washington	Stillwater	34.1 sq miles	Browns Creek	1997	Washington Conservation District and MCES
Carnelian-Marine Outlet, CM 3.0	Washington	Stillwater	30.5 sq miles	Carnelian-Marine	1995	Washington Conservation District and MCES
Silver Creek, SI 0.7	Washington	Stillwater	7.6 sq miles	Silver Creek	1998	Washington Conservation District and MCES
Valley Creek, VA 1.0	Washington	Afton	62.0 sq miles	Valley Creek	2000	St. Croix Watershed Research Station and Valley Branch Watershed District

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