MRBDC Beauford Demonstration Watershed


MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER


Beauford Demonstration Watershed



Minor watershed number(s):   32073

The project area is minor watershed 32073, located in the Le Sueur River Major Watershed.

In 1994, this minor watershed was funded as one of four Minnesota River Implementation Program Demonstration Watersheds within the Minnesota River Basin. It was funded by an LCMR grant administered through the MPCA. The overall project focus is to promote the following: Conservation tillage; BMP's for fertilizer and manure applications; upgrading home septic systems; buffering ditches, streams, and tile intakes; building typical NRCS conservation structures; use of wetlands to clean or slow water runoff; and changing or removing tile intakes.




Best Management Practices (BMP) Focus Projects

Data Summary Beauford Demonstration Watershed includes data concerning the implementation of various best management practices (BMPs) in this minor watershed.
Data Description Beauford Demonstration Watershed
Data:   BMP Focus Projects
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1999
Source (contact):   Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator):  Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Blue Earth County

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

On Site Septic Systems

Data Summary Beauford Demonstration Watershed includes data collected in an effort to upgrade 100% of the on site septic systems in this minor watershed to state code compliance.
Data Description Beauford Demonstration Watershed
Data:   On Site Septic System Inventory
Format:  Hard Copy File/Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1999
Source (contact):   Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator):  Blue Earth County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), U of M, MPCA

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Beauford Demonstration Watershed includes surface water quality data collected in this minor watershed since 1994.
Data Description Beauford Demonstration Watershed
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1999
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Beauford Demonstration Watershed includes surface water quantity monitoring in this minor watershed since 1994.
Data Description Beauford Demonstration Watershed
Data:   Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: In Progress
Date:  1999
Source (contact):   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Pedigree (originator):  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

DISCLAIMER

These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.   The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.




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