Lake Superior Communities

North Shore

Overview

• Beaver Bay

• Grand Marais

• Silver Bay

• Two Harbors

Aerial Photo Viewer

Duluth Area

Overview

• Duluth Township
• Midway Township
• Normanna Township
• City of Rice Lake
• Duluth, MN
• University of MN, Duluth
• Lake Superior College
• Hermantown, MN
• Proctor, MN
• Cloquet, MN
• Fond du Lac Reservation, MN

South Shore

• Superior, WI

Regional Information

Lake Superior Recreational Resources

Fisheries Information

MN County Departments

• Carlton
• Cook
• Lake
• St. Louis

WI County Departments

• Bayfield
• Douglas

Duluth

• Annual Stream Cleaning

• Spring Thaw in Duluth Streams

• Stream Maintenance

• City Facts

• City Population

• City History

• Historical Climate Trends

• Birding - Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve

• Fishing - 

  • fishing holes

  • trout streams

  • (see streams section)

• Trails -

  • City hiking trails

  • Superior hiking trail (exit site)

• Educational Opportunities -

  • Lake Superior Zoo (exit site)

  • Great Lakes Aquarium (exit site)

WATER QUALITY PRIMER

Sensor Parameters

• Flow
• Temperature
• Conductivity & TDS
• Turbidity & Sediments

Manual Parameters

• ph
• Dissolved Oxygen
• Total Suspended Solids
• Biological Oxygen Demand
• Fecal Coliform
  

• Temperature
• Weight
• Length
• Area
• Volume

LANDSCAPE

• Geology
• Geomorphology
• Flood
• Waterfalls
• Foam
• Rip Currents
• Lake Superior Turbidity
• Lake Effect Snow
• ICE!
• Ice Terminology
• Danger! Thin Ice!
• Ice Ridges
• Anchor Ice
• Shoreline ice stacking
• Beach Ice & Balls
• Superior Ice & Volcanoes
• Lake Superior Webcams

Reports

Creek News

"Real-time" Data

DataViewer
(Data Visualization Tool)

• Examples
• Saving Plots
• Troubleshooting

Data Tables - North Shore

• Amity Creek
  2005 - present
• Poplar River
  2006 - 2008

Data Tables - Duluth

• Chester Creek
  2002 - present
• Kingsbury Creek
  2002 - present
• St. Louis River
  2002 - 2005
• Tischer Creek
  2002 - present
• Miller Creek
  2008 - present

Manually collected physical and chemical data (XLS file, 2002 - present)

ABOUT DATA

Quality Assurance Protocols

• Data Types
• Sensor Resolution and Reporting Limits
• SMU Placement, Flow Calibration, Sample Collection
• Sensor Calibration
• Other Continuous Water Monitoring Data
• Data Transmission and Initial QA Screening
• Final Data Review and Posting
• Water Sample Analyses
• References
• Stream sampling and analysis QAPP - 2008

Monitoring Equipment

Link to
Water Quality Parameter Primer

North Shore Streams

Overview Map & Data Availability Table

• Amity Creek
• Baptism River
• Beaver River
• Brule River
• Caribou River
• Cascade River
• East Split Rock River
• Encampment River
• Flute Reed
• French River
• Gooseberry River
• Knife River
• Lester River
• Poplar River
• Split Rock River
• (Big) Sucker River
• Talmadge River

Duluth Streams

Overview Map & Data Availability Table

• Amity Creek
• Brewery Creek
• Buckingham Creek
• Chester Creek
• Clarkhouse Creek
• Coffee Creek
• Gary Street Creek
• Greys Creek
• Keene Creek
• Kingsbury Creek
• Knowlton Creek
• Lester River
• Merritt Creek
• Miller Creek
• Mission Creek
• Morgan Park Creek
• Oregon Creek
• Sargent Creek
• St. Louis River
• Simian Creek
• Stewart Creek
• Tischer Creek
• U.S. Steel Creek
• 32nd Ave West Creek
• 34th Ave East Creek
• 37th Ave East Creek
• 38th Ave East Creek
• 40th Ave East Creek
• 43rd Ave East Creek
• 47th Ave East Creek
• 50th Ave East Creek
• 58th Ave East Creek
• 82nd Ave West Creek
• 85th Ave West Creek

South Shore Streams

Overview Map

• Nemadji River

Trout Streams

North Shore

Duluth

South Shore

Trading Cards

Resources

Contact Info

LOCAL SCHOOL STEWARDSHIP

• Superior Basin Schools and Organizations
• Volunteer Stream Monitoring Interactive Verification Program (VSM-IVP)
• Stream/Beach Cleanup

CURRICULA

• Stowe Curriculum
• Riverwatch
• Environmental Youth Leadership Curriculum
• Curriculum Links
• The Watershed Game (exit)

Overview

Stormwater Management Plan

More stormwater links, including info on the City of Duluth's Inflow & Infiltration program, are found above in the Understanding section.

See: Understanding >> Urban Hydrology >> Stormwater