Hydrological and Water Chemistry Data: Faribault County, Minnesota, County Ditches 62 and

Hydrological and water chemistry data from a paired watershed study in Faribault County, Minnesota, covering County Ditches 62 and 30 from 2018-2023 and 2021-2023, respectively. The dataset includes drainage discharge, precipitation, water table depths, and GIS shapefiles, collected by researchers affiliated with the Department of Agriculture. The research aimed to evaluate woodchip bioreactor performance and establish baseline conditions for a future management study.

Use Cases

• Evaluate bioreactor nitrate removal performance based on water chemistry and water table depth data.
• Model watershed-scale hydrology and nutrient loads based on paired discharge and precipitation data.
• Assess the percentage of watershed discharge treated by bioreactors based on flow data from the CD62 watershed.
• Establish baseline hydrologic and nutrient conditions for a future management change study based on the side-by-side watershed pairing.

Strengths

• Data spans multiple years, with coverage from 2018-2023 for one watershed and 2021-2023 for another.
• Includes multiple data types: discharge, water chemistry, precipitation, water table depths, and GIS shapefiles.
• Research is linked to a peer-reviewed publication and a related dataset, providing methodological context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Bioreactor data is limited for 2018 and absent for 2019-2020, creating temporal gaps.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Agriculture

Collection Method

Methods described as similar to a referenced peer-reviewed publication, involving discharge monitoring, flow-weighted autosampling, and nitrate sensors.

Time Range

2018-2023 for CD62, 2021-2023 for CD30

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 13 22:47:36.661643; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Faribault County, Minnesota, USA, specifically the County Ditch 62 and County Ditch 30 watersheds.