Bevens Creek is located in the southwestern metropolitan area. It begins in Green Isle Township in Sibley County (outside of the metropolitan area) and runs through agricultural land, wetlands and some urban areas. Silver Creek joins the main stem of Bevens Creek roughly three miles upstream of where the creek discharges into the Minnesota River.Two main NPS (Nonpoint Source) monitoring stations are located on Bevens Creek. Bevens Creek at Maplewood Rd, River Mile 5 is located upstream of the Silver Creek confluence. It monitors the watershed outlet of Bevens Creek before the entrance of Silver Creek. Bevens Creek at Co Rd 40, River Mile 2 is located downstream from the Silver Creek confluence. It monitors the watershed outlet of the combined Bevens and Silver Creeks that enters into the Minnesota River. At both stations, samples are collected at regular intervals for baseflow and also during storm events. These stations also have automatic monitoring equipment which take measurements every 15 minutes. This continuous data can be found under the "Time Series" dropdown in the "Data Collected" section located farther down on this webpage.