Bluff Creek is located in the southwestern metropolitan area. It begins in Chanhassen and runs through Rice Lake, the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, agricultural land, forest and grassland, and some urban areas before discharging into the Minnesota River.The main NPS (Nonpoint Source) monitoring station in the Bluff Creek Watershed is Bluff Creek Inlet to Rice Lake, River Mile 3.5. It monitors the water quality of Bluff Creek before it enters into Rice Lake and then on to the Minnesota River. Samples are collected at regular intervals for baseflow and also during storm events. This station also has automatic monitoring equipment which takes 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.