Bassett Creek is an urban creek located in the north central metropolitan area. It begins at the Medicine Lake outlet and runs through a number of parks along its path, providing habitat for wildlife and the opportunity for recreational activities, before flowing through a storm tunnel under downtown Minneapolis and discharging into the Mississippi River.Bassett Creek at Irving Ave, River Mile 1.9 is a WOMP (Watershed Outlet Monitoring Program) station. It monitors the water quality of Bassett Creek before it enters into the pipe which travels under Minneapolis and discharges into the Mississippi 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.