Due to sequestration an approximately five percent cut in funding for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Streamflow
Information Program (NSIP) during the last half of FY13 will result in the shutdown of three streamgages in Minnesota for
the remainder of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2013). Streamgages that will be discontinued include:

USGS ID 05212700: Prairie River Taconite, MN (28 years of record)
USGS ID 05316580: Minnesota River at Morton, MN (13 years of record)
USGS ID 05383950: Root River near Pilot Mound,MN (11 years of record)

As with most streamgages, these three are used by other Federal, State and local agencies and the public for various purposes,
sometimes unknown to the U.S. Geological Survey. Known uses include flood forecasting by the National Weather Service,
water-quality studies by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and boating, fishing and recreation by the public.
Out of the eleven streamgages in Minnesota fully funded by NSIP, these three streamgages were selected to be discontinued because:
they had comparatively short records and their discontinuation was least likely to affect public safety because similar
streamgages nearby could provide at least some warning of flooding.

We are no longer able to display quality-assured precipitation data at selected
sites due to the effects of sequestration and other funding contraints.

For further information please call 763-783-3100, or contact us at the web address at the bottom of this screen.