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USGS 04015330 KNIFE RIVER NEAR TWO HARBORS, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°56'49",   Longitude 91°47'32"   NAD27
Lake County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 04010102
Drainage area: 83.6 square miles
Datum of gage: 616.37 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1997-04-08  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1974-07-01  2025-10-08  18728 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-05-18  2018-10-31  3677 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1974-07-01  2025-08-12 18671 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-05-18  2018-10-31 1219 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1974-07  2025-08  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012-05  2018-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1974  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2012  2019  
 Peak streamflow 1975-04-23  2024-06-19  50 
 Field measurements 1970-08-11  2025-08-13  533 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1974-09-25  2022-08-24  259 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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