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USGS 05030500 OTTER TAIL RIVER NEAR ELIZABETH, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°22'10",   Longitude 96°01'02"   NAD27
Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 09020103
Drainage area: 1,130 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,255.66 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1992-09-30  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-05-01  2025-10-08  17032 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-05-01  2024-10-30 16689 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904-05  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1904  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1904-06-23  2024-06-28  47 
 Field measurements 1992-06-09  2025-09-15  261 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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