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USGS 05046000 OTTER TAIL RIVER BL ORWELL D NR FERGUS FALLS, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°12'51.76",   Longitude 96°11'01.76"   NAD27
Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 09020103
Drainage area: 1,740 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,032.10 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1993-10-01  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10-01  2025-10-08  34686 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10-01  2024-10-30 34364 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1931-05-18  2024-07-02  94 
 Field measurements 1949-04-07  2025-09-15  740 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-10-12  2003-06-16  149 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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