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USGS 05245100 LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 45°58'30",   Longitude 94°51'56"   NAD27
Todd County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07010108
Drainage area: 434 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,282.52 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-11-29  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2025-10-08  19732 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10-01  2024-11-06 19396 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1971-10  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1972-07-22  2024-06-07  53 
 Field measurements 1941-06-24  2025-08-11  471 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1979-03-05  2013-09-18  44 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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