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USGS 05313500 YELLOW MEDICINE RIVER NEAR GRANITE FALLS, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°42'54.6",   Longitude 95°32'38.8"   NAD83
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07020004
Drainage area: 666 square miles
Datum of gage: 984.47 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1992-04-23  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-04-01  2025-10-08  33646 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-04-01  2024-11-19 33323 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931-04  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1931-06-14  2024-06-25  93 
 Field measurements 1938-07-08  2025-09-11  341 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-10-03  2017-08-18  69 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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