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USGS 05325000 MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°10'08",   Longitude 94°00'11"   NAD27
Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07020007
Drainage area: 14,900 square miles
Datum of gage: 748.00 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2007-10-01  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1968-10-01  2014-10-28  6454 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06-01  2025-10-08  42845 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1971-10-01  2014-07-16  2022 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-10-01  2017-09-29  18262 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-10-01  2017-09-29  18262 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06-01  2024-10-21 42493 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-10-01  2017-09-29 18262 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-10-01  2017-09-29 18262 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06  2024-10  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-10  2017-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-10  2017-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1968  2017  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1968  2017  
 Peak streamflow 1903-05-29  2024-06-26  122 
 Field measurements 1951-04-09  2025-08-11  350 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1901-01-01  2020-07-08  4076 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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