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USGS 05345000 VERMILLION RIVER NEAR EMPIRE, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°40'00",   Longitude 93°03'17"   NAD27
Dakota County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07040001
Drainage area: 129 square miles
Datum of gage: 852.23 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1998-01-23  2025-10-09  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1974-01-29  1988-09-29  12576 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1942-04-12  2025-10-08  20087 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1978-10-01  1988-09-29  5895 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1978-10-01  1988-09-29  6025 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  1978-10-01  1988-03-24  3570 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1974-01-29  1988-09-29 4192 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1942-04-12  2024-11-05 19755 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979-10-01  1988-04-30 1903 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1978-10-01  1988-09-29 2041 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1974-01  1988-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1942-04  2024-11  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979-10  1988-04  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1978-10  1988-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1974  1988  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1942  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1980  1988  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1979  1988  
 Peak streamflow 1942-09-18  2024-06-23  55 
 Field measurements 1969-09-20  2025-09-02  387 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1972-10-06  1997-03-21  84 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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