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USGS 05317000 COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR NEW ULM, MN

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Available Parameters Available Period
  
1993-10-01  2022-06-30
2007-10-01  2022-06-30
2020-01-01  2022-06-30







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 269 06-30-2022   06:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jun 30 based on 94 water years of record more
Min
(1934)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jun 30		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2010)
1.80 91 269 343 674 824 4570

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.63 06-30-2022   06:00 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 800.68 06-30-2022   06:00 CDT
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