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Water-Year Summary for Site 05129290

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05129290 GOLD PORTAGE OUTLET FROM KABETOGAMA LAKE NEAR RAY, MN
LOCATION - Lat 48°31'28", long 93°04'29" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.70 N., R.21 W., St. Louis County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09030003, on right bank in bay at head of Gold Portage Outlet from Kabetogama Lake, 9.8 mi northeast of Ray.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1982 to September 1993, October 1993 to September 1994 (peak gage height and discharge only), October 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1100.52 ft. NAVD88. 
REMARKS - Flow completely regulated by outlet dam on Namakan Lake.

Daily discharge records good except for those estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,220 ft³/s, gage-height, 22.75 ft., May 31, 2022; maximum daily-mean discharge, 2,170 ft³/s, May 31, 2022; minimum discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, many days, several years; minimum daily-mean discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, many days, several years.