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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05270700 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. CLOUD, MN
LOCATION - Lat 45°32'50", long 94°08'44" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.1, T.35 N., R.31 W., Sherburne County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07010203, on left bank about 250 ft below the left downstream end of the City of St. Cloud hydropower dam and at mile 926.3 upstream from Ohio River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 13,320 mi². approximately.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1988 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 958.49 ft above sea level (NGVD of 1929).
REMARKS - Flow partly regulated by power plants and reservoirs.

Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge 49,000 ft^3/s, April 8, 1997, gage height 11.44ft. Minimum daily discharge, 413 ft³/s, Aug. 3, 2006 (due to regulation).