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Water-Year Summary for Site 05304500

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05304500 CHIPPEWA RIVER NEAR MILAN, MN
LOCATION - Lat 45°06'30", long 95°47'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.21, T.119 N., R.41 W., Chippewa County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07020005, on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 40, 2.0 mi upstream from small tributary, and 5.5 mi east of Milan.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,880 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1145: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1937 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 959.69 ft above sea level (NGVD of 1929). Prior to June 15, 1942, non-recording gage on bridge 800 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS - Flow may be influenced by regulation from several small lakes upstream from gage.

Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Minimum discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, many days in 1940.