Mississippi River at Aitkin, MN

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Mississippi River at Aitkin, MN - 05227500

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March 13, 2025 - March 20, 2025

Gage height, feet

5.89 ft - Mar 20, 2025 10:30:00 AM CDT

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5.89 ft

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Mar 20, 2025

10:30:00 AM CDT

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10:30:00 AM CDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-20T10:30:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T10:15:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T10:00:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T09:45:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T09:30:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T09:15:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T09:00:00.000-05:00	5.88	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:45:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:30:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:15:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T08:00:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:45:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:30:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:15:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:00:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:45:00.000-05:00	5.89	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1998-08-04	1998-08-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1968-10-15	1998-08-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1968-10-15	1998-08-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals	Water-quality	1968-10-15	1968-10-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1968-10-15	1998-08-04
Nutrient	Water-quality	1968-10-15	1998-08-04
Organics, other	Water-quality	1998-08-04	1998-08-04
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1945-03-01	2025-03-20
Sediment	Water-quality	1979-04-23	1998-08-04
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1888-06-01	2024-06-29
_n/a	Site Visits	1928-11-05	2025-01-29
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05227500	_n/a
Site name	MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT AITKIN, MN	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	463226	_n/a
DMS longitude	0934226	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.5405128	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-93.7074712	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Minnesota	27
State	Minnesota	27
County	Aitkin County	001
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SWNW S24 T47N R27W	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	1183.02 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Elk-Nokasippi	07010104
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	6140 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	MN-00112	_n/a

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