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USGS 05292000 MINNESOTA RIVER AT ORTONVILLE, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 45°17'44",   Longitude 96°26'38"   NAD27
Big Stone County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07020001
Drainage area: 1,160 square miles
Datum of gage: 959.15 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1995-10-01  2025-11-03  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03-01  2025-11-02  32024 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03-01  2024-10-28 31654 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1938-03-31  2024-05-08  87 
 Field measurements 1937-05-27  2025-09-17  711 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1963-10-23  1968-12-10  6 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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