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USGS 05317200 LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR COURTLAND, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°14'47",   Longitude 94°20'19"   NAD27
Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07020007
Drainage area: 170 square miles
Datum of gage: 788.46 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-10-01  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1973-10-01  2025-11-04  17906 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1973-10-01  2024-01-22 17254 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1973-10  2024-01  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1974  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1974-03-03  2023-05-16  47 
 Field measurements 1965-11-02  2025-08-14  372 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  15 
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