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USGS 05353800 STRAIGHT RIVER NEAR FARIBAULT, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°15'29",   Longitude 93°13'51"   NAD27
Rice County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 07040002
Drainage area: 435 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,035.2 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1993-10-09  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1968-10-07  1971-09-12  168 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1965-10-01  2025-10-31  21946 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-12-19  1971-09-13  359 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-12-19  1971-09-13  359 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1965-10-01  2024-10-09 21559 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-12-19  1971-09-13 359 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-12-19  1971-09-13 359 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1965-10  2024-10  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1967-12  1971-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1967-12  1971-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1966  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1968  1971  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1968  1971  
 Peak streamflow 1966-03-04  2022-06-13  57 
 Field measurements 1969-03-24  2025-08-28  338 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1967-10-30  1997-03-23  8 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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