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USGS 05132000 BIG FORK RIVER AT BIG FALLS, MN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 48°11'46.9",   Longitude 93°48'28"   NAD27
Koochiching County, Minnesota, Hydrologic Unit 09030006
Drainage area: 1,480 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,145.77 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1997-10-01  2026-01-18  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1909-09-01  2026-01-17  33381 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972-01-19  1973-05-16  513 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1909-09-01  2025-11-24 33327 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1909-09  2025-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1909  2026  
 Peak streamflow 1910-04-19  2025-05-02  97 
 Field measurements 1913-01-16  2026-01-07  707 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1963-03-20  1977-09-06  73 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Minnesota Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries