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USGS 04024000 ST. LOUIS RIVER AT SCANLON, MN

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Minnesota Centennial Streamgage - Celebrating Over 100 years of Streamflow Records

Minnesota Power Company Logo

Operated in cooperation with Minnesota Power under
license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

And as part of the

USGS Logo Federal Priority Streamgage (formerly NSIP)

Water-quality data collected in cooperation with the USEPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

NEW: Contextual graphics related to current and historical streamflow from USGS WaterWatch Dashboard.

River forecasts are available at the:

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This station managed by the Grand Rapids Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2011-04-22  2026-05-26
2026-01-26  2026-05-26
1997-10-15  2026-05-26
2007-10-01  2026-05-26
2011-04-22  2026-05-26
2011-04-22  2026-05-26
2026-01-26  2026-05-26
2011-04-22  2026-05-26
2022-01-01  2026-05-26
2011-04-22  2026-05-26







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 16.4 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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Precipitation, total, inches

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 05-26-2026   06:30 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 3200 05-26-2026   06:30 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 26 based on 118 water years of record more
Min
(1958)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 26
Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1908)
587 2030 3150 3200 4230 5470 20500


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.77 05-26-2026   06:30 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 146 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 9.8 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation

Most recent instantaneous value: 100 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units

Most recent instantaneous value: 7.5 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1105.85 05-26-2026   06:30 CDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.6 05-26-2026   07:00 CDT
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