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USGS 05061500 SOUTH BRANCH BUFFALO RIVER AT SABIN, MN

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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USGS Logo Federal Priority Streamgage (formerly NSIP)

And in cooperation with the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul Dist. Logo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District

And the Buffalo - Red River Watershed District

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USGS WaterWatch's "Site Dashboard" provides seasonal and other context-oriented information about current and historical streamflow.
This station managed by the Grand Rapids Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1994-10-02  2026-10-13
2007-10-01  2026-10-13
2019-10-01  2026-10-13
2010-08-18  2011-10-30







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: Bkw 10-13-2026   05:45 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 13 based on 78 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 13		 Min
(1977)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2009)
-- unavailable -- 0.00 5.7 14 44 63 1830

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.13 10-13-2026   05:45 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 910.46 10-13-2026   05:45 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)
 
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