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USGS 05385000 ROOT RIVER NEAR HOUSTON, MN

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Rainfall instrumentation may not be calibrated, and other quality assurance measures may not be performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.

This station managed by the Mounds View Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-05-20  2025-09-17
1993-10-01  2025-09-17
2007-10-01  2025-09-17
2022-09-16  2025-09-17







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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 09-17-2025   04:45 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 685 09-17-2025   04:45 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Sep 17 based on 90 water years of record more
Min
(1934)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Sep 17		 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2004)
222 322 497 685 709 788 17800

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.46 09-17-2025   04:45 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 670.48 09-17-2025   04:45 CDT
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