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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  2026-09-05
2026-05-08  2026-09-05
1997-10-15  2026-09-05
2007-10-01  2026-09-05
2011-04-22  2026-09-05
2011-04-22  2026-09-05
2026-05-08  2026-09-05
2011-04-22  2026-09-05
2022-01-01  2026-09-05
2011-04-22  2026-09-05







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 21.9 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.00 09-05-2026   09:30 CDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 391 09-05-2026   09:30 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Sep 5 based on 118 water years of record more
Min
(2005)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Sep 5		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1953)
247 391 731 1080 1450 1700 7440

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.49 09-05-2026   09:30 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 345 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.1 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
Most recent instantaneous value: 93 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.2 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1103.57 09-05-2026   09:30 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: 1.6 09-05-2026   10:00 CDT
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