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05288580 RICE CREEK BLW OLD HWY. 8 IN MOUNDS VIEW, MN

LOCATION - Lat 45°05'36", long 93°11'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.17, T.30 N., R.23 W., Ramsey County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07010206, on right bank 170 feet downstream from intersection of Co. Hwy. 77 (Old Highway 8) and Co. Rd. H in Mounds View, MN.

DRAINAGE AREA - 156 mi². approximately.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2008 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 860.74 ft above mean sea level (NAVD of 1988).

REMARKS - Some regulation possible from impoundments in Upper Rice Creek Watershed.

Records good to fair except those for estimated daily-mean discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Minimum discharge, 0.66 ft³/s, Mar. 5, 2013 (result of ice jam upstream).

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Turbidity: September 2010 to November 2011 (no winter record). Specific Conductance: Oct. 2018 to current year. Temperature: Oct. 2018 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TURBIDITY MONITOR: September 2010 to November 2011 (no winter record). Specific Conductance: Oct. 2018 to current year. Temperature: Oct. 2018 to current year.

REMARKS -

Conductance and temperature sensor were compared independently with a calibrated meter on a regular basis..

Additional water-quality data for this site are available at: URL http://water.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/qw.

This site was part of a statewide sediment study. The objectives of the study are to collect site specific data for streamflow, cross-sectional suspended sediment concentrations (SSC), point samples of SSC, turbidity, and water transparency at selected stream sites in Minnesota. This site had a continuous turbidimeter installed from September 2010 to November 2011,

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.7 C July 4, 2020; minimum, -0.1 C many days most years

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1160 uS/cm Mar. 23, 2020 (likely reached higher value in following days); minimum, 161 uS/cm Sep. 5, 2019

TURBIDITY: Maximum, 41.5 FNU Aug. 16, 2011; minimum, 1.15 FNU, May 3, 2011; maximum daily, 8.61 FNU, Mar. 22, 2011; minimum daily, 1.60 FNU, May 2, 2011.