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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05336700 KETTLE RIVER BELOW SANDSTONE, MN
LOCATION - Lat 46°06'20", long 92°51'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.22, T.42 N., R.20 W., Pine County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07030003, on Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution property, on left bank, about 1.8 mi south of Sandstone.
DRAINAGE AREA - 868 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1967 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 931.50 ft above sea level (NGVD of 1929, Minnesota Department of Transportation benchmark).
REMARKS - Regulation from hydropower dam from 1908 to 1963.
Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which are poor.
Records good except those for estimated daily discharge, which are poor.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in April 1965 reached a stage of 12.96 ft, from floodmarks, discharge, 13,400 ft³/s.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum Discharge: 24,800 ft³/s, June 22, 2012. Gage Height 18.22ft; Maximum Gage Height: 18.27ft, July 13, 2016. Minimum discharge, 25 ft³/s, Nov. 11, 1977, result of freeze-up.
