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Des Moines River

River in Minnesota, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 1,250 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

62.6

cfs · 20 min ago

Normal for today

38.0

cfs median, 94 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

7.18

ft

Normal for the date165% of medianUSGS gauge 05476000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 21.2–105 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
DES MOINES RIVER AT JACKSON, MN0547600062.6 cfs—20 min ago
DES MOINES RIVER ABOVE WINDOM, MN0547535043.7 cfs—20 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 38.0 cfs over 94 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 10.0 and 232 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Des Moines River

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