HookedFishing

Minnesota River

River in Minnesota, read from 8 USGS gauges, draining about 16,200 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

3,610

cfs · 17 min ago

Normal for today

1,150

cfs median, 92 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

7.25

ft

Above normal for the date314% of medianUSGS gauge 05330000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,450–8,260 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN, MN053300003,610 cfs—17 min ago
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO, MN053250003,080 cfs—32 min ago
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM, MN05316770753 cfs—17 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 1,150 cfs over 92 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 504 and 2,980 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Minnesota River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.