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Otter Tail River

River in Minnesota, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 1,740 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

297

cfs · 29 min ago

Normal for today

258

cfs median, 96 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

2.57

ft

Normal for the date115% of medianUSGS gauge 05046000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 164–379 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
OTTER TAIL RIVER BL ORWELL D NR FERGUS FALLS, MN05046000297 cfs—29 min ago
OTTER TAIL RIVER NEAR ELIZABETH, MN05030500283 cfs—44 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 258 cfs over 96 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 110 and 438 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 Otter Tail River

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