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Minnesota River Water Levels

266 public USGS stream gauges across 10 river basins, updated continuously.

Live water levels for every USGS stream gauge in Minnesota, organized by river basin. Jump to a basin below, or open any gauge for current flow, gauge height, water temperature, and fishing conditions before you go.

Grouped by USGS hydrologic basin (largest first) — every indexed gauge is listed, nothing hidden behind a featured subset.

Mississippi Headwaters Red Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum Minnesota Upper Mississippi-Black-Root Rainy Western Lake Superior St. Croix Des Moines Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon
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Mississippi Headwaters

77 USGS gauges in the Mississippi Headwaters watershed (HUC 0701).

Red

53 USGS gauges in the Red watershed (HUC 0902).

Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum

40 USGS gauges in the Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum watershed (HUC 0706).

Minnesota

31 USGS gauges in the Minnesota watershed (HUC 0702).

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root

23 USGS gauges in the Upper Mississippi-Black-Root watershed (HUC 0704).

Rainy

19 USGS gauges in the Rainy watershed (HUC 0903).

Western Lake Superior

15 USGS gauges in the Western Lake Superior watershed (HUC 0401).

St. Croix

4 USGS gauges in the St. Croix watershed (HUC 0703).

Des Moines

3 USGS gauges in the Des Moines watershed (HUC 0710).

Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon

1 USGS gauge in the Upper Mississippi-Iowa-Skunk-Wapsipinicon watershed (HUC 0708).

Neighboring States

Fishing the border? Check river levels in nearby states:

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public stream gauges does Waderly index in Minnesota?

Waderly currently indexes 266 public USGS stream gauges in Minnesota. Examples on this page include Alus-02 034n29w30dda 01 0000582132, Alus-03 034n29w21abb 02 0000244444, Alus-07 034n29w14bbb 01 0000582135.

What can I find on the Minnesota stream gauges page?

This state hub links to every indexed Waderly gauge page in Minnesota, so you can jump from a statewide view into current flow, gauge height, water temperature, and weather for individual rivers and creeks.

Why use the Minnesota state hub instead of searching one river at a time?

The Minnesota hub is a crawlable index of the full state network. It makes it easier to compare nearby waters, discover smaller creeks you may not search by name, and reach every gauge page from one place.

Waderly supports public stream gauges across all 50 states. This Minnesota page includes the full state index, so search engines and users can reach every gauge from one crawlable hub.

These pages are built from the public USGS stream-gauge network and linked into Waderly's map so anglers, paddlers, and waders can move from a broad state view into specific rivers quickly.

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