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Mississippi River at Brainerd Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 11.54 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.48 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.47 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.53 ft at 2:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.55 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2013Highest Observation: 11.58 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Highest Observation: 11.58 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.5 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.56 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.51 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.52 ft at 5:15AM May 16, 2013Highest Observation: 11.58 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.54 ft at 5:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.47 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.48 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.54 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.53 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.48 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.48 ft at 7:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.44 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.48 ft at 7:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.45 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.41 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.47 ft at 9:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.41 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.49 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.41 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.38 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.44 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.45 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.41 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.4 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.36 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.38 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.35 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.37 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.42 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.46 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.36 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.45 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.41 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.43 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.38 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.37 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.4 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.32 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.38 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.3 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.33 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.34 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.37 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.31 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.25 ft at 6:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.34 ft at 6:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.3 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.21 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.4 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.3 ft at 7:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.33 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.25 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.31 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.21 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.36 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.22 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.21 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.17 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.27 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.29 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.2 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.25 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.32 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 3:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.2 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.25 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.16 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.24 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.24 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.14 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.17 ft at 5:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.28 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.16 ft at 6:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.21 ft at 6:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.22 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.13 ft at 7:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.17 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.26 ft at 7:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.13 ft at 8:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.17 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.2 ft at 8:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.14 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 9:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.12 ft at 9:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.11 ft at 10:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.16 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 10:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.2 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.12 ft at 11:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.12 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 11:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.22 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 12:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.22 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.19 ft at 12:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 1:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.17 ft at 1:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.13 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.04 ft at 2:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.09 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 2:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.97 ft at 3:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.04 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 4:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.04 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 4:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 5:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 5:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 6:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 6:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.03 ft at 7:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.02 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 8:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 8:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 9:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.9 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 9:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.99 ft at 11:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.05 ft at 12:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 12:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 1:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.04 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 1:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.02 ft at 2:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.95 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 2:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 3:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 3:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.9 ft at 4:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.97 ft at 4:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 5:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 5:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.97 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.09 ft at 6:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 6:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.12 ft at 7:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.14 ft at 7:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.08 ft at 8:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.14 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.13 ft at 8:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.05 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.23 ft at 9:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.1 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.16 ft at 9:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.07 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.07 ft at 10:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.07 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.06 ft at 10:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11.05 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 12:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 11 ft at 12:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.96 ft at 1:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.95 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 1:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.9 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.94 ft at 2:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.93 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.91 ft at 2:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.89 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.9 ft at 3:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.86 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.81 ft at 3:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.79 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.73 ft at 4:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.72 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.8 ft at 4:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.72 ft at 5:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.76 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.73 ft at 5:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.74 ft at 6:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.72 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.74 ft at 6:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.79 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.83 ft at 7:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.83 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.89 ft at 7:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.8 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.89 ft at 8:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.83 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.86 ft at 8:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.82 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.8 ft at 9:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.77 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.76 ft at 9:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.79 ft at 10:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.8 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.8 ft at 10:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.77 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 11:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.74 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.77 ft at 11:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.73 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 10.75 ft at 12:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 10.7 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesBRAM5(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (1:51AM May 19, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 10.7 ft at 12:30 AM CDT 19-May-2013. Flood Stage is 13 ft
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Mississippi River at Brainerd. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:26
Moderate Flood Stage:16
Flood Stage:13
Action Stage:12

Historical Crests
(1) 17.61 ft on 06/28/2012
(2) 16.70 ft on 04/30/2001
(3) 16.03 ft on 04/10/1997
(4) 14.59 ft on 04/30/1996
(5) 14.52 ft on 05/18/1999
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(1) 3.80 ft on 07/12/1988
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16 AT THIS LEVEL EAST RIVER ROAD NEAR KIWANIS PARK BECOMES INUNDATED.
13 THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
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Latitude: 46.377778° N, Longitude: 94.183056° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 13 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 1146.96 ft 1159.96 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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