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Mississippi River at Brainerd Stage (ft)Observed: 7.11 ft at 10:15PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.09 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 10:45PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.09 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 11:15PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.09 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 11:45PM May 17, 2018Observed: 7.09 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 12:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 1:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 1:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.06 ft at 2:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 2:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.06 ft at 3:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.06 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 3:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 5:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 5:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 6:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.02 ft at 6:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.01 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 7:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 7:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 8:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 8:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 9:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 9:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.01 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 10:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 10:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 11:15AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 11:45AM May 18, 2018Observed: 6.99 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 12:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.01 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 12:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.02 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.02 ft at 1:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.02 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 1:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 2:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 2:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 3:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 3:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.1 ft at 5:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.1 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.09 ft at 5:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.12 ft at 6:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.18 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.2 ft at 7:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.21 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.22 ft at 7:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.23 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.22 ft at 8:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.24 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.24 ft at 8:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.23 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.24 ft at 9:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.24 ft at 9:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 10:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 10:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 11:15PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 11:45PM May 18, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 12:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 12:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 1:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 1:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 1:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 2:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 3:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2018Highest Observation: 7.28 ft at 3:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.26 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.27 ft at 4:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.25 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.24 ft at 4:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.23 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.2 ft at 5:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.2 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 5:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 6:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 6:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.19 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.17 ft at 7:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.17 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.17 ft at 7:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.17 ft at 8:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.18 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 8:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 9:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 10:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 11:15AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.17 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 11:45AM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 12:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 12:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 1:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.16 ft at 1:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 2:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.14 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.15 ft at 2:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.13 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.1 ft at 3:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 3:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.08 ft at 4:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.07 ft at 4:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 5:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.06 ft at 5:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 6:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 6:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 7:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.05 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 7:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.03 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.04 ft at 8:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.02 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7.01 ft at 8:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 7 ft at 9:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.98 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 9:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.98 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 10:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 10:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 11:15PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.97 ft at 11:45PM May 19, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 12:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.94 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.94 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.96 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.95 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.94 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.93 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.93 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.93 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.92 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.92 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.92 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.9 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.85 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.85 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.85 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.85 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.86 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.87 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.9 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.9 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.89 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2018Observed: 6.88 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2018USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesBRAM5(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (10:02PM May 20, 2018)ObservedLatest observed value: 6.88 ft at 9:30 PM CDT 20-May-2018.
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Historic 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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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 13.81 ft on 07/17/2016
(2) 12.24 ft on 05/28/2015
(3) 14.10 ft on 05/15/2014
(4) 12.12 ft on 05/09/2013
(5) 17.61 ft on 06/28/2012
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 3.80 ft on 07/12/1988
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Latitude: 46.377778° N, Longitude: 94.183056° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft Not Available Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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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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