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Minnesota River near Morton Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 18.53 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.53 ft at 4:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.52 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.52 ft at 5:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.52 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.5 ft at 5:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.49 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.47 ft at 6:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.48 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.45 ft at 6:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.47 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.43 ft at 7:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.48 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.44 ft at 7:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.46 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.43 ft at 8:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.44 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.4 ft at 8:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.42 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.41 ft at 9:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.43 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.4 ft at 9:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.37 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.36 ft at 10:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.35 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.38 ft at 11:15AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.38 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.33 ft at 11:45AM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.33 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.37 ft at 12:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.36 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.36 ft at 12:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.35 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.33 ft at 1:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.34 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.33 ft at 1:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.31 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.32 ft at 2:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.25 ft at 3:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.26 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.25 ft at 4:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.25 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.28 ft at 4:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.28 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.23 ft at 5:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.26 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.24 ft at 5:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.23 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.23 ft at 6:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.23 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.2 ft at 6:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.18 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.17 ft at 7:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.17 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.15 ft at 7:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.14 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.16 ft at 8:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.17 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.14 ft at 8:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.15 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.13 ft at 9:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.15 ft at 9:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.15 ft at 9:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.1 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.12 ft at 10:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.13 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.1 ft at 10:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.11 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.1 ft at 11:15PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.12 ft at 11:30PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.13 ft at 11:45PM May 24, 2023Observed: 18.12 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.09 ft at 12:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.08 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.06 ft at 12:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.09 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.09 ft at 1:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.08 ft at 1:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.09 ft at 1:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.08 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.04 ft at 2:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.05 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.07 ft at 2:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.06 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.03 ft at 3:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.06 ft at 3:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.05 ft at 3:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.02 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.04 ft at 4:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.04 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18.03 ft at 4:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 18 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.97 ft at 5:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.97 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.96 ft at 5:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.97 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.95 ft at 6:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.93 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.92 ft at 6:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.93 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.94 ft at 7:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.91 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.94 ft at 7:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.91 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.9 ft at 8:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.92 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.9 ft at 8:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.92 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.87 ft at 9:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.88 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.9 ft at 9:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.86 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.86 ft at 10:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.85 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.87 ft at 10:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.87 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.84 ft at 11:15AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.85 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.83 ft at 11:45AM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.82 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.83 ft at 12:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.83 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.83 ft at 12:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.83 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.8 ft at 1:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.82 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.8 ft at 1:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.8 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.76 ft at 2:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.78 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.78 ft at 2:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.77 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.79 ft at 3:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.76 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.76 ft at 3:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.75 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.76 ft at 4:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.71 ft at 4:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.74 ft at 4:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.68 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.68 ft at 7:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.68 ft at 7:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.68 ft at 7:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.67 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.68 ft at 10:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.65 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.65 ft at 11:15PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.65 ft at 11:30PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.63 ft at 11:45PM May 25, 2023Observed: 17.62 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.64 ft at 12:15AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.64 ft at 12:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.64 ft at 12:45AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.64 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.56 ft at 6:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.55 ft at 6:15AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.53 ft at 6:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.53 ft at 6:45AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.52 ft at 7:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.51 ft at 7:15AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.51 ft at 7:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.49 ft at 7:45AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.49 ft at 8:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.46 ft at 9:15AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.46 ft at 9:30AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.47 ft at 9:45AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.48 ft at 10:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.46 ft at 10:15AM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.25 ft at 11:45PM May 26, 2023Observed: 17.25 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 17.22 ft at 1:15AM May 27, 2023Observed: 17.22 ft at 1:30AM May 27, 2023Observed: 17.21 ft at 1:45AM May 27, 2023Observed: 17.2 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 16.67 ft at 1:15AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.67 ft at 1:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.65 ft at 1:45AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.65 ft at 2:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.65 ft at 2:15AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.64 ft at 2:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.64 ft at 2:45AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:15AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.63 ft at 3:30AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.61 ft at 3:45AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.62 ft at 4:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.54 ft at 7:45AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.54 ft at 8:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.48 ft at 11:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.38 ft at 3:15PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.34 ft at 3:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.35 ft at 3:45PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.35 ft at 4:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.36 ft at 4:15PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.32 ft at 4:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.31 ft at 5:15PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.34 ft at 5:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.31 ft at 5:45PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.33 ft at 6:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.3 ft at 9:15PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.32 ft at 9:30PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.32 ft at 9:45PM May 28, 2023Observed: 16.31 ft at 10:00PM May 28, 2023Highest Observation: 25.37 ft at 12:15AM May 29, 2023Observed: 25.21 ft at 12:30AM May 29, 2023Observed: 25.07 ft at 12:45AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.9 ft at 1:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.78 ft at 1:15AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.64 ft at 1:30AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.52 ft at 1:45AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.39 ft at 2:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.27 ft at 2:15AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.14 ft at 2:30AM May 29, 2023Observed: 24.01 ft at 2:45AM May 29, 2023Observed: 23.89 ft at 3:00AM May 29, 2023USGS link to gage infoMTNM5(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (4:15AM May 29, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 23.89 ft at 3:00 AM CDT 29-May-2023. Flood Stage is 21 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Minnesota River near Morton are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 26
Moderate Flood Stage: 23
Flood Stage: 21
Action Stage: 18
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 29.25 ft on 04/15/2001
(2) 28.85 ft on 03/31/2019
(3) 27.53 ft on 06/21/2014
(4) 27.42 ft on 04/04/2011
(5) 27.29 ft on 03/25/2010
(6) 26.71 ft on 04/21/2023 (P)
(7) 26.58 ft on 04/23/2019
(8) 26.11 ft on 07/04/2018
(9) 25.58 ft on 05/16/2022 (P)
(10) 24.38 ft on 03/31/2009
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 26.71 ft on 04/21/2023 (P)
(2) 25.58 ft on 05/16/2022 (P)
(3) 18.03 ft on 04/12/2021 (P)
(4) 23.00 ft on 03/31/2020 (P)
(5) 22.96 ft on 09/16/2019
(6) 26.58 ft on 04/23/2019
(7) 23.57 ft on 04/08/2019
(8) 28.85 ft on 03/31/2019
(9) 23.03 ft on 10/12/2018
(10) 22.77 ft on 09/22/2018
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 5.60 ft on 10/07/2012

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26 Numerous roads flooded and impassable between the Minnesota River and Redwood Falls.
24 Fleischer Rd flooded in North Redwood; storm sewers closed off and bypass pumping begins.
23 Riverside Rd and Front Street flooded in North Redwood.
19 Water reaches flood mitigation culverts on Riverside Road
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Latitude: 44.546100° N, Longitude: 94.996100° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 21 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 805.27 826.27 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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