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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05078500 CLEARWATER RIVER AT RED LAKE FALLS, MN
LOCATION - Lat 47°53'10.34", long 96°16'35.69" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.22, T.151 N., R.44 W., Red Lake County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 09020305, on left bank 1900 ft downstream from U.S. highway 59 bridge in Red Lake Falls, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.4 mi downstream from Badger Creek. On July 13, 2018 the well gage was abandoned. The new gage location (above) is 1000 ft.
D/S on the U/S left bank near the Bottineau Ave. bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,380 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 355: 1911-12. WSP 1438: 1910-11, 1917(M). WDR MN-84-1:1983. Unpublished (2009): 1960 (M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1909 to September 1917, October 1934 to September 1981, March 1982 to current year. Monthly-mean discharge only for October, November, 1934, published in WSP 1308.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 944.77 ft. NAVD88. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 12,990 ft³/s, April 24, 2022, gage-height 18.92 ft. (present datum); maximum daily-mean discharge, 12,260 ft³/s, April 24, 2022; minimum discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, Sept. 15, 1936 (also occurred Sept. 14, 1939 and Aug. 19-22, 1940).