HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 05275000 ELK RIVER NEAR BIG LAKE, MN


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 615 sq.mi.                             Datum is 899.60 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 07010203 at Latitude: 45:20:02N  Longitude: 093:40:00W
Station is in the state of MN (county code 141) and serviced by the MN office.
Channel slope is 4.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 52.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 1010.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.30%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 11.40%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.49 inches
Annual precipitation is 27.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.60 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 1.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Winter records may be ice affected. Records affected significantly by withdrawals for irrigation starting with
   water year 1965.


Daily and longer averages for 36 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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