Buffalo River Near Dilworth, MN

USGS Site No: 05062000Buffalo River • Clay County, MN

Buffalo River Near Dilworth, MN on the Buffalo River is currently at 129 cfs (Normal — 50th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.44 ft.

Reading from

129
CFS Discharge
4.44
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 29
25th Low threshold 58
50th (Median) Normal (median) 128
75th High threshold 352 Today: 129 cfs
95th Very High threshold 1,170

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

4.3k 2.1k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 153
May 27, 2026 174
May 26, 2026 188
May 25, 2026 193
May 24, 2026 188
May 23, 2026 172
May 22, 2026 160
May 21, 2026 144
May 20, 2026 123
May 19, 2026 111
May 18, 2026 109
May 17, 2026 117
May 16, 2026 129
May 15, 2026 141
Apr 20, 2026 408
Apr 19, 2026 462
Apr 18, 2026 509
Apr 17, 2026 550
Apr 16, 2026 607
Apr 15, 2026 668
Apr 14, 2026 708
Apr 13, 2026 729
Apr 12, 2026 705
Apr 11, 2026 443
Apr 10, 2026 332
Apr 9, 2026 296
Apr 8, 2026 274
Apr 7, 2026 260
Apr 6, 2026 260
Apr 5, 2026 262

Station Information

USGS Site No
05062000
State
MN
County
Clay County
Coordinates
46.9632, -96.6617
Drainage Area
975 mi²
Datum (ft)
879.5
HUC Code
09020106
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
12.0 ft
Flood Stage
13.0 ft
Moderate Flood
20.0 ft
Major Flood
26.0 ft

Currently 8.56 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
1,920 cfs
Aug 13, 2025
Min discharge
40 cfs
Oct 8, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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