Kawishiwi River Near Ely, MN

USGS Site No: 05124480 • Kawishiwi River • Lake County, MN

Kawishiwi River Near Ely, MN on the Kawishiwi River is currently at 448 cfs (High — 89th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.38 ft.

Reading from

Downstream on Kawishiwi River ↓
Kawishiwi River Near Winton, MN
448
CFS Discharge
4.38
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 29 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 16
25th Low threshold 32
50th (Median) Normal (median) 82
75th High threshold 136
95th Very High threshold 574 Today: 448 cfs

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.

1.4k 707 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 478 —
May 27, 2026 505 —
May 26, 2026 531 —
May 25, 2026 555 —
May 24, 2026 586 —
May 23, 2026 618 —
May 22, 2026 641 —
May 21, 2026 687 —
May 20, 2026 734 —
May 19, 2026 789 —
May 18, 2026 822 —
May 17, 2026 890 —
May 16, 2026 967 —
May 15, 2026 1,060 —
Apr 20, 2026 220 —
Apr 19, 2026 199 —
Apr 18, 2026 177 —
Apr 17, 2026 135 —
Apr 16, 2026 107 —
Apr 15, 2026 94 —
Apr 14, 2026 83 —
Apr 13, 2026 75 —
Apr 12, 2026 69 —
Apr 11, 2026 64 —
Apr 10, 2026 63 —
Apr 9, 2026 63 —
Apr 8, 2026 62 —
Apr 7, 2026 62 —
Apr 6, 2026 64 —
Apr 5, 2026 64 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
05124480
State
MN
County
Lake County
Coordinates
47.9228, -91.5351
Drainage Area
254 mi²
Datum (ft)
1,438.2
HUC Code
09030001
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
1,330 cfs
May 8, 2025
Min discharge
52 cfs
Dec 17, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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