Watonwan River Near Garden City, MN

USGS Site No: 05319500 • Watonwan River • Blue Earth County, MN

Watonwan River Near Garden City, MN on the Watonwan River is currently at 937 cfs (High — 88th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.34 ft.

Reading from

937
CFS Discharge
3.34
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 27 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 14
25th Low threshold 27
50th (Median) Normal (median) 123
75th High threshold 420
95th Very High threshold 1,220 Today: 937 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.

4.5k 2.2k 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 1,070 —
May 27, 2026 1,150 —
May 26, 2026 1,210 —
May 25, 2026 1,280 —
May 24, 2026 1,230 —
May 23, 2026 1,110 —
May 22, 2026 1,180 —
May 21, 2026 1,320 —
May 20, 2026 1,400 —
May 19, 2026 1,230 —
May 18, 2026 840 —
May 17, 2026 345 —
May 16, 2026 353 —
May 15, 2026 370 —
Apr 20, 2026 352 —
Apr 19, 2026 416 —
Apr 18, 2026 445 —
Apr 17, 2026 490 —
Apr 16, 2026 550 —
Apr 15, 2026 584 —
Apr 14, 2026 478 —
Apr 13, 2026 464 —
Apr 12, 2026 478 —
Apr 11, 2026 516 —
Apr 10, 2026 581 —
Apr 9, 2026 655 —
Apr 8, 2026 719 —
Apr 7, 2026 806 —
Apr 6, 2026 864 —
Apr 5, 2026 817 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
05319500
State
MN
County
Blue Earth County
Coordinates
44.0462, -94.1949
Drainage Area
851 mi²
Datum (ft)
905.3
HUC Code
07020010
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
2,000 cfs
Jul 21, 2025
Min discharge
49 cfs
Oct 14, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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