Yellow Medicine River Near Granite Falls, MN

USGS Site No: 05313500 • Yellow Medicine River • Yellow Medicine County, MN

Yellow Medicine River Near Granite Falls, MN on the Yellow Medicine River is currently at 146 cfs (Normal — 55th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.57 ft.

Reading from

146
CFS Discharge
3.57
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
N/A
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 9
25th Low threshold 29
50th (Median) Normal (median) 99
75th High threshold 325 Today: 146 cfs
95th Very High threshold 923

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.

4k 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 167 —
May 27, 2026 182 —
May 26, 2026 191 —
May 25, 2026 186 —
May 24, 2026 159 —
May 23, 2026 152 —
May 22, 2026 152 —
May 21, 2026 152 —
May 20, 2026 148 —
May 19, 2026 146 —
May 18, 2026 150 —
May 17, 2026 158 —
May 16, 2026 168 —
May 15, 2026 178 —
Apr 20, 2026 170 —
Apr 19, 2026 182 —
Apr 18, 2026 192 —
Apr 17, 2026 208 —
Apr 16, 2026 223 —
Apr 15, 2026 232 —
Apr 14, 2026 232 —
Apr 13, 2026 236 —
Apr 12, 2026 243 —
Apr 11, 2026 248 —
Apr 10, 2026 260 —
Apr 9, 2026 279 —
Apr 8, 2026 298 —
Apr 7, 2026 316 —
Apr 6, 2026 327 —
Apr 5, 2026 326 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
05313500
State
MN
County
Yellow Medicine County
Coordinates
44.7153, -95.5439
Drainage Area
666 mi²
Datum (ft)
984.5
HUC Code
07020004
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,700 cfs
Jul 3, 2025
Min discharge
65 cfs
May 19, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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