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t® Water Resources Data for Minnesota Volume 1 Great Lakes and Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-DATA REPORT MN-8O-1 WATER YEAR 198O Prepared in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Waters; the Minnesota Department of Transportation1 and with other State, municipal and Federal agencies CALENDAR FOR WATER YEAR 1980 1979 OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 123456 1 2 3 I 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2345678 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1980 FEBRUARY MARCH S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 12345 1 2 | 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3456789 2345678 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL MAY JUNE 5 M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 12345 1 2 3 1234567 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 5 M T W T F S 5 M T W T F S S M T W T F S 12345 1 2 123456 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3456789 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 Water Resources Data for Minnesota Volume 1. Great Lakes and Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-DATA REPORT MN-8O-1 WATER YEAR 198O Prepared in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Divisbn of Waters the Minnesota Department of Transportation; and with other State, municipal and Federal agencies UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Doyle G. Frederick, Acting Director For additional information write to District Chief, Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey 702 Post Office Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 1981 PREFACE This report was prepared by personnel of the Minnesota district of the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey under the supervision of D. R. Albin, District Chief, and J. E. Biesecker, Regional Hydrologist, Northeastern Region. It was done in cooperation with the State of Minnesota and with other agencies. This report is one of a series issued by State. General direction for the series is by Philip Cohen, Chief Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, and Robert J. Dingman, Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Scientific Publication and Data Management. Data for Minnesota are in two volumes as follows: Volume I. Great Lakes and Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins Volume 2. Upper Mississippi and Missouri River Basins III 50272-101_______________ REPORT DOCUMENTATION 1. REPORT NO. 3. Recipient's Accession No. PAGE USGS/WKD/HD-81/088 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Water Resources for Minnesota, Water Year 1980 August 1981 Volume 1. Great Lakes and Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organizetion Rept. No. 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division USGS-WRD-MN-80-1 702 Post Office Building 11. Contract(C) or Grant(G) No. St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 b 12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 13. Type of Report & Period Covered Annual Oct. 1, 1979 U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division to Sept. 30, 1980 702 Post Office Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 14. 15. Supplementary Notes Prepared in cooperation with the State of Minnesota and with other agencies. 16. Abstract (Limit: 200 words) Water-resources data for the 1980 water year for Minnesota consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This volume contains discharge records for 54 gaging stations; stage-only records for 1 gaging station; stage and contents for 5 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 9 gaging stations, 1 stage station, 14 partial-record lake stations, and 5 wells; and water levels for 45 observation wells. Also included are 51 high-flow partial- record stations and 86 low-flow partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. These data, together with the data in Volume 2, represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Minnesota. 17. Document Analysis a. Descriptors *Minnesota, *Hydrologic data, *Surface water, *Ground water, *Water quality, Flow rate, Gaging stations, Lakes, Reservoirs, Chemical analyses, Sediments, Water temperatures, Sampling sites, Water levels, Water analyses, Data collection b. Identifiers/Open-Ended Terms c. COSATI Field/Group is. Availability statement No restriction on distribution 19. Security Class (This Report) 21. No. of Pages This report may be purchased from UNCLASSIFIED 241 20. Security Cless (This Page) 22. Price National Technical Information Service UNCLASSIFIED <snTino-f -fe>1 A VA 771 fil (See ANSI-Z39.18) See Instructions on Reverse OPTIONAL FORM 272 (4-77) (Formerly NTIS-35) Deportment of Commerce CONTENTS Page Preface ..................................................................................... Ill List of gaging stations, in downstream order, for which records are published................ VI List of ground-water wells, by county, for which records are published....................... VII Introduction................................................................................. 1 Cooperation.................................................................................. 1 Acknowledgments.............................................................................. 2 Hydrologic conditions........................................................................ 2 Definition of terms .......................................................................... 2 Downstream order and station number.......................................................... 10 Numbering system for wells and miscellaneous sites........................................... 11 Special networks and programs................................................................ 11 Explanation of stage and water-discharge records............................................. 12 Collection and computation of data......................................................... 12 Accuracy of field data and computed results................................................ 14 Other data available....................................................................... 14 Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey................ 14 Explanation of water-quality records......................................................... 14 Collection and examination of data......................................................... 14 Wate r analys is............................................................................. 14 Water temperature.......................................................................... 15 Sediment................................................................................... 15 Explanation of ground-water level records.................................................... 15 Collection of the data..................................................................... 15 Publication of techniques of water-resources investigations.................................. 24 Discontinued gaging stations................................................................. 25 Gaging-station records....................................................................... 28 Discharge at partial-record stations and miscellaneous sites................................. 159 Low-flow partial-record stations........................................................... 159 High-flow partial-record stations.......................................................... 167 Miscellaneous sites........................................................................ 172 Low-flow investigations of streams tributary to the Red River of the North................. 174 Analyses of samples collected at water-quality partial-record lake' stations.................. 180 Miscellaneous analyses of streams............................................................ 204 Ground-water records......................................................................... 212 Ground-water level records................................................................. 212 Quality of ground-water records............................................................ 228 Index........................................................................................ 231 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Comparison of discharge at three long-term representative gaging stations for the current year with median discharge for water years 1941-70...................... 3 2. Hydrograph showing long-term trends of water level for period of record in well 058N20W16DBC01, St. Louis County................................................ 4 3. Example of system for numbering wells and miscellaneous sites..................... 11 4. Map showing location of water-discharge