About this river
Wild Rice River is a 19.6 mile river near River Keepers in North Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wild Rice River at Hendrum, MN (site 05064000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1944 to 2026
Wild Rice River typically runs highest in April, at a median 659 cfs, and lowest in September, at 59 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,300 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65 | 35 to 96 | |
| February | 61 | 32 to 92 | |
| March | 102 | 59 to 249 | |
| April | 659 | 378 to 1,605 | |
| May | 511 | 283 to 897 | |
| June | 296 | 181 to 642 | |
| July | 190 | 76 to 440 | |
| August | 72 | 34 to 186 | |
| September | 59 | 26 to 154 | |
| October | 87 | 40 to 213 | |
| November | 110 | 52 to 199 | |
| December | 70 | 44 to 140 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 81 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Wild Rice River at Hendrum, MN (site 05064000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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