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South Branch Two Rivers in Minnesota

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Around South Branch Two Rivers

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

South Branch Two Rivers is a 59.5 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Branch Two Rivers at Lake Bronson, MN (site 05094000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1929 to 2026

South Branch Two Rivers typically runs highest in April, at a median 165 cfs, and lowest in February, at 2.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,290 cfs, in 1966.

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Typical flow by month at South Branch Two Rivers at Lake Bronson, MN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3.01.7 to 5.9
February2.51.5 to 5.8
March4.32.0 to 14
April16537 to 663
May7020 to 299
June419.3 to 254
July165.2 to 117
August5.02.0 to 23
September4.61.7 to 22
October6.02.3 to 20
November5.92.5 to 24
December4.22.1 to 9.1

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 85 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Branch Two Rivers at Lake Bronson, MN (site 05094000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of South Branch Two Rivers, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Lake Bronson (East)Bronson LakePublic
  • Lake Bronson State Park, East CampgroundBronson LakePublic
  • Gilbert Olson City ParkTwo RiversPublic

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